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Hobo tells a joke
In downtown Chicago, a good looking hobo asked me for a quarter (in Texas they ask for a dollar!). He offered me a joke for it. I was ready to part with all my coins, but did not want a joke, to save his time, but he said, "I will tell you a Jewish joke. It is not so good though..." I assured him that all Jewish jokes are a problem anyway, and he ( Read more... ) -
ejusdem generis
I am reading this wonderful letter by Mike Godwin (PDF), which he wrote when he served as top lawyer for the Wikimedia Foundation, addressed to the FBI over Wikipedia's use of their seal.
I am mostly enjoying the style, but I am also looking up the terms, and I came across this, ejusdem generis, which is explained here and is used to interpret ( Read more... ) -
The sources for the Joseph and Zuleika story
People were asking for the sources of this story - so there you are.
