Um, I can see why someone would compare Purim to Halloween -- the secular celebrations look pretty similar, what with the costumes and parties and all.
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Jesse - Mar 21, 2008 5:28:44 am PDT #6394 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2008 5:30:05 am PDT #6395 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't think this will work, tommyrot; the Eastern Orthodox Church has a different calendar, so Easter isn't until later.
Aw fuck.
Wait, I can join the Western Orthodox Church, (Or Eastern Heterodox Church), get today off, then switch to the Eastern Orthodox Church to get their Good Friday off....
Jessica - Mar 21, 2008 5:33:54 am PDT #6396 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Um, I can see why someone would compare Purim to Halloween -- the secular celebrations look pretty similar, what with the costumes and parties and all.
What secular celebrations of Purim?
Kathy A - Mar 21, 2008 5:34:19 am PDT #6397 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of Easter and calendars, this is the first and only time in my life that my birthday is on Easter! I remembered it being on Good Friday a few times, but never Easter, and I was right. The last time Easter was on 3/23 was 1918, and the next time isn't until 2228.
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2008 5:36:51 am PDT #6398 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Speaking of Easter and calendars, this is the first and only time in my life that my birthday is on Easter!
Yay!
When I was a kid, I went through all the tables of dates and whatnot, and was bummed to discover my birthday would never be on Easter....
I thought it was cool to have a holiday depend on the phases of the moon to determine what day it was on... maybe I should have been Jewish....
Miracleman - Mar 21, 2008 5:37:16 am PDT #6399 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Captain, I'm sensing a great deal of hostility coming from the shriftian.
Red Alert! Shields up! All power to the phasers!
Jesse - Mar 21, 2008 5:40:19 am PDT #6400 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What secular celebrations of Purim?
I mostly mean the costume party part. Am I wrong?
tommyrot - Mar 21, 2008 5:41:39 am PDT #6401 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Red Alert! Shields up! All power to the phasers!
"Captain, the shriftian says we will be assimilated."
"That is so stupid. Don't make me come over there and choke you."
"See! It's happening already!"
Jessica - Mar 21, 2008 5:44:37 am PDT #6402 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've never been to a Purim "party" that wasn't held at the synagogue as part of the Purim service.
Sue - Mar 21, 2008 5:55:27 am PDT #6403 of 10001
hip deep in pie
But the risk with an ARM is that a loan you can comfortably afford can turn into one you can't pretty much overnight if the market doesn't go your way when your introductory low-interest period expires.
Ah. I figured there would be differences other than laxer eligibility requirements. (Though I think it's pretty darn easy to get a mortgage here.) We don't get "introductory low-interest" on a variable rate mortgage. We just get a lower rate than is offered on a fixed mortgage.