{"id":6610,"date":"2011-11-23T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2014-09-11T17:33:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T21:33:42","slug":"bugged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/23\/bugged\/","title":{"rendered":"BUGGED"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why do<\/strong><\/span> nursing-home administrators request 100-percent peppy music from performers?\u00a0 Some residents want to hear contemplative tunes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Why do eyeglass-frame adjusters have so much power over us?\u00a0 Did they all get PhDs?\u00a0 From where?\u00a0 I.U.?<\/p>\n

How come newspaper columnists don\u2019t write about pet peeves anymore?\u00a0 That\u2019s annoying.<\/p>\n

My wife<\/span><\/strong> took the electric toothbrush to Columbus, Ohio, on a business trip. The electric toothbrush — and <\/em>the seltzer machine and Bose radio — are permanent attachments to the dwelling, Alice.<\/p>\n

Why does Zagara\u2019s grocery in Cleveland Heights sell only 12-packs of shabbat candles and not the 72-candle jumbo box?\u00a0 Zagara’s Jewish Lites.<\/p>\n

What about those phone solicitors from yours kids\u2019 colleges who ask for money.\u00a0 What are you supposed to say?\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHere\u2019s another $50.\u00a0 No problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why do<\/strong><\/span> \u201chighly sensitive\u201d people insist on telling you what bothers them?\u00a0 That\u2019s irritating.<\/p>\n

When your computer crashes, why do you feel like your right hand fell off?\u00a0 Why can\u2019t you feel like a mosquito bit your ankle.<\/p>\n

Who is nostalgic for mimeo machines?\u00a0 Somebody should be.<\/p>\n

Why do<\/strong><\/span> “sophisticated” Clevelanders brag about not reading the Plain Dealer<\/em>?\u00a0 They say, \u201cI\u2019ve lived in Cleveland for 20 years and never subscribed to the PD<\/em>.\u00a0 I read the New York Times<\/em>. \u201d\u00a0 Go home.<\/p>\n

People who grow vegetables always serve arugula.\u00a0 Why don\u2019t they grow dates or figs?<\/p>\n

Why do concertgoers at the Cleveland Orchestra applaud maniacally after every single piece?\u00a0 The listeners nap for 54 minutes (Mahler Symphony #1), then give the conductor three curtain calls.\u00a0 Applaud this<\/em>!<\/p>\n

If you want<\/strong><\/span> to talk about cars, first ask: \u201cDo you want to talk about cars with me?\u201d\u00a0 Same goes for sports, TV shows and politics.<\/p>\n

Which is preferable:\u00a0 a) \u201cHe passed away.\u201d or b) \u201cHe passed.\u201d\u00a0 Answer: \u201cHe passed away.\u201d\u00a0 Best answer:\u00a0 c) \u201cHe died.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who was the<\/em> curmudgeon — Harvey Pekar or Andy Rooney?\u00a0 Coin toss.<\/p>\n

Don’t complain about lousy cell phone service and long lines at the post office.\u00a0 That’s modern life.\u00a0\u00a0 You wouldn\u2019t get upset by a house sign that said the smith’s<\/span>, would you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why do nursing-home administrators request 100-percent peppy music from performers?\u00a0 Some residents want to hear contemplative tunes. Why do eyeglass-frame adjusters have so much power over us?\u00a0 Did they all get PhDs?\u00a0 From where?\u00a0 I.U.? How come newspaper columnists don\u2019t write about pet peeves anymore?\u00a0 That\u2019s annoying. My wife took the electric toothbrush to Columbus, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-pekar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6610"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21312,"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6610\/revisions\/21312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}