"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.
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