Thanks, slick.

Wait a sec, 'homonym'? Seminal discharge? I think this post is groping towards homophobia. I'm telling Andr

Maybe that's what Kerry meant when he said he had Jewish roots.

Bite the wax tadpole!

BREAKING:

Madonna Calls for Troop Withdrawal from Iraq.

This is big. Not sure how this will play at the White House, but it really has to put ALOT of presure on the Pentigon. Anyway's all those neocon's are gonna be like "Woah!".

Kerry served on a boat in Vietnam with a lot of seamen. His Silver Star shows he has a lot of spunk. Just trying to get the obvious jokes out of the way.

Hmm, I'm a little suspicious of this, but I'd LOVE for this to be true.

First, I did a little transliteration thanks to this web page and found that the button transliterates to

Q R Y
A D U A R D S

The A is actually silent. So yes, this is "Kerry Edwards" in Hebrew. (Hebrew often omits vowels; they didn't exist in the original Hebrew alphabet. See the web page above for info.)

Now it turns out that "QRY" is in the Bible; it is Strong's word number 07147. On that web page you can hear it pronounced; and if you have the proper Hebrew font installed you can see it the same way. Here is the definition they provide:

1. opposition, contrariness, encounter, contrary or hostile encounter

That alone is pretty amusing; it's almost as if the button is trying to say
"Oppose Edwards" but screwing up the grammar.

Anyway, I know that modern Hebrew is quite a bit different than classical Hebrew but I'd like to see some verification before I believe this one.

Just for fun, here's the first use of that word in the Bible, Leviticus 26:21---"QRY" is in bold:

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

For even MORE fun: had they just added a silent Aleph to make "QRYA", the result would have been much better for the Kerry campaign:

1. called, summoned, called one

Now this sounds more like "Car-ee" instead of "Kerry", but I think a little mispronunciation would have saved some embarrassment and even provided a positive subliminal effect---that is, assuming that the word still has a similar meaning today.

mcg would be played by John Ratzenberger in the movie version of this post.

Talking of seminal discharges, did u see this latest GROSS Sullivan story:

http://jameswolcott.com/archives/2004/11/saddle_sore.php

Joe: LOL :) What can I say, this struck me as Snopes material.

Sullivan butt-massage video here:

http://crooksandliars.com/

(scroll down if you absolutely MUST see it)

Bill, I can see you're not reading the Iraqi bloggers. From Kurdo's World:

Scenario 2: Watching news with an old man.
News line: US elections. Bush Vs Kerry.
ME: This is about the US elections.
Old Man: So, we will stay the same. No changes for us.
ME: Yeah true.. but still..it is fun to see who wins.
Old Man: I Know BOSH (Bush), who is his opponent ?
ME: KERRY (In Kurdish sounds KIRI (means "his d*ck")
Old Man: Akkkkk dawsheyt basha... KIRI ke ? (shame on you) who's KIR ?
ME: NO NO NO....Kerry u Bush (Kerry & Bush).
Old Man: Bosh's one ?
ME: NO NO that is a name KERRY.
Old Man: KIRI is a name ? It is the end of the world.
ME: Why ? He is American not Kurdish.
Old Man: Oh whatever. I will vote for BOSH.
ME: You can't vote. You are not American.
Old Man: Next time I see an American I tell him/her to vote for BOSH.
ME: Why?
OLD MAN: I don't want my face to go red everytime I say the name of the US president.

Just a quick note (and, I thought he was a lieutenant... I guess they demoted him before he was discha... oh, never mind.)...

A lesson I learned some 20+ years ago; I can still hear his voice now: "There is no 'Q' in Hebrew."

I wonder what Hazan Asher would say about the "new age" Hebrew.

The reader who sent the story said that his friend reaffirmed that his translation is correct. He's looking for a third party reference for me to post.

Karl Rove strikes again.

Bill, thanks for following up. I really want this to be true! :-)

I didn't realize everyone was going to be so skeptical.

1. There IS a Q in Hebrew if you use the "scholarly" transliteration. This distinguishes between the letter "kaf" or K and the letter "qof" or Q. They're pronounced the same way. On the Kerry button, they use a qof.

2. The button does say "Edwards" in Hebrew, but usually they use a double "vav" to mean W, since there is no W in modern Hebrew. (Probably was in Biblical Hebrew.)

3. Here is a page that describes what you're looking for. A "baal keri" is a man who has had a seminal emission.

Look, Jewish law deals with every aspect of one's life, so even though this seems a little weird, it's part of life, and therefore it's part of Jewish law. That said, a friend of mine once remarked about very similar stuff, "If the goyim [gentiles] knew about this, we'd have pogroms." Well, they do, and we don't. Apparently.