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WIY – Tom Holt is a fiction writer of mostly satirical and often parodical novels. I was being slightly facetious with that comment. But you should read the book, it is very funny.
Your other comment about creation does not make sense because although the egg is the result of procreation, the difference between egg-laying creatures needs to be highlighted. Mammals have the ability to procreate within them, and the foetus does not need an outside environment to complete gestation. Birds and fish, however, need to lay their eggs in order to complete gestation, and therefore the egg itself is a separate being. Therefore, Hashem could have conceivably created the world with both chickens and eggs.
If there is a proper healthy relationship between the parents and the child, there should be no need for locks on a door. And if the child is giving their parent cause for suspicion to look around their room then even more so there should not be any locks.
A parent who is wise, with a child who is sensible and does not have anything to hide, would agree that it is privacy enough just to close the bedroom door, and would certainly not go snooping around their child’s room to find incriminating evidence.
Two hour drive. He came to me the first few dates, then I went to him.
My friend has one: “Hi, this is ____, please don’t leave me a message as I probably won’t listen to it anyway.”
Mine used to be: “Hi this is ____, sorry I could not answer your call but I have probably put my phone down and can’t remember where it is, please leave a message and I will try to get back to you.”
I changed it to something more boring.
Tom Holt has written a lengthy volume on the subject. It is called ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages’. I believe his theory was that the chicken came first, in that if you took a person and turned them into a chicken, you would have a chicken that did not remember the inside of the egg shell, therefore the chicken must have come first.
On a more serious note, my own opinion is that Hashem created eggs and chickens at the same time, since the world was created as though it had already been in existence, and therefore with an already existing cycle of life.
At my sister’s sheva brachos they played ‘Mr and Mrs’ where she and my brother in law stood back-to-back with a pink taffy for ‘wife’ and a blue taffy for ‘husband’. Then they were asked various questions about ‘who is more likely to…’ and had to answer using the taffies. They couldn’t see what the other was answering. It was really funny.
Having said that, it might fit me better now after two kids – which is more than I can say for all my sheva brachos outfits, which haven’t fitted me since daughter no. 1
I wanted to wear it again as it is not too fancy for sheva brachos or a bar mitzva or friend’s chasuna. Just my husband said afterwards he didn’t think it looked good on me. Looking back now, I can see that the style is too boxy for me, I really needed a dress with a proper waist.
Maybe you could borrow something? From experience, it will probably only be worn once. I have never worn my vort dress since, as my husband doesn’t think it suits me…
My husband only proposed after we were engaged! Basically my husband wanted to be sure of a few things that he didn’t want to ask me himself so the wife of someone very close to him (I call her my second mother in law) called me in and we had a chat. Then she phoned him to come round, we discussed the result of our chat and then she said “so I think she should go home,she’ll tell her parents, you will tell yours, and then you will follow!” (We are from different cities).
That evening he proposed properly right before the l’chaim.
WIY – like I said before, it’s not cause they may be celebrities, it’s because this baby will be King on day and that’s why everyone make such a fuss over him. In the same way that the parents’ wedding was hyped up because Prince William is the future King. For your information, there was no fuss made over any of his cousins’ weddings, nor when they had children, because they are not in direct line to the throne.
To be honest, I am getting a little tired of repeating myself because people obviously don’t realise the significance of this event.
Shopping613: Like I said… you cannot possibly understand, since you have no concept of a monarchy. Forget the fact that he is not Jewish and there is all the media hype. This baby will one day be a king.
People who do not live in a monarchy cannot understand the patriotism that comes with it. This baby will be king one day. Of course I care.
everyone in my family has 2 names, my husband and all his siblings have 2 names, but both our daughters we only gave one name. the older one was named after my husband’s grandmother who only had one name, and the other we just liked the name. FYI I was named after someone who had the exact same name.
On a side note: I wonder what the royal baby will be called? they tend to give a few names…
I have to stand by yekke (whether or not he is acutally English, just because he spells humour with a ‘u’) since the British sense of humour is based on wit, whereas Americans seem to favour slapstick and funny happenings. Wit is far more intelligent, and we are certainly not dull.
However, I have had moments where I have laughed out loud at a particular phrase in a humour column, but on the whole I can read through a whole article without cracking a smile. I understand it can’t be easy to write a humour column every week but sometimes I feel like he’s been sitting at the desk for ages trying to come up with something funny instead of letting it flow.
I found myself crying for the first time on tisha b’av this year. I was trying to keep my 2 year old occupied and I was singing to her, hashivenu, etz chaim… then I started singing ‘together’ (from marvelous middos machine – a chillingly beautiful song) and I couldn’t get through it without my voice cracking up. She was touching my tears and was getting all concerned cause I was crying, and then I hugged her and asked her if she would be a mitzva girl so we could have the beis hamikdash back.
we read that poem in school also. It was supposed to teach us not to rely too much on spell check
can I point out that in certain frum publications the proofreading is either terrible or non-existent; the number of spelling and grammar mistakes, typos and sections of articles cut off due to the graphics layout I have found week after week…
ANON – I was merely suggesting that generic ideas are better than specific locations. Parks are good, as are forest areas, the beach, window shopping. If you have kids, jungle gyms or indoor play parks are also good
For those who obviously never read the whole of the first post – in the northeast. So the poster is definitely not in Chicago and likely not in NY either. I don’t think the poster wants specific locations, just activities.
I would avoid swimming, hiking and biking actually since one is supposed to avoid dangerous activities
Goq – it may not be a catastrophe but it is basic grammar that is learnt in primary school and shows major ignorance from the people who misuse apostrophes in plurals. I get worried when I see basic spelling and grammar mistakes written on letters that come from schools (as an example) – a person who cannot use English properly, teaching? The best education we can give to our kids is to employ educators who are themselves educated.
(On a side note connected to this last point, I have seen teachers who are excellent at teaching and discipline, but actually have no idea what they are teaching about and are making major mistakes in their material).
JMH – ha ha ha.
perhaps you can start by either writing down what you have done/what has happened over the last few days. not only is writing therapeutic, it may help you identify what is bothering you, since sometimes these things are subconscious and need a little help being brought to the surface
can we please point out that a plural word ending with ‘s’ does NOT need an apostrophe? I cringe when I see words like nail’s or pizza’s
JOIN THE NSPMA – NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF MISUSED APOSTROPHES
matt lucas and stephen fry
maybe she decided to go on holiday and become a Tourist
Where’s My Cow? is pretty good
there’s a fantastic series of books called The Tapestry – The Hound of Rowan, The Second Siege, The Fiend and the Forge, The Maelstrom (the last book is coming out in October).
To clarify the issue, if the author is deliberately putting his kfira beliefs into his stories, they should not be read (think Phillip Pullman). However, reading stories that reference other religions, pagan or monotheistic is fine, as long as the reader is aware it’s just a story (although you should be careful with pagan religions that are made up). For instance, the Roman Mysteries series is set in Rome, which was a pagan culture – but that has nothing to do with the plotline.
says me – in that case there are other ways of boosting self-image so these girls don’t feel the need to put makeup on on shabbos
Says Me – do you know what my skin is like? You are assuming that the reason I am comfortable with my makeup coming off by shabbos morning is cause I have clear skin. That may be the case (as far as I am concerned you had no way of knowing that though), however my skin colouring and complexion mean I look like I am ill if I don’t wear makeup (since I have extremely pale skin and very pink cheeks – not a good combination for someone who is dark haired!)
I am not putting down those who have scarring or bad acne, but the reason those girls won’t go out on shabbos is not because of their skin, it’s because of their self-image and self-esteem. Not everyone with facial issues feels the need to stay indoors when they can’t put makeup on.
Why don’t you find something useful to do? My excuse for being on the computer a lot is that I am recovering from birth and can’t really do much right now. But you could find yourself a serious outlet – art, reading, writing, maybe you are good at something that you could turn into a little money-making? As soon as I am able, I will be back to running my house, looking after my kids, going shopping and eventually going back to work.
I don’t know why Americans insist on calling us ‘British’. Most of us refer to ourselves as English – I certainly do.
certain things will always be assur but our society is constantly trying to look for ‘ways out’. I agree with other posters that the mods should put a stop to this thread. this is not the place for it
I think it’s pretty clear from some old threads that I know JMH quite well outside of the CR. I have dropped innocent bits of information about myself here before but I don’t think anyone else has picked up on them. I don’t know any of my close friends who post on the CR who would guess who I am
I think it says something about our generation that people are asking about makeup on shabbos. it’s not allowed, get over it. just put a little more on before shabbos or find a really good base that will help it stay, and then sleep on your back (oh, you probably don’t want to mess up your hair though…)
I have no problem with all my makeup having come off by the next day though. For all those who can’t live without makeup on shabbos/yom tov, how are you gonna cope when you are married and will have shabbosos/yamim tovim without being able to wear makeup at all?
check out the thread for trolls
How about Slide? that should make for some interesting posts…
gaw – very clever!
A good attitude – it’s Israel, not America and certain things you just have to live without for a year. And if you had a room and bathroom to yourself at home, remember that you will be sharing with other girls and things can’t be how you always had it.
just by the way, who is the ‘were you there’ comment directed to? cause if it was me, then of course I was! (although Nanny Ogg never came to help out – sorely disappointed. Then again, I didn’t give birth to the same child twice over so a regular midwife was ok)
Only cause we seem to have created the concept of ‘Jewish time’ and a lot of people don’t know how to be punctual anymore. Ok, there are some yekkes who are neurotic about punctuality but for most of us it’s just reasonable and mentschlich to be on time. I was once at a wedding of a friend, where the chuppa started exactly on time. Another person I know came in the middle of the chuppa and her comment was ‘who starts a wedding on time?’ – those were her exact words. Time is a very precious thing and yekkes respect that.
I agree though that some are very particular about details of things cause that’s how they always do it and they’re not gonna change, so they are very inflexible and that’s not good either.
Syag – thank you!
How about the fact that the first time the chosson and kalla see each other for almost a week is by the badeken – where is there opportunity for photos beforehand? Maybe a better option is to do weddings the european way – chuppa and reception in the afternoon, then a break in between and dinner in the evening. We don’t usually run out of time for photos or keep people waiting that way and it gives the guests chance to have a rest, especially those who have travelled
I always joke that before I got married I was a yekke, and my husband says that in itself is a yekkishe vort!
Lighting candles on friday night – yes some light only 2 but because as far as I know candle lighting is the only minhag where a woman follows her mother, this is not so true any more. My mother lights for each child (and she is a proper yekke) and so do I.
You can also tell a real old yekke by their pronunciation…
can I get some points on credit? Just recuperating after birth (a little girl!) and won’t really be trawling the coffee room for interesting threads to mess up for a little while, just thought I’d pop back here and see how it was all going…