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John Oliver Fixes His Pitiless (Yet Hilarious) Gaze On: Utilities

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ckkatz5/16/2022 12:30:12 pm PDT

re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth

When I was in the MidEast back in the 1970’s I met an Israeli who had traveled to Moscow to visit some of his relatives.

He said that they kept hinting about how they were cooking up a special treat to celebrate his visit. At dinner, once everybody was gathered and seated, the matriarch of the family beaming, dramatically brought in this huge serving plate of… steaming potatoes.

He said everybody was looking at him him to see his reaction. And all were crestfallen to see that there wasn’t much of a reaction at all.

He said that the matriarch asked why was he not reacting? After all they had been told that potatoes were as rare as oranges.

He responded that this was indeed true, potatoes were as rare as oranges in Israel. Because they also raise oranges in Israel.

And, of course there is a Yiddish ditty that goes (translated into English):

Sunday — potatoes
Monday — potatoes
Tuesday and Wednesday — potatoes
Thursday and Friday potatoes
But on Shabbes something special
A potato kugel!