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>>> Barry Wellman <[log in to unmask]> 10/19/2005 8:48:47 AM >>>
wrote
<<<

Curious if I am the only one to whom the question of,
What does the word "pork" evoke?
Immediately thinks "tryfe"!*
*Translation: non-kosher.
>>>

I immediately thought "politicians" - at first glance, rather
different. But
many politicians aren't kosher (in the figurative sense) and very few
are kosher
(in the literal sense).

<<<<
Which reminds me of the Jewish family who had FIVE sets of dishes:
2 for everyday dairy or meat meals.
2 for Passover dairy or meat meals
1 for the occasional ham sandwich!
>>>>

You forgot the 6th set that they would never be caught dead eating
from.

Peter

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