Listen to your eldest cousin
This was the game that Lynda made the younger cousins play often.
What is Sardines?
This word was a favored adjective, noun, and oft heavily pronounced under-her-breath description of people and things Luba found distasteful.
What is "stupid".
This adjective describes how Luba’s lips became fixed when she did not approve of something.
What is “pursed”?
Luba’s cocktail of choice when ‘letting loose’.
What is a vodka martini?
He adored his three daughters and they adored him back.
Who was Poppa Paul?
This game centered on canine activity.
What was Planet of the Dogs?
The magazine Luba loved and lived by for most of her life.
What is Prevention magazine?
They are dangerous forms of light you could swear would shoot from Luba’s eyes when she became incensed.
What are red laser beams?
The classic bottle of sherry that was standard stock in Luba’s liquor cabinet.
What is Harvey’s Bristol Cream?
They moved from this town in NJ to Fort Wayne, Indiana.
What was Hillside, NJ?
This device was used to create one of Lynda's most ambitious ideas.
What was Ronnie's 8mm camera?
This woman was grandma's best friend.
Who was Catherine Penner?
This person often caused Luba to erupt with severe disgust and disapproval when he would openly whittle a toothpick in his teeth after dinner.
Who was Uncle Dave?
He famously once provoked Luba by introducing a potentially irritable topic by stating “Wait til you hear this Ma, your lips are gonna hit the floor!”.
Who is Mickey?
This business of Grandpa Liff's was the reason they moved to Fort Wayne.
What is the scrap business?
This was the title of Lynda's directorial debut.
What was "The Adventures of Fartman"?
These are the 7 languages that Luba spoke, read, or could understand.
What are English, Hebrew, Polish, Russian, Yiddish, German and Spanish?
He once suggested to Luba that they sleep with each other which in turn caused such palpable outrage that Luba never spoke to him again.
Who was Uncle Dave?
This substance, found covering all telephone receivers, was ‘stupidly’ suggested as ‘not necessary’ due to Luba’s beautiful Russian skin, and the sheer suggestion of discussing of it caused a punctuated shake of the head and exclamation of ‘UGLY! Never “.
What is Luba’s foundation?
This body soap was forever a fixture in the Lecher shower.
What is Jean Naté?
He played the lead in the family film.
Who was Neal as "Fartman"?
This fancy restaurant featuring Liberace-style entertainment and fake Faberge eggs was one of Grandma's favorites.
What was La Paloma?
The fifty percent of the human population that Luba consistently disapproved of.
What are men?
This is the phonetic spelling of quietly exasperated way our beloved Luba would pronounce this category.
What is ‘SSTTJYOO-pit’?
This metal can was the receptacle of a life long dedication of sending coins to Israel.
What was the Pushke?