On Mar 23, 2004, at 2:00 PM, Warlord wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jerry Friedman [mailto:jerry_friedman at yahoo.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:47 PM > <SNIPAROO> > >> >>>>> Now, these things are not necessarily bad in >>>>> isolation, but in concert I feel I've been want-not-needed. >>>> >>>> However, we *needed* a joke that I remember from _The Joys of >>>> Yiddish_. >>> >>> Woosh. >> >> I was hoping you'd ask. Not verbatim: >> >> A Martian lands in New York. Wandering around the Lower East >> Side, he sees a bakery and goes in. "What are those little >> wheels in the window?" >> >> The owner says, "Those aren't wheels, they're 'bagels'. We >> eat them. Here, try one." >> >> The Martian chews on it and says, "Man! These would go great >> with cream cheese and lox!" >> >> > > I've never gotten this reference. Why would cream cheese go > with liquid oxygen? I mean, cool thought, but it's a bust as > a catalyst. > > W > > (and please don't fall for the straight face lox, stocks and barrel) For safe bagels, put lox on them.