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9. I had a Jewish patient who told me chicken soup is Jewish penicillin.

Mon Sep 16, 2024, 02:08 PM

Sep 16

It made me laugh, but she was a very strong, and very old lady who probably knew what she was talking about! LOL!

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I never saw this quote from Mark Twain before... [View all] Richard D Sep 16 OP

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Sep 16 #1

Witness to Man's Madness BurnDoubt Sep 16 #3

Canticle is a great book Hekate Sep 16 #11

The secret to Jewish immortality is chicken soup, Cyrano Sep 16 #4

I had a Jewish patient who told me chicken soup is Jewish penicillin. Trueblue Texan Sep 16 #9

Definitely 3auld6phart Sep 16 #5

Had to look up the difference between "abtruse" and "abstruse". MMBeilis Sep 16 #6

??? Richard D Sep 16 #7

"......finance, medicine and abstruse learning". MMBeilis Sep 17 #14

Ah, thanks Bernardo de La Paz Sep 17 #15

I need to send this to a couple of young people who I know Hekate Sep 16 #10

I have some thoughts on this . . . Richard D Sep 16 #12

Mark Twains book on "Concerning the Jew" KewlKat Sep 26 #17