Yep, that would be pretty obscure. Mrs. Beisbolfan would get it, but I can't imagine anyone else. Ok, the 7/17 'gadget' is on my Google page. It counts down to Mrs. Beisbolfan's birthday (July 17th - today) Once 7/17 is reached, the message changes from 'x months, y days until 7/17' to 'Yay!' The Happy Bat Mitzvah Ervina is a twist on an inside joke. In some TV sitcom, someone brought home a cake. I'm told it was "All in the Family". The cake was on sale because some poor little kid named Irving was sick for his Bar Mitzvah. This morning Mrs. Beisbolfan got an ecard from our friend (the one who said it was from "All in the Family") who sent a Bat Mitzvah ecard instead of a birthday ecard, but spelled the name Ervine instead of Irving as Magic spells it. There is more to the story...
I guess the rest of the story should be told. We had a real cheap friend who invited us over to a dinner party for his birthday. The guests were told to bring the food. (uh ok) I guess there were probably 4 girls and 4 guys attending. One guy, who was even more of a cheapskate, brought six ears of corn figuring that each guy would get one ear and each girl would get 1/2 ear. What does corn cost, about 20¢ each? We brought two gallons of ice cream and made a cake. We bought those candy letters to spell out "Happy Bar Mitzvah, Irving!" thinking we'd tell the story of the sitcom and get a laugh. When I got out the cake and I started to explain, our friend looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears. I realized I wasn't getting across that it was a joke so I just told him that it was a really good deal,... 1/2 price! He smiled and nodded, quite impressed at my frugality.
And I thought that copper wire was invented by Scotsmen arguing over a penny. You have that myth completely beat into the ground. That is just too good!
Too oblique for me - I don't get it.
ReplyDeleteYep, that would be pretty obscure. Mrs. Beisbolfan would get it, but I can't imagine anyone else.
ReplyDeleteOk, the 7/17 'gadget' is on my Google page. It counts down to Mrs. Beisbolfan's birthday (July 17th - today)
Once 7/17 is reached, the message changes from 'x months, y days until 7/17' to 'Yay!'
The Happy Bat Mitzvah Ervina is a twist on an inside joke. In some TV sitcom, someone brought home a cake. I'm told it was "All in the Family". The cake was on sale because some poor little kid named Irving was sick for his Bar Mitzvah. This morning Mrs. Beisbolfan got an ecard from our friend (the one who said it was from "All in the Family") who sent a Bat Mitzvah ecard instead of a birthday ecard, but spelled the name Ervine instead of Irving as Magic spells it.
There is more to the story...
Happy Birthday to me!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIndeed!!! Happy B-day!!! That was a twist on a twist to get that sorted out though!
ReplyDeleteI guess the rest of the story should be told. We had a real cheap friend who invited us over to a dinner party for his birthday. The guests were told to bring the food. (uh ok) I guess there were probably 4 girls and 4 guys attending. One guy, who was even more of a cheapskate, brought six ears of corn figuring that each guy would get one ear and each girl would get 1/2 ear. What does corn cost, about 20¢ each?
ReplyDeleteWe brought two gallons of ice cream and made a cake. We bought those candy letters to spell out "Happy Bar Mitzvah, Irving!" thinking we'd tell the story of the sitcom and get a laugh. When I got out the cake and I started to explain, our friend looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears. I realized I wasn't getting across that it was a joke so I just told him that it was a really good deal,... 1/2 price! He smiled and nodded, quite impressed at my frugality.
And I thought that copper wire was invented by Scotsmen arguing over a penny. You have that myth completely beat into the ground. That is just too good!
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