August 5, 2010 | 12:11 am

Paul Rudd

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

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http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/08/04/paul-rudd/

Is there any greater ambition in life than turning Jewish man-boy Paul Rudd into a Bat Mitzah DJ?

But now that this apparently happened—in 1992!—I don’t really see the point in carrying on.

Paul Rudd: Bat Mitzvah DJ from Jewish Forward on Vimeo.

July 29, 2010 | 11:29 am

Carlos Slim

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

Is this what H&H bagels is going to look like next?

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/29/carlos-slim/

The Mexican Billionaire who bought a huge chunk of The New York Times is now gobbling up Manhattan real estate—including the gorgeous $40m townhouse across from the Met—the only townhouse left on Fifth Avenue.

I didn’t mind so much seeing The Times’ building decked out in Purple Day of the Dead statues—that’s in midtown.  But now we’re talking the UES.  A little more taste and a little less kitsch, please.

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July 27, 2010 | 9:58 am

Trayf of the Week: Bacon Nation

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

I hear France will welcome their invasion.

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/27/trayf-of-the-week-bacon-nation/

The Bacon Nation—a heretical new Facebook group—now has more “friends” than we do.

This is not a good sign…

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July 21, 2010 | 5:21 pm

California Department of Corrections

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

Why are these 2 weeks different from all others?

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/21/california-doc/

Oh, what a terrible dinner party host the California DOC is.

They’ve put Lindsay Lohan in the same jail as the “bling ring” that once terrorized her.

That’s like inviting Shylock over to dinner and seating him next to Lorenzo.

What, no Shakespeare fans?  Was trying to class up the blog a bit.  We’ll be back to low-brow tomorrow…

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July 20, 2010 | 11:19 am

Gaza commerce

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

Who's Neiman and is he single?

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/20/gaza-commerce/

I don’t see how building a luxury mall in Gaza can come to good.

Sure, our cousins can now go to the Genius Bar when their iPhones act up, but think about how they haggle over land when there’s nothing on it.  When they have to divvy up Armani and Neiman Marcus, there’s gonna be some real tsuris.

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July 14, 2010 | 12:01 pm

Armenians

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http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/14/armenians/

You know why we ignore your historical Holocaust?  Because you don’t have kick-ass music memorials like this…

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July 12, 2010 | 3:35 pm

The Y.M.C.A. Downsizing to “The Y”

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

Herschel kept the company logo, too

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/12/the-y-m-c-a-downsizing-to-the-y/

Just because the neighborhood kids give you a nickname, doesn’t mean you have to embrace it.

My Uncle Herschel didn’t change his shingle to read “Shyster.”

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July 9, 2010 | 12:06 pm

Skype

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

"Shit my Dad says" has nothing on my mom.

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/09/skype/

Barbara Walters is now Skyping on the view.  If Baba Wawa has her usual effect, it’s only a matter of time before my mother’s judgey, judgey face is broadcasting out on the internet.

Children beware—stick to the self-pleasuring pervs of chat roulette.

Real danger is on the way…

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July 8, 2010 | 11:09 am

Iowa Police

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

Ah yes, that's why we fly over those states.

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/08/iowa-police/

The Iowa po-po arrested a man for DUI… for going 5MPH on his lawn mower?!  Remind me never to spend Passover in Iowa.  I’m likely to go to jail for too much Manischewitz while searching for the afikomen!

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July 6, 2010 | 2:30 pm

Michael Steele

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

A Jew, a Protestant, and a black Republican walk into a bar...

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/06/michael-steele/

Has anyone else noticed that the gaffe-prone leader is the Tim Whatley of the GOP?  I think he joined the Republicans just “for the jokes.”

Actually, this may go back farther—I’m pretty sure he went black “for the jokes.”

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July 1, 2010 | 10:49 am

Bloggers in summer

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

Whatever works? Not us.

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/07/01/summer-bloggers/

Is there anything lazier than a blogger in summer?  In the winter it’s one post after another, but then a blast of bbq heat and suddenly even the most annoyed Jews start skipping days of the week as if it were the high holy season.

Don’t worry, kvetchaholics, we’ll be back to regular programming starting July 5th.

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June 24, 2010 | 1:15 pm

Michael Jordan

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

Lately I’ve found myself thinking things like: “What Holocaust?” and “Even if there were, I’m sure Hitler had his reasons.”

Now I think I know where this came from—subliminal advertising.

In the 80s, I wanted to “be like Mike”.  Now Mike wants to be like Adolf.

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June 23, 2010 | 2:38 pm

CNN

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

This would be Shakespearean -- if Falstaff were a douche.

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/06/23/cnn/

So the penalty for sleeping with a hooker and generally being a sanctimonious schmuck is hosting a show on CNN?

Hey, CNN, I know you’re desperate and looking to replace Larry King, but this is just a little too on the nose.

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June 22, 2010 | 10:38 am

Supposed Bisexuals

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

One girly crush does not a lesbian identity make.

Just as one almost hit song does not a pop star make.

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/06/22/supposed-bisexuals/

So, Vanessa whatshername-shehadthatsong has come out as bisexual, riding the coattails of the True Blood blonde.  But as neither seem to be in relationships with women (and the latter is apparently engaged to her male co-star), it all looks like a plea for attention.

As I told my grandson Erich—I don’t care you’re a faygelah, but I don’t love you because you’re a faygelah.  I love you because you’re a doctor.

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June 21, 2010 | 11:28 am

Lady Gaga

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

Could have been worse. Could have been Liza.

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/06/21/lady-gaga/

I’ve been going to Yankees’ games since you could call a player Gaylord Perry and it wasn’t a political statement.  So why is it I’ve never been invited to the locker room—and this Gaga kid has?

Is it because she’s wearing an open Yankees jersey over her underwear?  Because I wear the same thing to every game and all I’ve gotten is arrested.

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June 18, 2010 | 11:46 am

Lakers fans

Posted by The Annoyed Jew

http://whatsannoyingjews.com/2010/06/18/lakers-fans/

Over the years, much ink and internet chatter have been spilled on the topic: New York vs. Los Angeles.  We come not to revisit issues of public, public transit, and rights on red.

We offer but one thought on the matter—in New York, they know the difference between a parade and a pogrom.

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