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Fiddler on the Road

So I went with my mother and sister-in-law to see Topol’s farewell tour of Fiddler on the Roof in Dallas two months ago, and at the end of the show, the sister said, “I didn’t remember that the ending was so depressing.” Well, yeah.

Her brother had told her before we left for the show that the story was about events that triggered the start of the Zionist movement and the creation of the state of Israel. She just looked at him funny like he was making it all up, probably because he makes up a lot of things and she can never really tell if he’s serious or not.

He’s literally the boy who cried wolf as most of his tall tales end with some sort of wolf attack, which he fends off with his masterful powers of Dan-fu. She should have known that since there were no wolves in this story, that he probably knew what he was talking about.

Anyway, the story ends with a big long road trip that somehow wends its way to Jerusalem. The end. Oh, did I mention I met a hot Israeli chick on the airplane to London? I told her I was going down to Houston for a Jewish wedding next month. It was only a five hour drive, I said. She had to comment that a five hour drive would take you all the way from one end of her country to the other.

Amazing how they were spread out all over the world and now they can just hop in the car and be there in less than a day, only dodging a little gunfire along the way.

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3 Responses to “Fiddler on the Road”

  1. Desi Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at 10:15 am

    Yes, but where do the Roman vampires come in?

  2. Ann Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at 11:59 am

    I’m pretty sure that story is more fact than fiction. Although, I think that tale has at least one pack of wolves in it. Oh, and I prefer the more alliterative term, “Vatican Vampires.”

  3. Dan Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    The Roman vampires actually date back to the time of King Herod, as should be obvious based on the slaying of babies and small children during this era. They were run out of Israel after the Christian Vampire movement was started by some guy pouring out his blood on a cross and letting everyone drink of it and such, but they came back in 1963 as part of the British Invasion. They ended up having 5 number one hits in Israel before being massacred by a wild pack of wolves.

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