Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for June 10, 2011
June 09, 2011
June 11, 2011
Transcript:
captain: A "Schlemiel" is a clumsy guy who spills his soup. captain: A "schlimazel" is a hapless guy who gets the soup spilled on him. dynaman: What do you call a clumsy and hapless guy who trips a bomb and blows himself up? captain: "sidekick" Scrappy lad: Very funny. I think I'm gonna plotz....
zero almost 13 years ago
And the smiles on those two make them putzes…
donboyer almost 13 years ago
Live and Laverne — Shirley that means something….
lewisbower almost 13 years ago
Remember in the 60s when it was PC for everyone in NY to learn Yiddish? I learned 5000 insults but never could say, “My rich uncle manufactured gas in the war.”
David Bethke Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Sidekick Lad should join “Hassenpfeffer Inc.”, maybe?
marchman3354 almost 13 years ago
Sorry Fairportfan a schnook trips the schlemiel who spills on the schlmazel. A schnook is an @$$ who thinks he’s funny.
DonVanni almost 13 years ago
As the plotz thickens…
steelersneo over 12 years ago
‘One, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight! Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!’
- From Laverne and Shirley
Schlemiel = A habitual bungler; a dolt // Schlimazel = An extremely unlucky or inept person; a habitual failure
“A schlimazel can be concisely described as a born loser. No discussionof schlimazel could be complete without mentioning his counterpart:schlemiel, a habitual bungler. They go together:
A schlemiel is one who always spills his soup, schlimazel is the one onwhom it always lands.
A schlimazel’s toast always falls butter-side down. A schlemiel alwaysbutters his toast on both sides."