So I am checking out aintitcool.com when I come across an article about the new contestants of "Last Comic Standing". Having watched most of the first season of this reality show, I took a peak at the information contained within. Much to my surprise, Gary Gulman, a 6'6" Jewish man, had this to say:
"They always say the same thing: 'How tall is the milkman?' At this point I just along with them, 'Yeah, my mom was with the milkman. She only dates guys with professions that no longer exist. That's her thing, yeah. She dated the milkman for a while, before that she was involved with a cobbler. They chimney sweep, chim-chim-cheroo. The town crier, hear ye hear ye. She dated the blacksmith for a fortnight, just a fortnight. She even dated the muffin man; do you know the muffin man?"
If you only knew how hard I laughed when I read that.
As you may or may not know, my dad grew up Jewish. I don't really have any connection with the Jewish faith anymore, but I remember visiting certain relatives when I was young and experiencing the Jewish celebrations. That, added to the fact that I am nearly 6'6" tall myself, and have fielded the milkman question a million times, makes the quote from this guy very, very funny.
Another common question I used to get as a kid was, "How's the weather up there?" A pretty unimaginative way to comment on my height, it still was asked more times than you would think. I was tempted, once, to respond in a manner that I read a college basketball player once responded. He spit on the questioner's head and replied, "It's raining."
I never did that. I wanted to, but I had more class than that. Just a tiny bit more, but enough to keep me from spitting on someone's head.
(yes, I realize that I have been gone for a while and I have a lot of catching up to do. Soon, my friends...soon)
