Myra Bronstein
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Chutzpah is a Yiddish word meaning gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, sheer guts plus arrogance; it's Yiddish and, as Leo Rosten writes, "no other word, and no other language," can do it justice.
This example is better than 1,000 words. Read the story below the picture and you will understand.
THE ESSENCE OF CHUTZPAH...
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A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents each.
Every day a young man would leave his office building at lunch time, and as he passed the pretzel stand, he would leave her a quarter, but never take a pretzel.
This went on for more than 3 years. The two of them never spoke. One day, as the young man passed the old lady's stand and left his quarter as usual, the pretzel lady spoke to him. Without blinking an eye she said:
"They're 35 cents now."
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I know that woman! That's my grandma!
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
Myra Bronstein
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Magda Hassan Wrote:I know that woman! That's my grandma!
Your grandma has chutzpah.
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Myra Bronstein Wrote:Chutzpah is a Yiddish word meaning gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, sheer guts plus arrogance; it's Yiddish and, as Leo Rosten writes, "no other word, and no other language," can do it justice.
This example is better than 1,000 words. Read the story below the picture and you will understand.
THE ESSENCE OF CHUTZPAH...
A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents each.
Every day a young man would leave his office building at lunch time, and as he passed the pretzel stand, he would leave her a quarter, but never take a pretzel.
This went on for more than 3 years. The two of them never spoke. One day, as the young man passed the old lady's stand and left his quarter as usual, the pretzel lady spoke to him. Without blinking an eye she said:
"They're 35 cents now."
Myra
That produced another one of my 'splutter coffee over the keyboard' moments.
Talk about a punch line! It's priceless and chock full of meaning too - thanks.
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
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Today is chuckle day. More please...
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14
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Quote:Myra
That produced another one of my 'splutter coffee over the keyboard' moments.
Talk about a punch line! It's priceless and chock full of meaning too - thanks.
And chock full of Yiddish! Yiddish is inherantly funny... for some reason.
Glad you enjoyed it Peter. Next I'll see if I can make coffee come out of your nose. It is my personal mission.
