tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6551336507062929863..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: It's somehow thicker'n other water - Mendele Mocher Sforim's "Fishke the Lame"Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-90837443006738332752009-01-12T22:31:00.000-06:002009-01-12T22:31:00.000-06:00That's right! Because what could be luckier than a...That's right! Because what could be luckier than a wedding in a cemetery?<BR/><BR/>May I say, that I am honored to receive a visit from Uncle Shlomo, or his representative. Uncle Shlomo's <A HREF="http://uncleshlomo.com/jokes.html" REL="nofollow">website</A> seems to consist mostly of Yiddish jokes right now. Scroll down to the one about the herring - it may be my all-time favorite.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4475724152850563052009-01-12T16:17:00.000-06:002009-01-12T16:17:00.000-06:00I believe these cholera weddings would take place ...I believe these cholera weddings would take place AT the cemetery.melinamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01628499858283988824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45002583215045002962009-01-09T14:23:00.000-06:002009-01-09T14:23:00.000-06:00This is right up your alley, except hideous. It's ...This is right up your alley, except hideous. It's all about generating good luck. An epidemic hits a town, so the citizens need to create some good luck for themselves. What's luckier than a wedding? So they grab two unmarriageable people and have a wedding.<BR/><BR/>"Jews should be fruitful and multiply, everyone agreed, and poor cripples should also be able to enjoy life. But I'm getting off the point."<BR/><BR/>These sorts of superstitions were primary targets in Abramovitsh's fiction. He wanted fewer superstiton-based weddings and cleaner bathhouses. I'm with him.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-92130212402198062642009-01-09T14:09:00.000-06:002009-01-09T14:09:00.000-06:00What's a "cholera groom"? (Oh I know I could go lo...What's a "cholera groom"? (Oh I know I could go look it up, but it's so much easier to ask you).Sparkling Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899640164757220074noreply@blogger.com