Not Your Grandma's Borscht

dead borscht-belt
  comedian...lost
     appetite
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Iversen  Avatar
February 23, 2020 at 1:28 PM
The Catskills and the jokesters are but a memory. Tastes change, who's making schmaltz today?
Wolf Avatar
February 23, 2020 at 6:20 PM
Gotta go to some pretty cloistered place to find schmaltz-makers today. Thanks, Peter
Krutsinger Avatar
February 22, 2020 at 10:34 PM
This is a foreign language but I like it.
Wolf Avatar
February 23, 2020 at 6:21 PM
Iz nisht farblongen, ober ich farshtey. Nishtke ferelich, Caren. ~ Benny Borscht-Lover
Pigeon Tart Avatar
February 20, 2020 at 9:37 PM
I don't understand the poem but I love love love the title ;), xomo!
Pigeon Tart Avatar
February 21, 2020 at 8:02 AM
Love Red Skelton! My grandmother met him at a big poetry convention.
Wolf Avatar
February 20, 2020 at 10:00 PM
As comedian Red Skelton used to say: 'I just do 'em; I don't explain 'em.' LOL. Glad you like the title! Just don't eat the borscht!! LOL. Thanks, Maureen! :) Gershon
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