- Tsilechka, dear, what's for dinner?

- Tsilechka, dear, what's for dinner?
- Very lazy cabbage rolls.
- What is it?
- Cabbage on a loggia, minced meat in the freezer.
***
Jew from Berdichev came to Odessa, hired a cab and asked to drop off Deribasovskaya.
- Sit down! - cabby said.
He sat down, they went. Suddenly the cab driver says:
- Get off!
-?
- You see, the road went up! We should support the wagon - suddenly the horse will not stand.
Peeled. Dragged the wagon up the mountain. The passenger got only drove about a hundred meters, trooper says:
- Get off! You see, the road went steeply down ...
Tears. Supported. Later. Passenger villages. We drove about a hundred meters. Cab:
- Get off!
-?
- Here we are!
Passenger:
- I understand why I took you - would like to get. I understand why you would take me - I wanted to make. But why should we take the horse?
***
Kupershmidt Friday evening found in Przemysl with relatives, and he was invited to dinner. On the table is a dish with a wonderful jellied carp. The relatives asked a guest:
- what are you doing mom 3osya?
- She died - he meets Kupershmidt and while women weep and the men shake their heads sadly, takes a huge chunk of carp with the middle.
And on the table, meanwhile, are served stuffed goose with dumplings. Ladies have calmed down a bit and ask:
- And how are you dad Yossi?
- Drowned - said Kupershmidt. Ladies again begin to cry, and goose moved piece by piece on a plate Kupershmidt.
Make apple strudel with a crispy crust.
- what are you doing Yoshino mother-in-law? - interested ladies.
- died from senile dementia, - says Kupershmidt and taken for strudel.
This time he comes up against an objection. One of the guests interfere in the conversation:
- You are wrong! I just yesterday saw this lady on the boardwalk in Carlsbad healthy and vigorous.
- Maybe - is responsible Kupershmidt indifferent - when I eat the rest for me - dead.
***
This story actually occurred at the beginning of World War II in one of London's recruiting station. Jewish refugee from Germany decided to volunteer for the army.
- What's your name? - asks his English colonel.
- William Adolph Deutsch.
- You probably exaggerating a bit?