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Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:

> On Jun 17, 6:15*pm, Melba's Jammin' >
> wrote:
> > It was uninspired. *Deli potato salad (not bad), cole slaw (not too
> > bad), chips, pickle spears, roast beast sandwiches with plastic packets
> > of condiments; bars, cupcakes, and tasty carrot cake. *Plastic flatware
> > that looked like stainless steel, and paper plates and styro coffee
> > cups. *Lutherans are getting a bad name for their funeral luncheons, I
> > fear. *
>
> The Missouri Synod is all about eschewing pleasure, right? If you're
> talking ELCA, then maybe it's more a function of Upper Midwest than
> Lutheran.
>
> > -Barb, Mother Superior
>
> --Bryan

I think it's more a function of finding people to cook and serve a
funeral luncheon ‹ most younger women are working outside their homes
and the Old Guard figures they've done their time and someone else can
do it now. Or not, but they're not going to. Health Department laws
might be getting stickier, too.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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