<p>Are there any Jewish Catholics here?</p>
<p>p2n-
Huh?? Are you looking for someone who makes people feel guilty and then feels guilty about it? :)</p>
<p>Wow, hadn’t thought of it that way. But they eat well. :)</p>
<p>Reminds me - this weekend we went to the Jewish Food Festival at the local temple. I am still stuffed. The week before it was the Greek Glendi and the week before that it was a King cake from New Orleans.</p>
<p>I need to go for a run…now I’m feeling guilty. ;)</p>
<p>Ah, if you were Jewish Catholic, now would be the time to give up something for Lent.</p>
<p>cheers, Thank you for putting all this bs into perspective. I was going to use your exact word, “arrogance” as well as “condescending” and ask if these traits were acquired at an early age or if they come with the typical Ivy education. Now I can just sit back and enjoy the young artist at work, honing her craft, maybe using some of us as her metaphorical sharpening stone. Isn’t it funny how her posts influence our own writing style? I will try not to get too flowery. That earlier post reminds me of an article written in my high school newspaper (yes, high school. It must have made quite an impression to stay with me all these years). The author used the phrase “equine feces” to describe a policy decision made by the school administration. A friend and classmate had to explain to me that meant “horsesh1t”. (Oh, how clever!), Similarly, the forum censor has no problem with the misused “scatological” but don’t try telling someone they are just full of (sh)it.</p>
<p>^ Amusing. :)</p>
<p>I am dejected to know that the only poster who has kept me sane here for quite some time is only “experimenting and polishing her craft,” and “using us for a metaphorical sharpening stone,” and as “cannon fodder for some unresolved issues”–also that I should “forget the politics.”</p>
<p>Boo.</p>
<p>cheers: I have no quibble with your paean to the present and future Dorothy Parker. But keep in mind that sometimes praise, like criticism, is best delivered privately (and politely). ;)</p>
<p>And I believe it was made clear, if one followed the breadcrumbs to the site of the amusedcynic, that DPX was not the author of the CC news parody. It was Ma, not baby, Driver taking us for a spin.</p>
<p>Dotty’s already tight with Driver??? </p>
<p>Things get weirder and weirder.</p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>originally, B.C., the season was Lend.</p>
<p>Well, I’m distressed - though in retrospect not surprised - to think that the humorous post was D the Elder’s work, not D the Younger. Elder has a flair for that type of “everyone who doesn’t agree with me is stupid” schtick (though challenged by other kinds of humor), and Younger hasn’t shown much ability to eschew sesquipedalianism heretofore, so the style was an apparent departure for her. </p>
<p>Oh, well. Better Driver-by-proxy than no Driver at all, I say.</p>
<p>ok, still befuddled and confused! There are TWO drivers??!! DXP is D the Younger? (some of us fodder need things spelled out - and in words we can understand).</p>
<p>Correct, roro. Then that time passed. ;)</p>
<p>I’m sure driver will be back fussing with kluge when the political season heats up.</p>
<p>Don’t worry scansmom…I spend most of my time here confused too. We are part of that notorious group ‘the moms’ after all…lol! Imho, personally not necessarily shrill, but sometimes incoherent, and most of the time confused. ;)</p>
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<p>“Oy vey, Maria” is my favorite ecumenical hymn. Probably dates to when Mary told her mother about the Annunciation.</p>
<p>Marite, I know someone who for Lent gave up their religion.</p>
<p>^Cool. :)</p>
<p>To be authentic, wouldn’t it be “Oy vey, Miriam”? Wait…did ancient Hebrews speak Yiddish?</p>
<p>Well, add me to the confused list. I need a cast of characters ;).</p>
<p>Yiddish happened because Miriam morphed into Mary. It took ten centuries for the joyful Ave to morph into the doleful Oy vey, :)</p>
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my hubster</p>
<p>He was raised Catholic, but converted so that we could raise our children in the Jewish faith…</p>
<p>You mean Dorothy and Driver are related as in mother/daughter?</p>