Thanks! That makes more sense than my poop parts explanation. I'm afraid all my kosher/not-kosher explanations come from the childhood friend's grandmother, who limited it to "Do NOT put that on the table. Here, eat this. Change the tablecloth now. The dishes do not go THERE! muttermutter ." She was an awesome cook, and really loved having us over for elaborate meals while the family was on sabbatical, but patience for the borderline quakers' lack of knowlege was not her strong point.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Aug 21, 2006 4:19:42 pm PDT #3839 of 10001
amych - Aug 21, 2006 4:21:24 pm PDT #3840 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sarameg, that sounds just like my Great-Aunt M, and she didn't even keep kosher! She was just really cranky around children.
§ ita § - Aug 21, 2006 4:23:26 pm PDT #3841 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He'll ask what my lesson plan was. His call if we use it next week.
AAA is here. I should be off soon. Bless Volks and their full spares.
Krav, here I come!
JenP - Aug 21, 2006 4:26:20 pm PDT #3842 of 10001
Hope you get to use it next week then. Happy... or, rather, kick-ass kravving to you.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2006 4:27:28 pm PDT #3843 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
At least AAA came soon, ita. But STILL.
My impression of a lot of kosher/religious practices is, "Well, to make 100% sure we're following the rule, we'll go like five steps beyond, just to be on the safe side." Is that fair, you think?
sarameg - Aug 21, 2006 4:27:51 pm PDT #3844 of 10001
Grandma F was cranky around kids, though she could also be incredibly sweet. I actually think her crank was largely driven by the household being constantly in a state of controlled chaos , while she'd run her family with an iron fist (she was always grumping about how on earth she'd raised a kid to be an hippy artist of all things!) She really didn't know how to deal. As a kid, I thought she was kinda scary. In retrospect, nsm. Adrift, sure.
amych - Aug 21, 2006 4:35:50 pm PDT #3845 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My impression of a lot of kosher/religious practices is, "Well, to make 100% sure we're following the rule, we'll go like five steps beyond, just to be on the safe side." Is that fair, you think?
Yep. There's even a Talmudic term for it: building a fence around the Torah. So, for instance, if you're not allowed to hammer in a nail on Shabbat, it's safest to set your traditions up so you don't even pick up the hammer.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2006 4:40:56 pm PDT #3846 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Right, right, that was the kind of thing I was thinking of. Glad to know it's an actual Thing.
Man, I'm all about religious ed.
-t - Aug 21, 2006 4:44:08 pm PDT #3847 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
This time I'll just point at amych's answer, as I am too late for an actual x-post.
Kat - Aug 21, 2006 5:16:28 pm PDT #3848 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo