It had a 'Z' in it


The scenes when Trudy is trying to figure out whom she married, only remembering that "it had a "Z" in it, is even funnier when it's subtitled into Hebrew, as the Hebrew letter for "Z" is "Zayon", which is slang for the male genitalia.

(Some years ago there was a political party running for Kenesset membership. Each party chooses a one to three letter code, which is on the ballot you place in the box. They chose this letter, and their campaign slogan was "Put a "zayon" in the ballot box".}

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And one wonders if Preston Sturges didn't have that in mind as an intentional double meaning.

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(Some years ago there was a political party running for Kenesset membership. Each party chooses a one to three letter code, which is on the ballot you place in the box. They chose this letter, and their campaign slogan was "Put a "zayon" in the ballot box".}


That party called itself the "Men's rights" party, and their main point of policy was to protect men's interests in divorce proceedings. Choosing that particular letter was definitely deliberate.

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