[1601] in Humor
HUMOR: Making the proper observances
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Thu Sep 12 18:22:51 1996
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 18:16:38 EDT
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN@aries.colorado.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:05:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Keith Bostic <bostic@bsdi.com>
Forwarded-by: psl@acm.org (Peter S. Langston)
Forwarded-by: Eric Steese <ecscc@olywa.net>
Forwarded-by: Sue Zirin
On Rosh Hassanah (the Jewish New Year), we have a service called Taslich
(throwing) where we symbolically cast our sins away by throwing bread into
the water. Rabbi Tilson explains:
Some people have asked what they are supposed to throw into the water.
Here are suggestions:
For ordinary sins, use -- White Bread
For exotic sins -- French or Italian bread
For dark sins -- Pumpernickle
For complex sins -- Multi-grain
For truly warped sins -- Pretzels
For sins of indecision -- Waffles
For sins commited in haste -- Matzah
For substance abuse -- Poppy Seed
For commiting arson -- Toast
For being ill-tempered -- Sourdough
For silliness -- Nut bread
For not giving full value -- Short bread
For political chauvinism -- Yankee Doodles
For excessive use of irony -- Rye Bread
For continual bad jokes -- Corn Bread
For hardening our hearts -- Jelly doughnuts
