MONA LISA'S JEWISH MOTHER:
"After all that money your father and I spent on
braces, that's the biggest smile you can give us?"
COLUMBUS' JEWISH MOTHER:
"I don't care what you've discovered, you
still could have written!"
MICHELANGELO'S JEWISH MOTHER
:
"Can't you paint on walls like other
children? Do you have any idea how hard it
is to get that stuff off the ceiling?"
NAPOLEON'S JEWISH MOTHER:
"All right, if you aren't hiding your report
card inside your jacket, take your hand out
of there and show me."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S JEWISH MOTHER:
"Again with the hat? Why can't you just
wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S JEWISH MOTHER:
"The next time I catch you throwing good
money across the Potomac, you can kiss
your allowance good-bye!"
THOMAS EDISON'S JEWISH MOTHER:
"Of course I'm proud that you invented the electric
light bulb. Now turn it off and go to bed!"
. And, of course, these two, who
really did have Jewish mothers:ALBERT EINSTEIN'S JEWISH MOTHER:
"But it's your senior picture. Couldn't you
do something about your hair?"
MOSES' JEWISH MOTHER:
"That's a nice story, Moishe. Now tell me where
you've really been for the last forty years."