"Alex Chaihorsky" wrote in message
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"Rick Chappell" wrote in message
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Back to tea glasses - I just can't help mentioning two of my favorite
words, which are relevant he "finjan" and "zarf". A finjan is a
handleless glass or ceramic container for drinking tea, and a zarf is
a kind of metal holder for it. These are Arabic. I don't know the
Russian, but I imagine that Sasha can tell us.

I am not very knowledgable about Arabic culture (Alas!) but I always
thought
finjans are coffee cups. Israelis also call a large coffee pot (with a
bird-like beak and a metal handle a finjan. In Azerbaijzhan peopel drink
tea
from small glass or chrystal glasses which have a "waist" which make them
a
little bit like hourglass shape, but these are no finjan and they are not
used with any zarfs.
And these are just small pieces oif my ignorance for the mountains of your
wisdom. And Allah knows best.


Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
People use many of these, which are more like preserves than jams.
Real tea-drinkers wouldn't do that to a good tea. However there is one
popular anti-cold remedy - raspberry preserve with very hot tea right
before
bed that makes you sweat hard while you sleep and really helps to get
rid
of
cold and wake up and go build socialist paradise like nothing happened.

Well, that's the trouble with a socialist paradise - nothing ever
happens (if I get a visit late tonight from a guy named Levrenti and
am never heard from again, I'm counting on you to raise a fuss).

Rich, what the hell are you talking about? (BTW, Beria's name was
LAvrenti,
not LEvrenti). You should read his son's book. Fascinating.

Last, as long as I'm riding a train of irrelevance here, why would you
say that Russian Jewish women drive you crazy? I'm married to an
American-born but pure blooded specimen and (in case she's reading
this) must say that she is as meek as a lamb. No trouble at all. My
thinning hair, stagger, nervous tics, extreme reactions to loud noises
and spontaneous weeping are all due to other causes.

I am very glad to hear about your happy marriage. If Her Highness would
read
these lines of yours, I am sure you will be duly rewarded, your thinning
hair, nervous tics, etc. notwithstanding. Certainly we are not here to
accuse every lady of Hebrew descent of being an intolerable, loud,
opinionated, jewelry-greedy and loud (or did I mentioned loud before?).

True- after all, not all of them are Ashkenazi; there are plenty of
Sephardim and Oriental Jews still around..
(Un)fortunately, as a New Yorker and as the former wife of a Jewish guy, I
am now Jewish by injection. Unfortunate in the sense that I am definitely
opinionated (but that's a trait in my family, anyway). Fortunate in the
sense that I'm not loud except after three drinks, I don't adore jewelry,
and I've been told that I'm tolerable.

However, for reasons unknown to me, among Russian women these treats are
not
distributed evenly and are much more common among the descendants of
former
Egyptian slaves. However we also have to say here that on the bed of
passion, Jewish women of Russia retain the ancient vigor which is not at
all
tempered by post-Mosesqian piousness (due to growing up in an atheistic
society?) and can make you completely forget about the
previously-mentioned
shortcomings. No need for home gym if you have one of these ladies share
your house. But I (as a Jewish boy) still very much recommend a Slavic
Russian lady with the eyes full of deep-gray pool waters, her heart made
of
kindness and tenderness itself, her smile capable of stopping a raging
water
buffalo. And yes, you will experience plenty of love and passion, but in a
less WWF manner
http://www.wwe.com/ You spontaneous weeping WILL go away. And may be
even
you tic.
But nothing better than Russian Jewish wife if you want to better
yourself,
be challenged, educated, learn how to expect a nuclear attack at any
moment,
develop a feeling for threatening flying objects, fight ten adversaries
blind-folded and develop a stomach of pure iron. If you can withstand this
training for more than several years, all the Special Forces and Blind
Samurai in the world will be not good enough to wipe your ass. In skill of
which, BTW, you will also be thoroughly trained.

Sasha.

HAH! I say- HAH!

If you want a woman with a face like an angel and a nature that is
passionate and roiling, African-Americans are the best. We are dependable,
loving and kind, and we can usually cook up a storm. The men who love us
may gain a few extra pounds, but they'll be well fed and happy. Of course, I
wouldn't advise annoying us- objects have been known to move at light speed
on occasion. Also, titanium razor blades have been known to be dull next to
our tongues- there's no need for circumcision before meeting us, because
there's a good chance you'll lose some of your foreskin over time anyway.
Some of it will get worn away from all the hard use anyhow, which will also
help you wear off the pounds from our cooking.