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John in Covina said:********
As only siblings can display!
You knwo what they say: Familiarity breeds contempt. Siblings are fairly familiar.
John in Covina said:********
As only siblings can display!
:eusa_doh: Right, I guess I read it wrong. loljamespowers said:I think he meant what were they smoking to think that.
To help speed things along, you could always reply, "I'd rather look like a rabbi than an @$$h0le."funneman said:I walked by my bosses office door yesterday in my brown Penny's Marathon,
American Outfitter's vest, and cords with a trench coat.
My boss says "Hey, it's Columbo." [huh]
The other day I was wearing a grey suit with brown pin stripes and a dark brown Adam Executive. He says "You look like a Rabbi."
I think I need a new boss.
JohnnyB53 said:To help speed things along, you could always reply, "I'd rather look like a rabbi than an @$$h0le."
Well, one comment I heard about my hat (Indy style fedora) - and that one of my friends has found hilarious ever since and keeps spreading the story - was that it made me look like a "pelimanni", which translates into something like a "folk musician" (the kind that you'd expect to see playing at rural barn dances etc.). I tried to point out the differences in hat styles, but - to some - a hat is a hat is a hat. :eusa_doh:
funneman said:The other day I was wearing a grey suit with brown pin stripes and a dark brown Adam Executive. He says "You look like a Rabbi."
I think I need a new boss.
charlie farley said:If there was a pair of scissors handy you could have said "have I done yours yet?" while snapping them open and shut.
ortega76 said:This hapened to me the other day during Chicago's blizzard conditions.
I was running to the hot dog place next door to meet a friend for lunch. Despite the sub zero temps, I just ran across the way sans coat, feeling that my sweater and sportcoat were fine for 20 feet. I did grab my brown stingy to keep the snow out.
Being a regular, they saw me come in and the counter lady shouted out "want your usual?". I guess my jumping a customer still hemming and hawing over the menu irritated this guy because he murmured something "dirty jew". The odd thing is that while Mexican, I am often mistaken for an Arab American or Greek or something else entirely. My lunch companion was Jewish, however. And so were the restaurant owners. I merely tipped my hat as the owner asked him to leave.
Doran said:"Dirty Jew"? Geez. "How to Make Friends and Influence People." What a creep. And in a Jewish-owned establishment ... that customer was clearly an idiot as well as a nasty person.
ortega76 said:Completely horrible? Yes. Handled with dignity by the owner? Absolutely. Irritating to me? Mildly. Do I mind being confused with another ethnic group- not really. Am I offended by your intolerance toward my friend and neighbors? Oh, you betcha!
ortega76 said:This hapened to me the other day during Chicago's blizzard conditions.
I was running to the hot dog place next door to meet a friend for lunch. Despite the sub zero temps, I just ran across the way sans coat, feeling that my sweater and sportcoat were fine for 20 feet. I did grab my brown stingy to keep the snow out.
Being a regular, they saw me come in and the counter lady shouted out "want your usual?". I guess my jumping a customer still hemming and hawing over the menu irritated this guy because he murmured something "dirty jew". The odd thing is that while Mexican, I am often mistaken for an Arab American or Greek or something else entirely. My lunch companion was Jewish, however. And so were the restaurant owners. I merely tipped my hat as the owner asked him to leave.
Jerekson said:I would like to throw a big snowball in that guy's face.
BlindeMan said:One of the faculty at my residency saw me wearing my grey Federation and said, "Olsen, go out there and get me a picture of Spiderman!"