So I am sitting at my hosts on the west side of Denver, Colorado and we get into this discussion on why we eat creplachs on erev Yom Kippr. So the discussion is going at a regular yeshivish pace until the host drops the B-bomb. In normal situations I may have been able to contain myself, but one of best buds with a sick mind like my own was sitting right next to me trying to contain himself as well.
The statement “Since we only bang three times a year” was continuously said until we both burst out uncontrollably. Then suddenly he said “and on Yom Kippor we cover our meat” and then we both completely lost it, I almost peed my pants- due to the hilarity of the comment “we only bang three times per year” combined with “on erev Yom Kippor we cover our meat”. The host understood- but the wife was clueless- which was probably a good thing.
It reminds of this time I was at a buddies house and someone mentioned the word “Beaver” in a somewhat similar context to its slang which had me and a friend rolling (so mature huh) and my friends 19 year old sister in law had no idea what was flying. She kept thinking she “got it” but she never did- thank God.
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Several years ago, when I was summer camp, it came time for the Birkat Hamazon at the end of dinner one night and I, being a big proponent of banging on the table throughout the birkat hamazon, began to clear space on the table for doing just that. My friend turned to me and asked what I was doing. I told him I was just clearing out my banging space. He burst out laughing and I have never lived this down.
nice. lol. ((clueless wives [and not-so-clueless wives who are polite enough in mixed company as to not let on that they really do get it)) Yeah, I said get it.
the girls get it .. they just have more practice at playing dumb
Oy. I get the *secular* references quite nicely–no wonder you were laughing. But I don’t know the *Jewish* reference–what does “bang” mean in reference to Yom Kippur? Yeah, there’s the chest-thumping for the short Vidui/confessional (Ashamnu, . . .), but don’t a lot of folks do that for “chatanu” and “fashanu” in the “HaRotzeh bi-t’shuvah” brachah/blessing in the weekday Amidah, too? Could you explain the *”clean”* version, for a change?
Well we bang our chests, we bang hoshanos and I am not sure what the other banging is.
Well we bang our chests, we bang hoshanos and we bang for haman
Is it bad to be clueless on this? Am I making a fool of myself, If I say I didn’t get the last 2. About covering meat, and beaver. Is there a way you explain what that is referring to? or at least a hint?
I think my mind is corrupt enough already, so it won’t hurt if I learn what those 2 lines are referring to. For curiosity sake.
meat refers to menschfleisch. beaver refers to, and crude American slang for, the conduit from which babies are born.
and, babysitter, I think you’re a super blogger, and it’s great that you’re that [not corrupt], so to speak. Knowing that meat refers to man parts doesn’t give anyone an ounce more meaningful worldliness, imo.
s(b.) thanx for explaining.
thanx, I appreciate that!
you are probably right about that, just that people have different views of what worldliness means. For some they would be laughing at those that didn’t get these references perhaps.
Sounds like something out of a Beavis and Butthead episode.
I probably would gave made some comment depending on who the host was and how much I had to drink, don’t know about cracking up though.
SB:
Mentchfleish is an interesting term I haven’t heard before, sounds like something Germans eat (I wouldn’t be surprised if they did).
I just made it up. Into 18 minutes, now. Have a good shabbos.
Its a double mitvah to bang every shabbos
all the more reason, x y, I have an issue with not being able to shower on shabbat. I’m a big fan of showering/being clean /washing up after sweaty activities, in general (camping is camping, but that’s what baby wipes are for, if you don’t have a baby). This mythical banging, as it is called, sounds like something I would deem showerdik.
SB:
That’s why some “chassidish” men go to the mikva Shabbos morning. They can’t shower, so they soak of their leftover love juices with each other in a hot steam bath, you find all sorts of stuff floating around in there. Part of why I never got into that custom.
:runs away from any possible mental picture of men’s mikvah:
SB showerdik just opened up a whole new territory for my sick mind you know
Time for the Chumra police to ban the term showerdik, might give some guys bad ideas in the shower.
That’s what you get callig me old.
Would you prefer showerdishe (which has the female E at the end, so it makes more sense, grammatically, for me to use; whether CH is pronounced K or SH depends on what part of Germany your roots came from)? And, um, don’t knock a way to get clean if you haven’t tried it (when you’re married and with your wife, of course); you might be pleasantly surprised (or so I have heard). :angel:
Reminds me of the urban legend about the guy and his wife that got stuck after trying it in the bath due to some sort of water pressure/suction, they had to call 911 for ems come in to get them apart.
It wasn’t me that called you old, I think I’m a dinosaur compared to most readers of this blog.
thanks for the laughs – i needed that! my fave new word is Showerdik….lets see what Hesh does with that now.
The Eagles’ song, “Peaceful, Easy Feeling” was originally called “Showerdige Feeling.”
And to correct myself, it should be spelled showerdig, not showerdik. Its Yidd’shification is rooted in German word structure.
wowww SOMEONE has a dirty mind ;-P
What do you expect from a 26 year old guy?
oh dont worry- not much ;-P