tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post7515029737892352091..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Sourish Grapes"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-21709252071035160412017-03-01T16:42:22.204-08:002017-03-01T16:42:22.204-08:00Wait a momemt... there's a Jewish afterlife?
...Wait a momemt... there's a Jewish afterlife?<br /><br />“I did everything right… and I’m still dead.”<br />St Peter: "Let me see... you're due down below."Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-54429417425928275442017-03-01T15:20:34.164-08:002017-03-01T15:20:34.164-08:00Your joke's better cuz it says you did EVERYTH...Your joke's better cuz it says you did EVERYTHING right whereas kale, who the hell believes it's good for anything other than an emergency caulking necessity? Jedediahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-43353543362003541042017-03-01T08:39:22.699-08:002017-03-01T08:39:22.699-08:00I actually like the specificity of the kale, espec...I actually like the specificity of the kale, especially because reading it reminds me how much I do not like kale.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-42921802997897004072017-03-01T05:30:56.983-08:002017-03-01T05:30:56.983-08:00Well, you could still get the "neatly-typed r...Well, you could <i>still </i>get the "neatly-typed rejection note."<br /><br />I believe the cartoon to which you are referring is the last one in <a href="http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2017/02/my-attempt-at-getting-cartoon-in-new.html" rel="nofollow">Ken Levine's post</a> on his own attempt at becoming a <i>New Yorker </i>cartoonist.<br /><br />I like your paraphrase of the headstone better than the original because it's less "on the nose." For similar reasons, I like the original cartoon a little bit better than your "pearly gates" version. (See how I put the compliment first? Did that help?)Mike T.noreply@blogger.com