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I was a real yeshiva guy. 14 years in yeshiva (high school inclusive), and over a decade living in the dorm. So, you could expect me to do pretty much all the stereotypical yeshiva guy things. (except smoke- I tried it a couple times, but I couldn’t tolerate it, luckily).
Last night, I realized that I had texted my friend that I had “pounded a bag of baby spinach.”
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when you “pound” a bag of baby spinach.
How do you know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore?
When you start asking dumb questions when you learn.
when your caught by your rosh yeshiva shoveling snow withoutta balck hat!!!
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when you see a lomdushe abbreviation (eidus shebatlah miktzaza, kim ley bederabba miney, etc) and you draw a blank.
jothar, what’s that again..?lol!!!
…when yeshivishe shprach becomes more of a foreign language
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when you buy shoes because they’re comfortable, and not because the tips are more square-edged than the guy sitting next to you.
When you stop writing your name and restrictions on food labels: “this belongs to me, please ask permission before taking unless your mammesh hungry or thirsty “
When you stop writing your name and restrictions on seforim : “this belongs to me, please ask permission unless you mammesh can’t find your gemara and you’re late to shiur and your rebbe is mad at you cause you always come late, then and only then can you take the gemara without permission but please return it to it’s makom kevua when your done.”
when you start owning things without having someone else having a chelek in it.
you know you were NEVER a yeshiva guy when…………….you were (and still are at heart) a bais yaakov girl!
Lemony Snicket – ROFL!! That was me and most of my friends!!! And I’m not even a guy!
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when you are not embarrassed to be seen learning from an artscroll.
Aderaba. I spent my whole time in Yeshivah learning from an Artscroll and was proud of it.
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when you wake up at 6:45am – just in time for the late minyan.
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when you pass over some free furniture because it doesn’t match.
You people are funny!
Thanks ayc, I take it you’re no longer a yeshiva guy?
uh, 42, sounds like phishing for information to me…could YOU be Joseph by any chance???
When You put your Brim Down. “An old rant of mine”.
got me laughing!
Oh no! I’ve been discovered. Joseph was really me all along. Does this mean I have to change my subtitle?
you better believe it!
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when grilled cheese made on a space heater no longer sounds appealing.
When you stop hitching rides.
When you stop telling Rashi what he really means to say.
When you start eating supper before 7:30 PM.
When it’s during nissan and you still have to wake up for minyan.
When earning an honest buck seems more honorable than sponging off the community.
When you stop eating cholent on Thursday night (SACRILEGE!!!!).
when you can no longer think of 100 uses for a wire hanger……
when the thought of having Cholent on Thursday night, Friday afternoon, Friday night, Shabos day, Motzai Shabos and Sunday makes you feel sick…..
when you stop looking at your feet as you dance at a chasuna….
when you start learning R’ Boruch Ber, R’ Shimon, R’ Naftoli etc. to get a better understanding of the Gemara and not the other way round…..
when you no longer care how wide the ribbon on your hat is…..
You go to work
When you just sit and WATCH all the yeshiva guys dance, spin, do shtick and jump upside down and you think to yourself, “I remember when I used to be able to do that.”
Now all you do is get out of breath just WATCHING them do it!!!
cantoresq- Wow! You apparently dont like the yeshiva system. Let me guess, you were never in the yeshiva system as it is today?
Are you a mid 40’s MO?
When you have no rebbe to ask if it’s acceptable to read private emails sent to a mod and access someone’s database without asking.
And you know you never were a Yeshiva guy when all you can say is……………………………
When your only shaychis to a yeshiva is ywn.
When you post in the CR
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when you don’t GOBBLE down your food like a ravenous wolf (because you’re starving and/or because you want to eat it before another bachur grabs half of it!)
You know you’re not a yeshiva guy anymore when you start to respect your parents’ opinions on things, NOT just because of the mitzva of kibud av v’aym, but because you actually realize that their opinions just MIGHT be right!
when u wear colored clothes
when u realize that people who told u the govt in Israel is the worst thing is like the dumbest thing to believe.
Astrix…
Not to get off the subject of this thread, BUT…
thinking that “the govt in Israel is the worst thing…” is A)not related to being, or not being, a yeshiva guy, and B)is not the dumbest thing to believe. Eretz Yisrael IS the greatest place on earth, and every Jew should, at LEAST, aspire to live there, BUT the government in Israel IS the pits!
-when your nose gets too sensitive to use paper towels to blow your nose.
-When you find yourself in the outer dancing circle by weddings more often than the inner ones and you’re happier that way!
-you can listen to a shiur and not fall asleep in middle.
-you start reading the nutrition facts on food packages.
i think you are not a yeshiva guy anymore (or perhaps never was a legitimate one) when you eat cholov yisroel, kemach yoshon etc at home but will go into baskin robbins for an ice cream.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Everyone in your dira has the same last name as you!
And GREAT reply, Jothar!
Yungerman1 I’m just a guy who tries to earn an honest buck and thinks doing so is more honorable than living off the communal dole. As to my pedigree, there is ample information about me in this site’s archives. Do a search and learn.
Gevald! Lichoirah, I’ve never been Yeshivish! I wore colored shirts during my Bochurish Yuhrin, never ate Thursday night chulent until a couple years ago (I’m out of Yeshiva for Kimat 10 years).
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…when you actually hear the interesting noises your car makes.
…when getting a new outfit does not mean shopping at your older neighbors/siblings/cousins outgrown clothing box
…when you realize how much money food/tuition really costs
you are able to construct a sentence using proper English (now we know where most of the CR members stand)
…when you pull over to check what the noise from under the hood is.
The difference between a yeshiva guy and ‘baalabayis’ is…
Yeshiva guys eat chulent Thursday night, Friday/Shabbas night, Shabbas lunch.
A ‘baalabayis’ eats chulent Shabbas lunch, Sunday night, Monday night, Tuesday night – ’till it’s all gone!
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