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Category Archives: Satire
Celebrating The Fourth Of July Chinese Style
A friend calls. "What are you doing for the fourth?" Luke: "No plans." Friend: "You and Ming Ho aren’t going to sell state secrets to the Chinese? It’d be the time to do it. Empty parking lot in Monterey Park. … Continue reading
Posted in Satire
Tagged communist spy, egg roll, monterey park, radio transmitters, state secrets
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Has Monty Python Left The World A Better Place?
Terry Jones says in The Pythons: Autobiography by the Pythons: "…I was talking to a friend who was a teacher in an inner city comprehensive in the ’70s, and they said since Python they’d noticed a change in the adolescent … Continue reading
Posted in Satire
Tagged adolescent boys, inner city, monty python, pythons, terry jones
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The Rules of the Game For Kids
I have a part-time job picking up kids from daycare and bringing them home to their loving parents. Because I believe that our every minute is a gift from HaShem, I always carry a book wherever I go. So through … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Satire
Tagged game for kids, indirect questions, loving parents, Neil Strauss, social proof, time constraints
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David Suissa: ‘I Heart Shuvuot’
I got a sneak peak at excerpts of David Suissa’s column in next week’s Jewish Journal: In most suburban congregations, other than the occasional blintz offering, no one really talks about Shavout, but last week I had lunch with an … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Satire
Tagged azure magazine, bagel factory, blintz, israel consulate, Jewish Journal, kosher restaurant, moroccan woman, Orthodox Union, shuvuot, vexing issues, yiddishkeit
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The Perils Of Yellow Fever
Cathedral City, just outside Monterey Park. I’m to meet Ming Ho’s father at his dry cleaners. A cloud of steam erupts from his press as I walk in. "Mr. Kim, so very good to meet you," I say. "Could I … Continue reading
Posted in Satire
Tagged cathedral city, chinese food, dry cleaners, jew, kidney, monterey park, mr kim, organs, perils, steam, yellow fever
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Naughty Barbecue
SILVERLAKE: So we all lay down on the table — between the fried chicken and the potato salad and the chocolate cake — to get served by Sandra, who’d biked in from Van Nuys. She had that ancient Oriental massage … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Satire
Tagged assembly line, chocolate cake, fake moustache, festering swamp, fikes, fried chicken, good woman, hearty laughter, jew, megs, old girl, older lady, oriental massage, performance anxiety, potato salad, quot quot, shamrock shake, sweet smile, therm, van nuys
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Man Claims to Speak ‘Australian’ After Allegedly Being Raped by Wombat
From Fox News: Los Angeles — A Pico-Robertson man has been sentenced to community service after telling police he was raped by a wombat and the experience had made him speak "Australian". Luke Carey Ford, 41, from Kurri Kurri, called … Continue reading
Posted in Satire
Tagged Alcohol, carey ford, chris stringer, ford, fox news, local court, mdash, news los angeles, orchard, police prosecutor, sergeant, wombat
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Bulletin: Spitzer Rescinds Resignation
"I’m not going to take this lying down," Governor Spritzer said in resolute tone. "I have a history of ‘standing up’ for things that I value, like $5,000-an-hour prostitutes," the governor unabashedly explained. (Yisroel Pensack) Here are more Eliot Spitzer … Continue reading
Posted in Satire
Tagged amber, conan o brien, david letterman, Eliot Spitzer, FBI, Hillary Clinton, holy cow, hooker, hookers, jay leno, jokes, knees, prostitutes, prostitution ring, resignation, scandal, soliciting a prostitute, state of new york, sting, wiretap
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I’m Resigning As Your Moral Leader
In the past few days I have begun to atone for my private failings with my friends and my religious community. The remorse I feel will always be with me. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for the love … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Satire
Tagged belief, compassion, faith and trust, few days, human beings, Love, march 17, moral leader, orderly transition, orthodox jews, prayers, privilege, public servant, rabbi, Religion, religious community, remarkable people, remorse, resignation, torah jew
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Susan Sarandon Masturbated To For Old Time’s Sake
ATHENS, GA—Though David Unger’s onanistic ritual has changed much over the past three decades, the 39-year-old copy editor told reporters Monday that he was "thrilled" to reconnect with someone he hadn’t used as masturbatory fodder in years: Academy Award–winning actress … Continue reading
Posted in Satire
Tagged academy award, alias, athens ga, carver, david unger, difficult questions, fantasizing, fodder, genitalia, hiatus, jennifer aniston, kelly clarkson, lucy liu, mdash, old time, onanistic, sex symbol, susan sarandon, three decades, waste of time
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