Re: A three species breakfast--*Bos taurus, Sus domesticus and Gallus domesticus.*

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2024-12-06, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2024-12-06, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 12/6/2024 5:01 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2024-12-05, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 18:34:46 -0500, Jim <jimmy@noneya.invalid> wrote:
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Bruce wrote:

On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 18:11:59 -0500, Jim <jimmy@noneya.invalid> wrote:
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clams casino wrote:

On 12/5/2024 2:48 PM, Jim wrote:

Oh well, I hope he's hanging in there someplace.

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And may all his nursing aides have big boobies!
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...except the guys...
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They all will in Popeyes mind, at any rate!

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I remember the -new to me- word zaftig from Popeye.
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I don't recall that one, and I'm dying to hear the definition
of a zaftfag, according to Popeye?
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One for the books?

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It's Yiddish, apparently. He meant bosomy. I believe he even had an
unhealthy interest in cows.

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It's one of the words that Yiddish borrowed from German.  Technically,
it means "juicy", although it has come to mean "pleasingly plump".
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Isn't it spelled Zaftig?

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Yes.  The German word is spelled saftig, and pronounced zaftig.
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It was jimmy@noneya.invalid who wrote zaftfag.  Typical.
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If my memory is working, I think Popeye spelled it zoftig, but I could
be wrong.
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 He is, of course, _the_ authority on Yiddish spelling.
 

ABSOLUTELY!  Just as Master Bruce is the ultimate authority on anything american, and Uncle Tojo is the absolute authority on anything 'bout da mainland or da hawaiians.