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And short Of It
C
onsumers are
aware of big and
tall shops, petite
boutiques and the various
ranges in between. With the
diversity our current popula-
tion demonstrates, is it any
wonder that long and short
are so much in our vocabu-
lary?
Speaking of fashions, (yes,
we were; what happened to
your short-term memory?)
let us not even dwell on the
longjohns vs. the (short)
thong. If it isn't showing, it shouldn't
matter.
Be wary of the friend who wants to
make a long story short; that is rarely
the case and you may be in for some
tiring listening. Too many of us tend to
be long winded when, in reality, people
would prefer us to be short and sweet.
At one time, schools would teach
penmanship so that our writing would
be legible, nay, beautifully legible. The
business world then came up with the
boon of something called shorthand,
the secretary's pal. Now we find those
who cannot read cursive let alone
shorthand are so much into abbrevia-
tions that text messaging is the new
Yiddish
Limerick
Between Summer
And Winter
In zummer siz hays,* we shvitz**,
what a pain!
We hide from di zun*** and pray
for some rain.
Mir gayen tzum yahm ****,
or swim in the pool.
We do everything to keep
ourselves cool.
But when vinter***** arrives, we
want zummer again.
Zummer siz hays —
summer it's hot
Shvitz — sweat
Di zun — the sun
Mi gayen tzum yahm —
we go to the beach
Vinter — winter
Limerick writer Rachel Kapen is
a West Bloomfield resident.
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"cursive." (Cursing is closer
to my view of it, however.)
Is there a middle ground
between being long suf-
fering and having a short
fuse? How many times have
we found ourselves shift-
ing gears between these
two, depending on how our
friends push us? Especially
annoying can be the per-
son who abhors the long
way round and knows of a
wonderful shortcut. Eons
later, you may decide that
his route was no way near a time saver
— not by a long shot! You may even be
tempted to tell him to take a long walk
off a short pier.
Why do young folk seem to think
that anyone who is somewhat long in
the tooth has to be short on brains?
Whatever happened to "experience
being the best teacher" and all that sort
of thing?
Before I end, I would be remiss
to not pluck the nostalgia string:
Remember the cartoon characters of
Mutt and Jeff?
If not, then, in the words of Ernie
Harwell, that image is "L00000ng
gone!" ❑
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