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Does that mean you don’t want to come out and play with me today?” said Stan, sniffing. “Go get Debby and the three of us’ll go out tonight. I don’t have a date and you and that cute wife of yours need to get out more. Also, I figured, maybe Debby could fix me up with a nice Jewish girl from the neighborhood. They’re so much hotter than the kishkes I usually date from Harcum College.”
“Okay, first of all, I’m working now. Also, tonight is the beginning of Passover, so I have to go home for dinn
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― Whiz Kid
― Whiz Kid
“
Ekh! Rumania, Rumania, Rumania …
Geven amol a land a zise, a sheyne.
Ekh! Rumania, Rumania, Rumania …
Geven amol a land a zise, a fayne.
Dort tsu voynen iz a fargenign;
Vos dos harts glust kenstu krign:
A mamaligele, a pastramele, a karnatsele,
Un a glezele vayn, aha … !
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