Friday, February 27, 2004
There's Something About Friday
From Dena:
"I don't want to be anyone else. I want to be me. People need someone like me around." (Bubbie, you're so cute!)
"If you don't put it in, you can't take it out."
The context, in case you're wondering: she's talking about parents who take their kids to shul when they're young, and how it shows when the kids grow up and are good jews.
From Elana:
"I don’t think about it too much, but I think about it a lot every Friday."
Bubbie: "You're turning 23, which makes me 10 years older."
Elana: "You mean 10 years older than you were 10 years ago?"
"I don't want to be anyone else. I want to be me. People need someone like me around." (Bubbie, you're so cute!)
"If you don't put it in, you can't take it out."
The context, in case you're wondering: she's talking about parents who take their kids to shul when they're young, and how it shows when the kids grow up and are good jews.
From Elana:
"I don’t think about it too much, but I think about it a lot every Friday."
Bubbie: "You're turning 23, which makes me 10 years older."
Elana: "You mean 10 years older than you were 10 years ago?"
Saturday, February 21, 2004
A Typical Shabbos Lunch
From Rachel:
First: "All men only like one thing-boobies."
Second: I started to hiccup and bubbie said, "Hold your nose" so i did, and then she said" hold your nose and conver your mouth". At this point I told her it was really impossible for me to breathe doing that, and she said, "thats a point".
Third:
Rachel: "Bubbie, you really watch the apprentice?"
Bubbie: "Yeah I do! What do you think? I was born in a hut-ze-plutz?"
First: "All men only like one thing-boobies."
Second: I started to hiccup and bubbie said, "Hold your nose" so i did, and then she said" hold your nose and conver your mouth". At this point I told her it was really impossible for me to breathe doing that, and she said, "thats a point".
Third:
Rachel: "Bubbie, you really watch the apprentice?"
Bubbie: "Yeah I do! What do you think? I was born in a hut-ze-plutz?"
Friday, February 20, 2004
Friday, Friday, Friday
From my mom:
"It's always Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday. Never Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday."
"It's like a cholent, you never know how it will come out--kids."
"It's always Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday. Never Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday."
"It's like a cholent, you never know how it will come out--kids."
Sunday, February 15, 2004
A Weekend Full of Bubbie
From Rachel:
1."What's money? Money is paper, and paper burns. It's only a problem when you don't have it!"
2. I picked Bubbie up to bring her over to our house and she was buckeling her seatbelt and I said "bubbie, are you in?" and she said, "Honey, I'm in--I'm in like flinn!!"
3. We were serving an ice cream cake and bubbie said, "\You have an i-scream and have a u-scream." We weren't sure what that meant but it was cute!!
From Kendall:
"Everyone has a closet." She said this meaning of course, everyone has a skeleton in the closet.
"Every morning i kiss my pillow that i am not in oakview." (the cemetary)
1."What's money? Money is paper, and paper burns. It's only a problem when you don't have it!"
2. I picked Bubbie up to bring her over to our house and she was buckeling her seatbelt and I said "bubbie, are you in?" and she said, "Honey, I'm in--I'm in like flinn!!"
3. We were serving an ice cream cake and bubbie said, "\You have an i-scream and have a u-scream." We weren't sure what that meant but it was cute!!
From Kendall:
"Everyone has a closet." She said this meaning of course, everyone has a skeleton in the closet.
"Every morning i kiss my pillow that i am not in oakview." (the cemetary)
Friday, February 13, 2004
Age Ain't Nothing But a Number
An email from my mom:
A week or so ago she said:
"Honey, I'm not as young as I was, but I'm older than I am because I changed my age."
I had to think about that one a few times.
And then another email from my mom:
I thought about it and this is better (what she actually said):
"I'm not as young as I was, but I'm older than I am, because I made myself younger."
That's it. I knew the last part was funnier.
A week or so ago she said:
"Honey, I'm not as young as I was, but I'm older than I am because I changed my age."
I had to think about that one a few times.
And then another email from my mom:
I thought about it and this is better (what she actually said):
"I'm not as young as I was, but I'm older than I am, because I made myself younger."
That's it. I knew the last part was funnier.
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
All By Yourself
Rachel: Yeah bubbie, I went to boston by myself. I got on the plane and flew by myself.
Bubbie: you didn't talk to nobody, did you?
Rachel: no bubbie.
Bubbie. you know rachel, when you were little you were afraid of everything.
Rachel: I was?
Bubbie: yeah, you were a frady cat.
(transcribed by Rachel, Feb 10)
Bubbie: you didn't talk to nobody, did you?
Rachel: no bubbie.
Bubbie. you know rachel, when you were little you were afraid of everything.
Rachel: I was?
Bubbie: yeah, you were a frady cat.
(transcribed by Rachel, Feb 10)
Sunday, February 08, 2004
Some Transcribed Tidbits of a Phone Conversation
Bubbie: "Honey, have you been watching the new Donald Trump show?"
Elana: "Bubbie, you're watching The Apprentice??"
Bubbie: "Elana! Making it big! It's exciting! Of course I'm old, but I still enjoy those things."
"She's married to this shnook. This total definite shnook!"*
"A man has to be a little bit older. Because he's a baby."
*Unless otherwise noted, all quotations are straight from Bubbie herself.
(transcribed Thursday, February 5th)
Elana: "Bubbie, you're watching The Apprentice??"
Bubbie: "Elana! Making it big! It's exciting! Of course I'm old, but I still enjoy those things."
"She's married to this shnook. This total definite shnook!"*
"A man has to be a little bit older. Because he's a baby."
*Unless otherwise noted, all quotations are straight from Bubbie herself.
(transcribed Thursday, February 5th)
"I talk like an old biddy, right?"
With the encouragement and help of her grandchildren, it's time to give our Bubbie some highly warranted attention and to cast an internet spotlight on her many moments of hilarity. Our Bubbie is the cutest lady we know, and over the years we've all taken to writing down her precious kernels of wisdom, and also the humorous variations on common idioms that Bubbie has managed to come up with ("Life is full of a bowl of cherries" being among the most famous and memorable). So, check in here, to find the latest additions to Bubbie's repertoire, and also some unearthed classics from Zayde's files.
