Me to
shelleybear, "We'll be putrid until the day we die. Then we'll be more putrid."
Many years ago, a friend from Clan MacColin[1] observed to me that one of the reasons that the Jews and the Scots get along together so well is that both groups are cheap. I just this morning had the comeback pop into my head, "Yes, we can even laugh at both groups with a single joke!"
"I don't just pass the pencil test- I pass the scarf test."
[1] A Renaissance era reenactment group portraying a Scottish clan.
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