Honesty compels me to confess an error

[Beth]

If I left my towels where the cats or dogs could get to them, I'd be washing them far more often, too. 

We try to be good, but someone always forgets. They only hit the floor for a second before we remember, but by that time, somehow, thousands of cat hairs have made their way onto the the towel.

[Beth]

I love that I'm part of a message board community where math, cats, towels, and even eggs can generate pages of conversation.

[Sarah]

Why is that anti-semitic? I wouldn't have thought of it if you hadn't said so.

Anti-Semitic in that I substituted one classically Jewish name for another, as though they are all interchangeable.  (Note:  I realize that this is a horribly politically correct observation.  I can sometimes be terribly earnest, I'm afraid.)

Really, Goldberg?

The reason I liked Goldberg is that, at the time when much to my astonishment I was watching a good deal of wrestling (because of my then paramour; I really do have awkward taste in men),* he would just jump into ring, beat the crap out of his opponent for a bit, and then drop him on his head.  He never talked; he just won--quickly.  Since I didn't like wrestling, he at least had the advantage of being fast.  Plus I confess it did amuse me that a nice Jewish boy from a good family (one parent an obstetrician; the other a violinist) was slaughtering everyone he went up against, among them, no doubt, a good many people who really do deserve to be called anti-Semites.

*It was the same liaison that led to my deciding to root for Dick Trickle whenever I had the misfortune to be in the same room as a Winston Cup race.  All in all, NASCAR was much harder on me than rasslin'.

[dave from knoxville]

I have not worn a pair of jeans in over 25 years. At this point, I don't even own any.

[Julie]

This subject is attracting far more interest than I expected.

With a math board and a hand towel board, perhaps there should be a new Banalities of Everyday Life forum.

[Andy]

go screw.

[Rainer]

The cleanliness-is-next-to-X-factorness-tilt of this thread compels me to admit that my mother washes (in her washing machine) her kitchen sponges. Weird or sensible?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

The cleanliness-is-next-to-X-factorness-tilt of this thread compels me to admit that my mother washes (in her washing machine) her kitchen sponges. Weird or sensible?

hello.  a little over the top...but unbelievably sensible in theory.
i say, let her do it.

[Andy]

just get the sponges wet and throw them in the microwave. 

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I only wash my Jews a couple of times a year.

[Stan]

I only wash my Jews a couple of times a year.

 Washing machine or dishwasher?

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I only wash my Jews a couple of times a year.

 Washing machine or dishwasher?

The washing machine tends to shrink or warp them.  I hand-wash them in the bathtub on high holidays, but I went out to a Judaica shop in Forest Hills and saw that there's a special Jew-rack you can use to put them in the dishwasher, so they'll keep their shape nicely.

[MC Steinberg]

In the chat this past Tuesday, I said my favorite wrestler was Steinberg.  In fact, his name was Goldberg.  I'm very embarrassed:  aside from the shame of having a favorite wrestler to begin with, I forget his name and, in doing so, make a mistake that is vaguely anti-Semitic.  Mortification City, AZ, as one character on Reginald Perrin might say.

Froydian slip! It happens all the time, no need to be embarassed.

[Stan]

In the chat this past Tuesday, I said my favorite wrestler was Steinberg.  In fact, his name was Goldberg.  I'm very embarrassed:  aside from the shame of having a favorite wrestler to begin with, I forget his name and, in doing so, make a mistake that is vaguely anti-Semitic.  Mortification City, AZ, as one character on Reginald Perrin might say.

Froydian slip! It happens all the time, no need to be embarassed.

 Oh Steinberg, what are we to do with you?