On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:16:32 GMT, Saerah Gray wrote:

> blake murphy > fnord
> :
>
>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:06:53 -0700 (PDT), Karen wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 15, 8:07*pm, Orlando Enrique Fiol > wrote:
>>>> I don't know about you, but celebrating that unfortunate period of
>>>> history doesn't seem fun to me.
>>>
>>> Conquerors, imperialists, dictators, have been a part of the entire
>>> human history. The celebration comes in the survivalists.
>>>
>>> Karen
>>
>> i've always liked this brief summary of the jewish holiday *purim*:
>>
>> 'they tried to kill us, they failed, let's eat!'
>>
>
> It's most definitely appropriate to Purin, but suits a number of other
> holidays.
>

actually, i had to google to connect it with *purim*. i would be tempted
to broaden it to jewish history in general.

>
> Hell, we eat matzah on Pesach *because* it was the only thing we had to
> eat!

i was my the first passover seder a few years ago. i was the youngest male
(except for a four- or five-year old who was considered generally
unreliable), and the made *me* ask the questions! since i am a gentile and
fairly hard-core atheist, i was a little taken aback.

your pal,
blake