[My thanks to Carol M for the following]
Two weeks after Misha gets married to Emanuel, she rings her mother in a very aggravated state.
“What’s the matter bubbeleh?” asks her mother. “Has anything happened?”
“Oh mummy,” replies Misha, “I have a problem that I just can’t seem to solve. Emanuel is very upset with me. No matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to satisfy him. I’m so miserable.”
“Oy vey,” says her mother. “But please don’t blame yourself, Misha. It’s not your fault. I obviously didn’t teach you enough about the birds and the bees when you were growing up. Come round to my house right away and we’ll talk more about it.”
“Oh don’t be silly mummy,” says Misha, “I know perfectly well how to shtup. It’s how to cook that I know very little about!”
bubbeleh: term of endearment, like dear, pet, honey
shtup: vulgar Yiddish term for having sex
Credit: David Minkoff, A Word In Your Eye
