Category Archives: Humor

When Insults Had Class -2012

February 6, 2025 – 4:13 am

These glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to four-letter words. The exchange between Churchill and Lady Astor: She said, “If you were my husband I’d give you poison.” and he said, “If you were my wife, I’d […]

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Yom Kippur Squirrels

October 11, 2024 – 1:20 am

Yom Kippur 1972. Syrian and Egyptian tanks swarmed over Israeli defenses on the Golan Heights and the Suez Canal. The Arab Forces initial successes were reversed by strategic blunders and Israeli air cover, however the losses to the IDF were catastrophic for the small nation. If a country the size of the USA had suffered […]

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Yom Kippur Ahead

October 10, 2024 – 3:15 am

A priest and a rabbi are discussing the pros and cons of their various religions, and inevitably the discussion turns to repentance. Rabbi Shimon Ben Gamliel explains Yom Kippur, the solemn Day of Atonement, a day of fasting and penitence, while the Father John tells him all about Lent, and its 40 days of self-denial […]

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Blowing The Shofar

October 2, 2024 – 7:14 am

Ron, a Catholic chauffeur, was bragging to his friend how well the Jewish family who employed him treated him. “You wouldn’t believe it,” he bragged. “I get tips galore, and they always buy me lunch or dinner when I drive. My salary is great, with benefits. I get off all holidays, including the Jewish ones, […]

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Stealing the Shofar

October 2, 2024 – 1:18 am

Joseph, a deeply religious man, went to his temple for Rosh Hashanah and forgot his prayer shawl [Tallit], so he borrowed one from “the rack” by the door. At the end of the service, he realised that he really liked this Tallit so much so that he actually decided to stuff it down the front […]

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