Chutzpah is a Yiddish word
meaning gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, sheer guts plus arrogance;And, as Leo Rosten writes,
no other word, and no other language,
no other word, and no other language,
can do it justice.
A little old lady sold pretzels
on a street corner for a dollar each.Every day a young man would leave
his office building at lunch timeAnd as he passed the pretzel stand
he would leave her a dollar,But never take a pretzel.This offering went on for more than 3 years. The two of them never spoke.One day as the young man
passed the old lady's stand
and left his dollar as usual,The pretzel lady spoke to him
for the first time in over 3 years.
passed the old lady's stand
and left his dollar as usual,The pretzel lady spoke to him
for the first time in over 3 years.
Without blinking an eye she said:
"They're a dollar and a quarter now."
"They're a dollar and a quarter now."
That's chutzpah!
Shared by Corinne Mustafa
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