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"Poifect," as I recall, is vintage Brooklynese. Hal "Time is what keeps us waiting." Halvard Johnson ================ [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard http://entropyandme.blogspot.com http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com http://www.hamiltonstone.org On Jan 21, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Kenneth Wolman wrote: > Anny Ballardini wrote: >> I cannot remember where I first heard the exclamation: >> "Poifect" >> such a full-mouthed surmounted by moustache >> self-gratifying expression of round-bellied irony > If you watched Saturday Night Live you may have seen it, late > 1970s. It was a fake ad for a Ford. The sedan can go over rough > roads, keep a soft and smooth ride. To prove it, they get a > "rabbi" to circumcise a baby while the car is going over a > washboard road. The chauffeur, played by Garrett Morris, looks > back with a horrified double-take. The baby is being held by his > parents, who are beaming. The rabbi does the job on the baby boy, > he does this normal squeaky cry, and at that point the rabbi > exclaims "POIFECT!" I don't remember Morris' reaction--something > like trying not to faint?:-) > > That is what I thought of when I saw "Poifect!" It's a bit much > and was even then. > > ken > > -------------------- > Ken Wolman andreachenier.net rainermaria.typepad.com > > DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND: IT IS REALITY THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING