the curried goat farts were bad enough, but the sox, were just toooo much...
Posted on 01/15/2006 4:05:38 PM PST by Alouette
Tel Aviv synagogue manager nearly stabbed after commenting on smell of visitor's socks
A manager of a Tel Aviv synagogue was nearly stabbed over the weekend after commenting on a person's smelly socks, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.
Police received a telephone call Thursday night from a synagogue which serves evening meals to homeless and needy people every evening.
The police officers who were dispatched to the scene were told by the synagogue's manager that a person had arrived at the synagogue wearing stinking socks.
"I told him he is always welcome to come and eat with us at the synagogue, but he must change his socks," the manager said.
"It's disrespectful to come to synagogue with such smelly socks," he added.
According to the manager, the guest was irritated by the remark, grasped the manager by the neck and dragged him outside the synagogue, where he attached a knife to his throat.
The assaulter, 43-year-old Be'er Sheva resident Valerie Abramov, was arrested over the weekend and brought before the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court for a hearing on the police's request to extend his remand.
"Abramov did not stab the complainant," the defense attorney told the judge, who nonetheless decided to extend Abramov's remand by four days.
Dudi Nissim contributed to the report
You belong in a mosque!
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That was my first thought!
(along with the visual of the poor guy behind him....ewwww)
Never mind the socks. I hope the synagogue manager had a change of underwear.
'... he attached a knife to his throat...'
In Detroit we just call it a shanking.
If they serve free meals to the homeless every night, you would think this guy would have become accustomed to the smell of stinky socks. Either these were the stinkiest socks ever or he had just had it with the whole thing.
Time for a career change, perhaps.
"Smelly socks prompt synagogue attack"
They are lucky. If you knew my old roommate and his sneakers.....
the curried goat farts were bad enough, but the sox, were just toooo much...
You blame the victim?
How shallow.
The world is spinning out of control, accelerated by those without a conscience.
The victim of stinky socks? LOL! Or is the homeless man the victim? You are going to have to explain your comment to me.
"Socks aren't vegetables, man, they should be wiped out !"
LOL! That makes as much sense as Hilltop's comment.
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You did read the entire article, didn't you?
You do recall that the worker was victimized, correct? Assaulted is the legal nomenclature.
But, yesterday was a trial run for you in pursuit of your comedy career, so your lack of thought is to be excused, I suppose.
Let's recap, the homeless individual comes in reeking, this person had been admonished before regarding his odor, and in reaction on this occasion he assaulted the worker.
Yep, that's funny.
Get real.
Oh, now I see, you are defending the shelter worker, it was a little difficult to tell.
But I was able to discern that you have gotten out of bed on the wrong side for 2 mornings in a row.
Here are 2 facts for you to deal with today, "homeless people stink (and it's more than just their socks) and most of them are NUTS! (and I am not trying to be funny)
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