[Cz-L] Kapusta mit Kwass

On Kapusta mit Kwass.
Kapusta is cabbage and Kwass is a drink but the saying has no relation to
either.
  When we were toddlers every second question was : "Wass ist das ?"
driving our
  mothers to despair.
    We wanted to know what was a chicken , a cat , a dog , a horse etc.
     Why the chicken had only two legs and the cat four ?
    After a time our mothers were close to a nervous breakdown and then we
got
    the answer : "Kapusta mit Kwass."
      What relation to the question ? None whatsoever .
     Just for the rhyme's sake.
      And to put an end to the session.
     For negative answers , later in life ,the answer was : " Dr-ck mit
Leber ".
      The standard answer to the question : " Wie geht's ( How goes )?"
after 1940.
       But for this we come back later.
       Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cornel Fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
To: "'Miriam Taylor'" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>; "'HARDY BREIER'"
<HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; "'Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu'"
<czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Cc: "'Paul Heger'" <pheger_at_gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 1:54 AM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Fwd: Mostaepfel

> Hi Mimi My mum used the expression in your way too....maybe the usage
> changed with time...grandma used it in a derogatory way and my mother was
> trying to civilize me..a wasted effort!! Cornel
>
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