Mazel and Mazel Tov
One time I went to the Southport Flower Show. In one of the tents was a man selling brightly coloured plates with the word "Jerusalem" on them. “Very nice - do you come from Jerusalem?” Said I. “I’m a Palestinian” he said. “mazel tov” I said. I don’t know why I said it. He had given me an inappropriate reply to an innocuous question. It just seemed to be a non-aggressive way of telling him that I didn’t give a monkey what side of the argument he was on. I was there to see the flowers.Afterwards, as you do, I thought of several witty reposts, but mazel tov was good enough.
