Re: [Leica] Don't Kvetch, Atone!

[Afterswift@aol.com]

The classic example is often found at chess games in a park, where one of the 
bystanders will make comic remarks on the player's move, usually critical of 
and irksome to the kibitzee.

A good kibitzer could morph into a first rate standup comedian or a political 
gadfly. Most Shakespearean fools are kibitzers. Most Jewish waiters in NYC 
are kibitzers. My brother took one seriously. It's at that moment that I 
realized my brother was devoid of a sense of humor. A nation without kibitzers isn't 
fit to live in.

A kvetch is an eternal complainer. Woody Allen started out as a kvetch. He 
made a profession out of it. He also looked the part. A kvetch is also 
despondent. Usually a kvetch is late for an appointment. However, you can put anyone in 
a position to become a kvetch. We are all capable of it. It's very difficult 
for a vegetarian to avoid kvetching when he finds himself obliged to sit down 
with fellow musicians at the Carnegie Delicatessen a few blocks from Carnegie 
Hall after performing a Mozart symphony to the hilt. Bach goes well with a 
dark Mexican beer. I wouldn't kvetch about that. Kvetch is derived from a German 
word beginning with Q. See your Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Now for a dish of potato blintzes and moslinkeh. And I never photographed 
that masterpiece created by my Mom. I'll pay heavily for that in the other world 
(Yenner Velt). 

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