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Let Me Put A Bee
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Sy Manello

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he estimated number
of species of insects on
Earth is 950,000.
It is no wonder then that we
are not only often plagued by
them but that they also make
themselves known by insinuat-
ing themselves into our every-
day conversation.
A recent problem has arisen
of late: a seeming infestation of
bed bugs. This puts a cloud on
the used-to-be cute wish that
you sleep tight and not let the
bed bugs bite. Now it is so close
to the truth that it is uncom-
fortable. Maybe we will now
hear an upsurge in the compari-
son “crazy as a bed bug.”

If you are overzealous in your
approach to something, you
may have been bitten by some
bug, which may lead to others
telling you to bug off or go bug
someone else.
Feeling extremely comfort-
able? Are you as snug as a bug
in a rug? Want to instigate
something? Try putting a bug
in someone’s ear about it. Your
interest may leave him bug-eyed
and wondering why you seem
to have ants in your pants.
Have you ever wished that
you could be in on certain
goings on? Your wish is to be a
fly on the wall. If you were then
called to testify as to what you

learned, you may experience
butterflies in your stomach. If
the knowledge made you mad
as a hornet, you may wish to
stir up a hornets’ nest to get
results and right a wrong.
Since I have been knee high
to a grasshopper, I have wished
to spread culture. Let me end
then by sharing a limerick. (My
apologies to Fred Shuback that
it is not in Yiddish).
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were trapped so what could
they do?
Said the fly, “Let us flee.”
Said the flea, “Let us fly.”
So they flew through a flaw in
the flue. •

CORRECTIONS

• In a Faces & Places
story (page 32, May
25), Carol Resnick
and Suzi Terebelo
were co-chairs of the
Lois Linden Nelson
Woman’s World
at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek; Eileen
Glogower is Sisterhood
president; and Fox 2
News anchor Sherry
Margolis conducted an
interview with keynote
speaker Lesley Stahl.
• In “New Leaders”
(May 25, page 40),
Sharon Alvandi is
from Roslyn, N.Y., and
Melanie Rivkin is from
Cherry Hill, N.J.

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You see a friend or acquaintance and say,
“Hi, How are you?” The expected and
usual answer is, “All is great thanks – so
and so just graduated, the kids are great,
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answer – even when things are not so
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things?” - you certainly don’t expect him
to say, “Awful. I’m behind on my house
payment, buried in credit card debt and
have a lingering tax problem that causes
me to lose sleep, fear the mail and the
phone. Beyond that – life is cool.” It’s
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“mishigas” with our friends – and there is
no reason to – for two obvious reasons.
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item due to your friend who pledges
privacy but can’t resist the pathetic lure
of being a gossip. Beyond that – your
friend is not the person to seek counsel.
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