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Don’t call your mother — tweet her!

Ever heard of Twitteleh? It’s a new service for communicating with your Jewish mother in just 140 characters. All you have to do is answer these three questions:

1. Where are you?
2. What have you eaten?
3. Are you wearing a sweater?

The service, explained in this two-minute video, is a gag — obviously. And I don’t think this is exclusive to Jewish mothers. My mom would be thrilled to hear the answers to those questions, plus at least two more:

4. When’s the last time you talked to your brother?
5. When will your father and I see you again?

The answers to those questions are “yesterday” and “whenever you and dad can make time in your busy schedules,” every time.



Comments (2)

It's obvious that asking these questions to mother daily... I really enjoyed your video and never forget ever. I like the way you present this article. Good work!

James A.:

Here's another one, "Is everything OK?" I get that all the time.

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