:30:27
My friend Joza can put a stone in it.
:30:37
I can't.
:30:41
My amidja circumcised me.
:30:43
I know.
:30:45
Jews do it, too.
:30:51
What's an amidja?
:30:53
He's my dad's brother.
A barber.
:30:55
A doctor can do it, too.
It's all the same.
:30:58
It's not.
:31:01
It's better if a doctor does it.
:31:16
To reward me for my excellent grades,
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Dad took me to a bakery and said,
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"Order what you like. "
:31:24
I had four pies and was almost sick.
:31:29
Dad laughed and said,
:31:31
"You see, it doesn 't pay to be excellent. "
:31:34
I knew he was only joking.
:31:38
When I told him I was picked
:31:41
to hand the Pioneers' Baton
to the mayor,
:31:45
Dad stopped joking.
:31:47
He stopped going on purchasing trips.
:31:51
He kept pacing around the house, repeating,
:31:54
"I hope to God he doesn 't mess it up. "
:31:59
Dear Mayor,