I used to read his column in the _Jerusalem Post Weekly_ back around 1960. I especially liked the one about the guy who has a little internal voice named Schlesinger who makes snide remarks every time he begins to get riled up & serious about something. Finally he up & asks Schlesinger "Who the hell are you? My conscience?" and Schlesinger replies, "I'm your sense of proportion". Another time, Kishon recounted answering the phone & being treated to a vituperative scolding by a stranger who did not stop to find out he had gotten a wrong number. After the stranger hung up with a bang, Kishon thought, That must have done him good, and didn't do me any harm, so he dialed a random number & did likewise. One may hope that no-one has broken the chain yet.
Rest in peace.
--- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net
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