[stand watie]

rotflmRao!

fyi, my first college roommate was an "African Jew", who spoke fluent LADINO.(his parents emigrated to the USA in the 1930s, fleeing the Italian Fascists)

the air in the room would turn BLUE when he was angered about something.

ladino "cuss words" come in REALLY handy at times, too as few Americans understand them. lol.

also, his mom sent us LOTS of Mediterranean goodies as "care packages", when he would return from a weekend at home.

i frequently wished he'd get homesick more often! (btw, have you ever had Kosher PIZZA?????. MMM-MMMMMMM-GOOD!)

free dixie,sw

[Jonah Hex]

I'll never forget the first time I saw "Blazing Saddles". Aaron,a few of the guys on the hall, and I saw it at the Student Union theater. Aaron completely lost it when Lili Von Shtupp (the late great Madeline Khan, may she rest in peace) was introduced. When he finally stopped laughing/crying, we got him to explain the joke to us.

I still break into a laugh during her character bits.

:-)