If Yogi Berra were a Muslim
Yogi Berra wasn't just the greatest catcher in Baseball, he was also an expert at mangling the English language. You've probably come across a Yogi-ism or two in your lifetime:
- "It ain't over 'til it's over"
- "Never answer an anonymous letter"
- "You can observe a lot by watching"
- "The future ain't what it used to be"
Amazingly they actually sound like astute observations about life.
So I wondered, what would Yogi sound like if he had a Muslim cousin Yogi Terra [with apologies to Yogi Berra].
- "Always go on your friend's suicide mission, otherwise he won’t go on yours.”
- "If Mahmoud didn't blow up - He'd still be alive."
- "I didn't really mean everything I meant to say." [al Taqqiyya]
- When told Israel was attacking Lebanon last year: "It's deja Jew all over again"
- "Any woman with an old, worn-out hijab needs a dressing down"
- On why Muslims keep losing against Israel: "It ain't Kosher the way Jews fight."
- "I numbered each of my three wives from 1 to 4"
- "When you come to a fork in the road...stick it in the Jew's throat"
- When asked why al Fatah was failing in Gaza: "Too many of our friends are enemies."
- "Anyone who says Islam is peaceful hasn't been shot dead by a Muslim"
- "If people don't want to die for Allah, let them."
- "If the world were 100% Muslim, most of the Jews would still be a pain in the neck."
- "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded with Jews!"
- On the bombing of Baghdad in 2003: "Lighting up the sky with bombs isn't always a bright thing to do."
- "Islam is 90% Sunni. The other half are Shiites."
- "Half the lies they tell about Islam aren't true."
- "Why should my children learn engineering? Let them ride the camel as I did."
- "Ignorant? Muslims are not ignorant, we're just not too smart."
- "So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit his wife with his face."
- On the destruction of the Ottoman Empire: "You wouldn't have won if the Turks had beaten you."
Related:
You can get all of Yogi's famously quotable quotes gathered by Yogi and his family in the Yogi Book - "I really didn't say everything I said"; an autographed copy can be purchased here.
Based on his style of speaking, Yogi was named Wisest Fool of the Past 50 Years by the Economist magazine in January 2005.
