CHUTZPAH

[Iwillnevergiveup]

Chutzpah is a Yiddish word meaning gall, brazen nerve, effrontery,

sheer guts plus arrogance; it's Yiddish and no other word, and no

other language, can do it justice.





A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for a dollar

each. Every day a young man would leave his office building

at lunch time and as he passed the pretzel stand he would

leave her $1.00, but never take a pretzel.

This offering went on for more than 3 years. The two of them

never spoke. One day as the young man passed the old lady's

stand and left his dollar as usual, the pretzel lady spoke to him

for the first time in over 3 years. Without blinking an eye

she said: "They're $1.25 now."

[elleng]

1. YUP!