A Joke to Start the Week: Slicing the Lox

It's Monday morning...time for another joke to start the week. Have you ever...or do you know anyone who would never take the top newspaper from a stack on a newsstand (in the days when newspapers were printed on paper and sold on newsstands) ? Or who never takes the first of anything when they can reach deep into a fruit or vegetable bin or in back of a supermarket shelf to get a more perfect or less handled item?

Well, if you do, Stuart Bochner has your number. Bochner, a 65-year-old marketing consultant and member of the Old Jews Telling Jokes chevra, tells how Mrs. Rabinowitz goes about getting the lox she wants at Zabar's.

"I want some lox," she says. "How much do you want?" "You slice. I'll tell you when I'm finished." And then...

Enjoy!

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