yay for a job , hayden !
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
beth b - Mar 07, 2012 10:32:18 am PST #25645 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Fred Pete - Mar 07, 2012 10:33:06 am PST #25646 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
May I pimp Last Call by Daniel Okrent, which I'm reading on my lunch breaks? It's a fascinating study of Prohibition. And by coincidence, today I was reading about the spiritual and medical exceptions.
Wine for sacramental purposes was made largely from alicante grapes. They made lousy wine, but they were nice and dark, so the wine at least looked good. (Jewish rabbis also had authority to buy wine, and the number of rabbis and at least nominal members of synagogues exploded during Prohibition.)
EpicTangent - Mar 07, 2012 10:37:25 am PST #25647 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
My great-grandfather's first cousin was the first person in NJ convicted under Prohibition.
When I googled, I discovered my great-grandfather was killed by Jewish mafia - maybe our great-grandfathers knew each other...though not to, like, hang out or anything.
brenda m - Mar 07, 2012 10:43:55 am PST #25648 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hey now, let's not get any blood feuds going up in here.
tommyrot - Mar 07, 2012 10:46:19 am PST #25649 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hey now, let's not get any blood feuds going up in here.
Easy for you to say-- my great-great-grandfather didn't look at your great-great-grandfather funny.
Connie Neil - Mar 07, 2012 10:54:01 am PST #25650 of 30001
brillig
By the way, I apologize to anyone who had relatives in Baltimore, Ireland, when my many times great-grandfather Murat Reis invaded in the 1600s and dragged off most of the population to Morocco to be sold as slaves. (I honestly do feel just a bit weird about it and would not mention the connection if I ever found myself in Baltimore, Ireland.)
le nubian - Mar 07, 2012 11:00:00 am PST #25651 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
DavidS - Mar 07, 2012 11:07:33 am PST #25652 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(I honestly do feel just a bit weird about it and would not mention the connection if I ever found myself in Baltimore, Ireland.)
I've been to Baltimore, Ireland! It's beautiful, and a port town on the southernmost tip, so probably ideal for enslavinating Corsairs.
Connie Neil - Mar 07, 2012 11:31:26 am PST #25653 of 30001
brillig
I do really want to go to Rabat, Morocco, and see the old quarter of Salee, where the Salee Rovers sailed from and where Murat Reis, ne Jan Jansen of Harleem of the Netherlands, ended up an Admiral of the Sultan's Fleet.
Sheryl - Mar 07, 2012 12:42:07 pm PST #25654 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
No family stories here about Prohibition.(Or other major events, alas)