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I Elizabeth Applebaum
Appleiree Editor

hat wonderful moment is here.
Your first mishloach manot
arrives at your front door.
It's a colorful little basket filled
with yummy hamantashen of all
I varieties. Delicious!
A few moments later, another little
parcel comes. Then another, and
another, and another and another.
By 3 p.m., you . are the proud
I owner of more than 1 billion
I hamantashen.
The Book of World Records.is call-
ing for an interview. Hamantashen- -
are in the bathtub, the fish bowl, yOur
i 'socks. And all you have to do is eat
them up before Pesach. .
Hamantashen are, by just about
anyone's standards, a yummy treat.
But this year, wouldn't it be nice to
find something a little different, a little
more creative, in your Purim basket?
Here.are some ideas:
• Your favorite golfer:
A box of tea (it will fit him to a tee )
• Your veterinarian:
Animal crackers,
• For the consummate complainer:
Wine

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• For the gambler:
Chocolate coins, or chips
• For the parents of twins:
Pears
• For the optimist:
A bowl of cherries
• For the pessimist:
Anything half-empty
• For the friend who's off-the-wall:
Fruitcake, or mixed nuts
• F or the wealthy:
Bread
• For a firefighter:
Red hots
• For a surgeon:
Cold cuts
For someone always in trouble:
A pickle
• For your former flame:
Cold fish
• For the dissatisfied:
Bitters
• For fans of tear-jerking novels or
films:
Corn
• For the very important:
A big cheese
• For the unimportant:
Small potatoes
• For those easily led astray:
A red herring

• For those who love to complain:
Bee
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• For your friends,who just got back
from Paris:
French toast
• For your friends who just got back
from Italy:
Rome apples
• For the computer nerd:
Mackintosh apples
• For those who make everything
seem easy:
A piece of cake
• For beau who dumped you:
Turkey
• For a cardiologist:
Hearts of palm and artichoke hearts
• For a hematologist:
Blood oranges
• for the renal specialist:
Kidney beans
• For your friend at sea:
Navy beans
• For the greedy:
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The biggest piece of the pie
• For those who like being up-to-date:
Currants
• For senior citizens:
Elderberries
• For those who talk too much:
Jawbreakers and tongue
• For a skier:
Sno-cones
• For a boater:
Water chestnuts
• For a genealogist:

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Root vegetables
• For an accountant:
Beans (make sure they can be
counted)
• For one who just got a great job
with good pay and benefits:
A plum
• For.one earning very little pay:
Peanuts
• For one who's always changing
jobs:
Turnovers
• For your friend in the percussion
section of the orchestra:
Drumsticks
• For your witty friend:
Rye bread
• For your friend who tends to over
eat:
Stuffing
• For your friend who complains
about everything:
Sour grapes
• For one who tends to exaggerate:
Bologna
• For your friend who may drive you
just a bit crazy:
Bananas
• For your friend who has a problem
with the truth:
Something fishy
• For the all-around nice guy:
A peach

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