A n old lady who speaks no English, only Yiddish, goes into a department store looking to buy some baby powder. She cant find any –


but suddenly spots a sales clerk wearing a kippa. Yunger mann, kum aher she calls .Vu fint mn der bebbe pooder?


The sales clerk responds –Ich vil ihr veizen vu tsu geyen – ober ihr muz geyen punkt azoy vi ich key , nor vi ich gey – nisht andres. Kum noch mir un ich vil ihr veisen vu tsu geyen. And he starts down the aisle with the old lady following. him.


Now — this clerk happens to be very bow-legged, very noticeably bow-legged.


When the old lady spots his bowed legs, she lets out a gshrey — Ven ich ken azoy geyen, volt ich nisht gedaft kein bebbe pooder!