Front Lines
Bagels And
S
ure, the title above caught your eye
because you are so fixed on food. Well,
that's not a bad thing, but I had in mind
drawing your attention to a homophone: locks.
• Hair. A mere tress or curl or ringlet may be
described as a lock of hair.
• Security. In school, lockers take combination
locks. When closing a business, the owners make
sure everything is under lock and key. Criminals
are sent to the lockup (jail) and we can only hope
that it is permanent. (On the other hand, if you
lockdown something, you are making sure that it
is understood or mentally grasped.)
Keep your valuables in a lockbox and they are
safer than under a mattress. (Of course, the whole thing may
be swiped, but that's a chance to take.) Then again, if you
tend to lose things like keys, you may end up calling on a
locksmith to aid you in this time of distress.
• Shipping. The enclosed chambers of water in
canals are wonders to enjoy. Be sure to experience
the Soo Locks or the great Panama Canal. It is not
unusual to express awe at the marvel of engineering
that these structures represent.
• Sports. In wrestling, the headlock is a formidable
hold to put on an opponent. In diving, if you go too
deep or try to come up too fast, you may to be put
into an air lock for decompression purposes.
• Crafts/hobbies. The avid sewer or knitter is
aware of the handy lock stitch. If a sweater starts
to unravel, you may want to employ this technique
and thus save your garment.
Well, I do not want to lock horns with any of you
who may take exception to one of my definitions or feel that I
have not included your favorite locks. As usual, I do not ask that
you take all I say lock, stock and barrel. Merely lock on to the
idea of the fun of words and have a go at it yourself.
Yiddish Limericks
Quotable
"I worry that with the passage of time
and the loss of the survivor generation,
there will be less of a general agreement
about the need to study the Holocaust
as a historical event and more of an
effort to draw simple basic lessons from
the Holocaust that can be applied to
the mission of contemporary relevance."
— University of Hartford Professor Avinoam Patt,
Thanksgiving Day
Yeder yohr* when it's Thanksgiving Day
A thank you, a dahnk**, we will say.
Un mir essen der hindik*** un ziseh kartofl****
Un the stuffing and pie un mir feeln***** so awful.
Mir vel essen un zogn****** oy vey.
* Yeder yohr — every year
** A dahnk — a thank you
*** Un mir essen der hindik — and we eat the turkey
**** Ziseh kartofl — sweet potatoes
***** Un Mir feeln — and we feel
****** Mir vel essen un zogn — we will eat saying
interviewed by the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies (2010
Newsletter), Wayne State University, Detroit
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