In 1975, Israeli writer Alona Frankel wrote a toilet training book for her child that became universally used in Israel and around the world, and is still in print today. The child finally succeeds at the task, and ends the book by saying “Bye-bye, wee-wee, Bye-bye, poo-poo.” What is the title of that children’s book? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
“First, be very sure you want to be president, even though it costs you considerable money and time attending boring meetings and dealing with people who are never satisfied,” President Trump began. “I don’t think I’ve mentioned it, but being president has cost me millions of dollars. But that’s okay.” [Satire by Joel H. Cohen]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
I glimpsed an off-leash German shepherd hurtling toward me. Before I had a chance to retreat or make a submissive gesture, he tried to bite me on the neck. Being smaller and quicker, I managed to jerk my head away from his mouth. Based on his unprovoked attack on another breed, I assume his name was Adolf. [Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
After I submitted my review of Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big San Diego Christmas Show, now playing at the Old Globe, we noticed that the creators’ names sounded Jewish. I’ve met a few Jews who were openly hostile to the goyishe feist, calling it “Krastmik” to avoid saying that name. But American Jews making their mark, even iconic contributions, to Christmas canon is nothing new. Some favorite Christmas carols including Rudolph, Chestnuts Roasting, Let it Snow!, Santa Baby, Silver Bells and It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year were all composed by Jews.
Still, Christmas is not really our holiday. So we wanted to talk to Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen about creating this show and what influence their Jewish upbringing had on it. [Eric George Tauber]
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Eric George Tauber, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire
I’m scheming for a white nation.
Just like the way it used to be.
No asylum seekers or border sneakers,
No more yearning to be free. [Satire by Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
You might have heard attorney Roberta Taylor Winston perform as a cantorial soloist at Congregation Beth El, where she also has served on the board. Or perhaps you heard her belting out the songs for Congregation Beth Am’s Rockin’ Shabbat band. Even before that, you might have heard her sing as part of the High Holiday quartet that accompanied Cantor Alisa Pomerantz-Boro at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Now, she’s campaigning for another spot in which she would have an audience, but instead of performing, for the most part, she would be actively listening. Roberta Winston, 58, is in a race to become a Superior Court Judge in Office No. 18, from which Judge Jacqueline Stern is retiring [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA[A]n Israeli startup named REE has brought its own ingenuity to auto design. What is the unique feature of the automobile they are developing? [humor column by Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhile his critics have often characterized President Trump as a “divider,’ recent glorification by admirers may have changed the description to ‘uniter.’ But not necessarily the way he might prefer. [Satire by Joel H. Cohen]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireEven after all the evidence presented at the House Impeachment Hearings, the American public opinion polls have not registered a significant shift in the numbers supporting impeachment and those opposed to it. I believe this has nothing to do with the substance of the case against Trump and more to do with his ability to coin demeaning names for anyone who criticizes him. Perhaps Michelle Obama was wrong. Maybe we should abandon the high road and engage in name calling. Here’s my list of suggested epithets: [Laurie Baron, PhD]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireMiriam Adelson, who is the current publisher of Israel Hayom, told investigators, among other things, that Sara Netanyahu complained that when Israel Hayom published a picture of her, the picture was too small. What bad consequence did Sara Netanyahu say would befall Bibi because Israel Hayom did not defend him enough? [Humor column by Mark Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump commented that “turncoats” against him include “even Gordon Sondland” who changed his testimony to declare that there was indeed a “quid pro quo” sought by the president and his supporters on Ukraine. Dismissing Sondland’s influence, Trump commented, “He thought he could buy my affection with a little donation to my campaign (reportedly a million dollars); I did name him ambassador to the European Union, whatever that is, but his disloyalty eventually came to the surface.” [Satire by Joel H. Cohen]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireI should show solidarity with the turkeys of the world (the poultry not the defenders of the Golden Deceiver.) Although I can’t read, I have heard the quote from Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Enemies: A Love Story: “As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.” [Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatirePresident Trump unexpectedly underwent a physical this Saturday. Although Trump tweeted that this was a routine visit, the Fake News speculated that he had a medical emergency. Today his diagnosis appeared on Sikileaks. [Satire by Lawrence Baron, PhD]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireAs if President Trump didn’t have enough adversity to deal with already, Stephen Miller has added to his tzuris. [Satire by Joel H. Cohen]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire