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Received email from paypal. A new massage (sic) to update my details. #righttobesuspicious
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
— Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
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Autumn hedgerow
“The Rabbi is Leaving”
At the regular Saturday morning service, the rabbi announced that he was planning to leave for a larger congregation, that would pay him more.
There is a hush within the congregation. No one wants him to leave, because he is so popular.
Fred Shapiro, who owns several car dealerships in Newton and Brookline , stands up and proclaims “If the rabbi stays, I will provide him with a new Cadillac every year, and his wife with a Honda mini-van, to transport their children!”
The congregation sighs in appreciation and applauds.
Saul Cohen, a successful businessman and lawyer, stands and says,
“If the rabbi will stay on here, I’ll personally double his salary, and establish a foundation to guarantee a free college education for his children!”
More sighs and loud applause.
Estelle Rubin, age 88, stands and announces with a smile, “If the rabbi stays, I will give him sex!”
There is total silence.
The rabbi, blushing, asks her: “Mrs. Rubin, you’re a wonderful and holy lady. Whatever possessed you to say that?”
Estelle’s 90-year old husband, Abe, is now trying to hide, holding his forehead with the palm of his hand, and shaking his head from side to side, while his wife replied “Well, I just asked my husband how we could help, and he said, “**** him.”
It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.
— Tom Brokaw
Autumn garden
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I have a great title for my new book: “Things I’ve Learned After It Was Too Late
— Snoopy
Autumn
What we call ‘Progress’ is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
— Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939)
A man went to the police station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
“You’ll get your chance in court,” said the desk sergeant.
“No, no, no!” said the man. “I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I’ve been trying to do that for years!”
