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The Marx 'Brothers'

Karl Marx was a historian and scholar
  Groucho Marx whooped it up and hollered

    Both of them were starved for attention
    Neither of them honorable menschen *  



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  * 'Menschen' in Yiddish literally means 'men.'
  But it is used to describe honorable, decent
  human beings, kind and caring.

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/3/2023 6:11:00 AM

Well done! Very creative! A fave!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/3/2023 7:47:00 PM

Thank you so much for the fave, Kim. Always appreciated, Gershon

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 8/2/2023 7:31:00 PM

Two very different men, but each left their 'Marx' :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/3/2023 7:46:00 PM

ho, ho, ho. Clever one, Michelle.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 8/2/2023 12:15:00 PM

Very clever ending, Gershon! Made me grin…

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/3/2023 7:45:00 PM

Groucho was a mensch, but his wife forgot to bensch (licht).

Michael Tor

Date: 8/2/2023 12:11:00 PM

I use to watch Groucho I thought he was a great spontaneous witty comedian Gershon. Maybe there is another side of him I wasn't aware of. Thanks for posting my friend...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/3/2023 7:44:00 PM

'The other side' is what Groucho was all about. Never found him funny myself. Sick? -- Yup.