Could someone fill me in on what ‘iced mint’ is, especially given that temperature does not have a smell?

Yes, it’s a presumption. But it’s based on a lifetime of being Jewish and knowing Jewish practice. No rabbi would say “Hey, I’m going to a bar. I better bring my tallit in case there are TV cameras!”

I presume the producers asked him to bring it and wear it. No rabbi I have ever met would think to wear a tallit in a secular, public space in the middle of what I assume was a week day. It’s simply not done. However, I have seen numerous instances of TV shows exaggerating various aspects of Jewish practice to make…

Exactly. The only place I see rabbis wearing a tallit outside of a synagogue service is on American TV. Magnum PI and Babylon 5, I’m looking at you.

I don’t even know how to take this comment. Are you trying (and failing) to make a witty comment, or are you just an incredibly inept anti-Semite?

before your mouth diarrhea knocks your dentures out of your mouth

Ugh. Why did they make the rabbi wear a tallit? They are not casual day-wear.  Does his yarmulke not sufficiently call him out as a Jew?

I ‘should’ be eating medium rare pork?  Have you spoken with my rabbi about this?

10 minutes?  Lucky you.

When I was in high school (1981-1985), HBO was the only game in town for pseudo-porn (well, Cinemax, too, but my parents wouldn’t order that). In the early 80s, they weren’t as direct in programming sex. No ‘Confessions,’ no ‘Real’ this or that, no ‘Red Shoe’ dramas. Instead, HBO focused on filming ‘artistic’ events…

For that amount of money, it better be kosher.

Perhaps. But judgments about face tattoos would still be allowed, based on common sense.

Me, too.

Did my sister write this Dear Salty letter to you? She and her dog are practically joined at the hip. Whether the dog appreciates that is not a matter of concern for my sister. She got the fake ‘companion’ letter; she rides the dog around town in her bicycle basket; I’m sure she brings it to brunch; and she talks…

I saw Fletch when it came out. I was in high school. I hated it then, and I hate it now. Chase’s Fletch is a smarmy show-off, sure that he’s better than everyone else.  Lucky for Chase, he could play the part by just being his miserable self.

Donald Trump farting while wading in the ocean?

Choosing to go see Pearl Jam for the 19th time should disqualify anyone from fatherhood, regardless of when the concert is scheduled. It’s not 1993 anymore, dude.

without having to physically rifle through it

“Yeah, schweeet!”

Having seen several pictures of the Biffles when they were together, I’d say he owes her just for being so willing to mate out of her league. She’s attractive, and he looks like the kind of guy who needs a continuous flow of prize money to buy her attention.