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"Humor is a funny way of being serious"
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Sunday, June 30, 2002
Watched the Harlem Globetrotters vs. Germany World Cup soccer final on the big screen at Javanotti’s in Leichardt with Anthony. It was a full house and great atmosphere as usual*. Most of those in attendance were supporting Brazil but I wasn’t. I got yellow carded on several occasions by Anthony – he thinks that the term “nig-nog” is “unsavory’. I think that it’s only “unsavory” if there are nig-nogs around – I’m not politically correct just polite. And seeing that there were no nig-nogs around (nobody could hear us anyway) and that neither Anthony nor I are nig-nogs, then I didn’t see any problem with it. I suppose it could have been worse – Anthony has red carded me on at least one occasion (dissolved our conclave over another instance of political incorrectness). Besides, I did learn something (I always do when I’m with Anthony) – there are no jungles in Africa. Who knew?
*Our cousin Eddy Makhoul, the proprietor, is a great host and my choice for man of the tournament. And “the portions are so generous!”We had a lot of fun saying the in a New York Jewish accent, “how do you pay the rent?”
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