Hilarious

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One of the most hilarious scenes in American
literature takes place in the first chapter of
Cormac McCarthy’s BLOOD MERIDIAN (New York,
1985). A total stranger interrupts a sermon in a
tent in the middle of nowhere and calls the
preacher an impostor, a fraud, a usurper, a
fugitive from justice wanted in four states, a
child molester, and a man who has been caught
“having congress with a goat.” “Hang the turd!” a
member of the congregation yells. “Shoot the son
of a xxxxx!” says another. Later, in a saloon,
the stranger is seen drinking. When asked, “How
did you come to have the goods on that
no-account?” he replies: “I never laid eyes on
the man before today. Never even heard of him.”
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ABUSIVE TERMS / In a book of abusive terms I read that Greeks call Armenians “Turkish gypsies.” That's news to me probably because I seldom ventured outside our ghetto in Athens – though I was fully aware of the fact that Greeks were not particularly fond of us. Not that they had any reason to be. In their eyes we were unwanted interlopers, D.P.'s (a Canadian abusive term for "displaced people"), who lived crowded in a ghetto that looked like a gypsy encampment.#

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JEWISH SAYINGS
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"If you can't bite, don't show your teeth."
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"You can't fill a sack that's full of holes."
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"Don't offer pearls to men who deal in onions."
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"Once upon a time angels walked the earth; today, they are not found even in heaven."
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"Anger is a fool."
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"Whoever is consumed by rage hears no thunder and sees no lightning."
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"He who seeks the truth must listen to his opponent."
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"A brother turned enemy is an enemy for life."
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