Funny line in synagogue today...from my own WIFE!

[PCIntern]

She said: the name "Palin" sounds like "Haman" (bad guy) and she wants to twirl the Gragger (noisemaker) every time she hears her name.

Purim joke, for the uninitiated.

She floored me...doesn't happen often.

[RagAss]

1. I love it !!!!

[YOY]

2. I like a good Yiddish joke and no party is a party without a good bodkin but I don't get it...

n.t.

[AspenRose]

5. Purim=Celebration of Queen Esther's bravery in confronting her husband

with Haman's plans to destroy Mordecai her kinsman and the Jews

[YOY]

11. Oh I know that...the Gragger party I was clueless on!

n/t

[PCIntern]

6. During the Purim service the Megillah

or the story of Puring is read to the congregation. Every time Haman, the evil guy, is mentioned by name the whole assembled group twirls a gragger, or noisemaker real loud b/c he's such a BAD GUY.

Maybe we need some of those for Palin...

Palin = Haman

[YOY]

9. Now I get it!

Got a chuckle out of me yet!

[Sophree]

14. lol

That's hilarious. I know the story of Queen Esther/Hadassah and remembered that Haman was the bad guy, but this shiksa (sp?) didn't know about the gragger/noisemaker thing during Purim. lol Your wife is funny. :-)

[AspenRose]

3. Bwah!

That's a good one :-)

[Ioo]

4. Happy Rosh Hashanah!!

[PCIntern]

13. Shanah tovah to everyone here!

May your year be filled with sweetness, joy, health, properity, and a Democratic Victory across the board!

[yardwork]

7. That's interesting, because I've read that some of the Rapture Ready are insisting

that Sarah Palin is actually Queen Esther.

Personally, I think she's the Whore of Babylon.

[PCIntern]

10. I hear they're changing the name of the Book to

"The Song of McCain"

[Meshuga]

8. I know the feeling!

BTW, I am going to steal that from your wife and claim it as my own in my congregation. :rofl:

L'shanah tovah!

[pansypoo53219]

12. oy

not jewish and i got it. little arch book learnin.