Ok folks it's time to strap on your thinking caps and take a gander at this week's riddle. It's worth 5 points.
To the German the toy of a child,
For the Jew an act of defiance in the wild.
To the Israeli a cultural traditionalism,
and to the American a generic consumerism.
What am I?
I'll throw out another 10 points for the 3rd, 5th, and 18th person to comment.
If you take a picture of yourself sticking out your tongue and touching your nose and post a link on this blog - I'll hand out 200 points.
Finally I'll give 50 points to anyone who can name every Polish city mentioned on this blog.
Planned Posts:
- Living a Meta Life (aka the Foursquare post)
- Why your iPod sucks (aka the best gadgets are the ones that have abstained from ubiquity)
- (If I ever get around to writing it) The BT post
Technorati Tags: Riddles, Chanukah, Blogging
11 comments:
the cross
i'm guessing dreidle
Menorah.
dridel!?
I'll say spinning top - because what does dreidel mean to an American? I posted dreidels, as did G6, and many non-Jews had never seen or heard of a dreidel.
G.U.N.S.
Gadgets don't abstain from ubiquity.
ubiquity, shudipity!
It's the darn Menorah in the pic!!!
comeon it's a dreidl. YOu made it too easy.
How is a dreidel a german child's toy? Does a dreidel represent generic consumerism to an american?
The answer is indeed Dreidel!
It came from a German children's game (go google it). It represents the secret torah learning of the Maccabees in the wild. It is a cultural symbol to Israelis, like the whole of Judaism. And in American it has become a Generic symbol of the winter holiday season^tm!
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