WARNING! THIS POST CAN BE VERY OFFENSIVE, SO DON'T READ THIS IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED BY RACIAL STEREOTYPES CREATED BY A BUNCH OF SIXTH-GRADERS. This is a post about the newly-created "Jew Crew"...and since I'm Jewish, it only makes sense that I'm the leader...
The Jew Crew is the group made by me and my 2 friends. It was originally an idea for a comic book, but we have started referring to each other by Jew Crew names. For example, I'm Shlomo and my friend is Yarmulkeman (yes, I know we jews can't spell) or Jew Crew #2. We have also expanded, with my friend who's catholic as "Captain Catholicism" with his sidekick "Christian the Kid". When we were going into details, we came up with rapidly growing sideburns and shirts that say "100% Kosher". I feature a menorah-shaped jetpack and the catch-phrase "Anybody wanna play dreidle?" as well as the motto "We invented the ghetto"(according to Captain Catholicisim's brother, the Jews were the creators of the ghetto, a fact still undergoing study). We were so deep into it we even had car names like "The Popemobile" and "The Turbo Torah Tobaggan".
I can tell you, we pulled out every stereotype in the book, and since we were the stereotyped, we didn't think about it too much.
Posted by Da Mogul at May 4, 2005 09:35 PMMogul -- that's hilarious! Have you read _The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay_ by Michael Chabon?
Posted by: Shelley at May 5, 2005 06:52 AMOh man I SO want a Turbo Torah Tobaggan...
Posted by: Scott at May 5, 2005 07:00 AMI wish I had had friends like you guys when *I* was in sixth grade. I'm proud that you've already discovered a powerful truth: what you own, name, and claim can't be used as a weapon against you. Good for you!
Posted by: Penny at May 5, 2005 07:01 AMThanks! I can't take all the credit (as much as I would like to). I had help from about 5-6 other people, although I did come up with my personal favorite, the motto "100% Kosher".
Posted by: Da Mogul at May 5, 2005 07:23 AMResource for the further study...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto
Posted by: Roger at May 5, 2005 09:18 AMI laughed out loud. You must keep your mother in stitches.
Posted by: Susan at May 5, 2005 10:41 AMOhhhhh yeahhhh - both kids keep me, um, well amused...
His sister's comic efforts are largely ones she's not been striving for - but this one? He aims - and frequently hits the mark.
Posted by: Betsy at May 5, 2005 12:01 PMFriggin' awesome...
Posted by: The Pieman at May 5, 2005 01:22 PMThat's awesome. Seeing as how I'm the only Jew amongst all of my friends, I have been given the nickname "DuJou" (duh-jew).
As for vehicles, how about the CircumCycle, made by Harley-Jewvidson?
Posted by: Howard at May 9, 2005 01:56 PMMy Jewish friends back in 6th grade didn't even come close to having that good of a sense of humor. Keep on keepin' on.
Posted by: Jazzy at May 20, 2005 10:52 AM