| (Jewish Humor) You know you grew up Jewish when: You spent your entire
childhood thinking that everyone calls roast beef "brisket".
Your family dog responds to complaints uttered in Yiddish.
You've experienced the phenomena of 50 people fitting into a 10 foot wide
dining room hitting each other with plastic plates trying to get to a deli
tray.
You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.
You were surprised to find out that wine doesn't always taste like
year-old cranberry sauce.
You can look at gefilte fish and not turn green.
You can understand Yiddish but you can't speak it.
You know how to pronounce numerous Yiddish words and use them correctly in
context, yet you don't exactly know what they mean. Kenahurra.
You grew up thinking it's normal for someone to shout "Are you okay? Are
you okay?" through the bathroom door if you're in there for longer than 3
minutes.
You thought that speaking loud was normal.
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