MRS PLONY

Um, my family called them ‘prakas’. CTL, do you have any linguistic explanation?

Not exactly minhagim, but for sure familial:

My parents always called slippers ‘bedroom shoes. No one else I knew used the phrase. Then I grew up, became frum, moved to Monsey, learned ah bissele Yiddish, and learned the phrase ‘stenk shiach.’

Another phrase that I never heard outside of my family was ‘on the riggle’. Other people locked the door, we put it ‘on the riggle’. Then as a Mommy in Monsey I was asking a more experienced Mommy how to keep my toddler from making trouble in the bathroom, because he had just reached the door-opening stage. She told me “You need a riggle” and presented me with a hook-and-eye lock to put on the outside of the bathroom door.

lightbrite is so sweet. And Oomis seems so nice. I hurt coffee addict’s feelings once, so I’d like to apologize to her.

There are other interesting posters, but they’re men, so it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to want to meet them.

Some Latin American cultures have a ‘Quincianera’ celebrating a girl turning 15. The Sweet 16 is just a fun party.

Mazel Tov! But couldn’t this thread be used to somehow figure out who you really are? Is this a good idea?

I know that CR threads typically go off-topic, but I really hate seeing this one get hijacked.

No matter how you feel about rebbes hitting students or parents hitting offspring, everybody here ought to agree that STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HIT EACH OTHER. And a group of students is not allowed to gang up and hit one classmate. And it is the responsibility of the adults to enforce that. And if adults allow students to engage in bullying behavior, then the adults are at fault and can/should be held responsible.

I am ignoring Joseph. You should, too.

Um, Yeshiva World: You’re a news website. Can’t you try to track down the facts of this case and report on it?

And while we’re on the topic, I’ve always resented that quip about ‘Three sides to every story’. It’s just so mean-spirited to accuse everybody of lying.

How come?
I mean, obviously we should all exercise our civic duty to vote in whichever elections are applicable to us. But how come the budget should be voted down?

There are vegan marshmallows. They are pretty good.

Yeah, Plus one! CR would be dull without you.

Some things are never funny, even as a joke. (I don’t have to give examples, do I?) Some things are funny as a joke, but not in real life. It seems like RebYidd23 is referring to some specific joke on a different thread, and since I don’t know what that joke was, I can’t be sure which category the joke in question falls into.

Hi, Nechoma, I always used to think that ‘badeken’ and ‘dek-tuch’ were related to ‘deck’ as in ‘cover’ or ‘decorate’. But then somehow I realized that ‘badeken’ is linguistically related to ‘bodek’ meaning ‘check’, because the groom checks that he is getting the bride he expected, unlike when Yaakov Avinu was tricked into marrying Leah when he wanted to marry Rachel.

Have a beautiful yomtov wherever you are, Lightbrite

Where do you live? If you live in an ‘in-town’ community then there is probably a gemach, or at least free-giveaway listings in the local Jewish publication.

Mazel Tov! If you stress, then remind yourself ‘Gam zeh Ya’avor’ This too, shall pass. The wedding only lasts a few hours, but you should be blessed to share with your chasan a marriage that will last for many, many, many years.

So now I know where that particular melody comes from. And you do, too.

Happy Purim everybody.

Meno, I base my assertion that “You are my sunshine” and “This land is your land” are the same tune on the fact that they sound alike. Same thing with “Twinkle Twinkle” and the Jeopardy theme. I don’t know what ‘phrasing’ is.

The Jeopardy song IS TOO just “Twinkle Twinkle” with a funky beat. Try singing “Twinkle Twinkle” to the Jeopardy tune, and you’ll see that it fits.

Also, “You are my sunshine” and “This land is your land” use the same tune. As each other, I mean.

AMEN! TEN L’MAR! Thank you so much, lb. I’m going into Shabbos in a great mood now!

Thank you for the moral support, Lul. I suppose the man last night figured that if all we could give was 25 cents, then we needed it more than him. But it was money that had been set aside specifically for charity, so I can’t use it in good conscience myself.

For the record I broke the big bill today, so now we have ones to distribute.

Cheesecake. It’s a totally modern invention.

Can you just ask the rabbi who said it to clarify?

I had one aggressive shadchanit who kept setting me up with unsuitable boys and then pressuring me like, “How can you say ‘no’ when you haven’t met him? Talking on the phone isn’t enough.” Then it was “How can you say ‘no’ when you’ve only met him once? You need to meet with a boy a few times to get to know him.” Then it was “How can you say no NOW, after you’ve gone out with him so many times? It was very unfair for you to string him along.” I realized afterward that she just wanted her shadchan fee. If I would have understood from the outset I would have said “Here’s $500. No pressure. If you make my shidduch, you got your fee in advance. If not, it was a gift. Don’t bother me.”

I tried googling but I got nowhere; I distinctly recall hearing about somebody on the Country Yossi show who called himself ‘Trucker Yitz’ or ‘Yitz the Truck Driver’. He could answer this question.

Mods, you’re good.

Thanks

Yeah. It drives me bonkers when people criticize kids’ age-appropriate behavior. My six-year-old or eight-year-old will act up and one of my in-laws will say that I should get strict with my child, and ask “When’s she going to stop? When she’s 20?” And I’m like, “Didn’t YOU change your behavior between kindergarten and college? She will, too.”

Well, I think it. If I said it then I’d get in trouble.