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GAW- you’d be mistaken
Why do you ask? Are you putting together a “comparable sales” argument for me already?
popa:
I’m going to return to serious mode for a moment to answer you properly.
Shmelf is always ultimately responsible (whether we’re talking about OTD or lifestyle choices in shidduchim). But that doesn’t mean that the shmelfs aren’t being manipulated (as in the case of shidduchim, certainly) or influenced in some way (as in most OTD cases). Some people are more susceptible to manipulation and outside influence, others less so. To the degree that you are conscious of it, you are making a decision to go along with it or not.
I suppose a complete imbecile would be a completely blameless shmelf.
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I myself went to Bnos like a hundred years ago
Was it exactly 100 years ago, or more like 95 years? Because if it was, you might remember me- I was a staff member back then.
I’m a bit surprised that you have a daughter in 8th grade, though. I tried googling for a story about a woman giving birth at age ~90 (assuming you were 6 years old then, and your daughter is 14 now), but I guess you kept it out of the news (ayin harah?).
shmopa-
If it doesn’t matter what I think, what else in the world does matter?
But I do agree that it doesn’t matter what you think, unless you are agreeing with me 😉
Sac- thanks for the tip. I’m signing the papers today.
So the boys are blaming the girls…
And the girls are blaming the boys….
Sounds like both are being manipulated by a third party.
It’s probably their parents’ generation, whose focus in life is to pass on suffering to the next generation, just as their parents did to them. Ah, if only all the world were orphans- but then shrinks would have no business. What a world 😉
kapusta- anytime you’d like to explain that comment you made to me in the “shabbos food” thread, I’m listening.
Phew, saved by the bell
We all know why people go OTD
Of course we do. It is closest to rhyming with shmelf, though.
I’d like to get a hold of you
Watch out for this guy!
Oh wait, did you mean “ahold of”.
Ah, nevermind.
Wolfish Music?
What’s that all about?
Sounds like nothing but howling to me.
What’s that you say?
Wolfish Musings?
Oh, never mind
The “Is fun allowed” was a question to Squeak who said we were reverting back to germanic wedding styles. As I’m half German and understand the “no sense of humor” thing, it made me laugh and was a natural question.
Ahhh, didn’t realize I was supposed to field it. Of course fun is allowed. Germans just define fun differently.
An example of fun is when you tap along to music (without ruffling your bowtie). Fun is allowed.
Correct me if I’m wrong, you are better qualified to speak from this viewpoint than I (you are half-German)
<eyeroll>It’s a speech impediment, you wrash-kalls!
I don’t get this one, though I think that I should…. help?
“My grandfather gave me a watch. It doesn’t have any hands or numbers. He says it’s very accurate. I asked him what time it was. You can guess what he told me.”
I agree, something is lost if you don’t hear his deadpan voice in your head. But not all is lost. Here are some other good and readable ones:
- Right now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
- I broke a mirror in my house. I’m supposed to get seven years of bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
- I was going 70 miles an hour and got stopped by a cop who said, “Do you know the speed limit is 55 miles per hour?” “Yes, officer, but I wasn’t going to be out that long…”
- I was in a job interview and I opened a book and started reading. Then I said to the guy, “Let me ask you a question. If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?” He said, “I don’t know.” I said, “I don’t want your job.”
- Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday.
Etc. So…. has this thread been sufficiently derailed yet?
What about this one-
I woke up one morning and looked around the room. Something wasn’t right. I realized that someone had broken in the night before and replaced everything in my apartment with an exact replica. I couldn’t believe it…I woke up my roommate and showed him. I said, “Look at this–everything’s been replaced with an exact replica!” He said, “Do I know you?”
when the Coffee Room was first started, I used to enjoy reading the different topics. Now, the coffee room has basically become a “bashing forum”
Ummm, which Coffee Room are you talking about? Nothing’s changed in that regard 🙂
What you are forgetting is that there aren’t any “different folks” here. Nope, just you – all the other screen names are Joseph.
it’s a cute idea but it would never go over well with the guys! who wants to wear a label (that says everything about him) on his sleeve?
So if the label has the name of some shaygetz, the bochurim not only WANT to wear it but COVET the label and flaunt it- but if it’s his own name you think he wouldn’t like it?
ADHD= Attention Deficit… HEY, DONUTS!
If we are really worried about teenagers viewing each other inappropriately, maybe they shouldn’t be invited to the wedding? In all seriousness here…because just by attending, in MOST places, they may see each other.
What a novel way to cut down on the cost of weddings! Of course, it would also cause the level of liveliness at a wedding to revert back to the old fashioned German wedding levels 🙂
Well said. Kallah comes in and so do all her “best” friends. Basically 1/2 the ladies section ends upby the boys and now whoever dances in front of the Kallah (the single guys) also try to impress the single girls who are watching. What a mess lol.
Same thing happens in some well-known yeshivos every Simchas Torah (minus the kallah). The RY doesn’t seem to mind, or he’d put an end to it.
Which explains the cholent….
Strangest- Gravlax
Second – Cholent 🙂
I’ve been to many a “business Mincha” that had a mechitza.
Is this the newly released Rebbi Label that is priced just between Gold Label and Blue Label?
I like the Hyundai Accent
BPT- I hear you, and I get it. Just because others are doing it doesn’t mean you should- I am just sharing the rationale.
Hmmm, maybe it’s not so unique after all. I was thinking of the post office atop Mt. Washington. 0 square miles, population 0.
sounds more like a troll issue…
Yes, you did. “shimmel” is an old Germanic word for “white horse” which colloquially is used as a nickname for a <ahem> matured gentleman
But you took the quote out of context, as seen by the quote I brought from him- first define what “impossible” means.
I like the way fish sound when they talk.
What?! Then I want you to return my fees!
no… it is significantly more elevated than the Pentagon… (hint hint)
cowboy = de-ranged
baseball player = be “reffed”
veil maker = una”veil”able
apiarist = dis”gust”ed
I have been to a building that actually does have its own zip and post office. There is a cafe and a gift shop in the building, but it is not particularly large. Where is it?
WIY is essentially correct.
de Finetti’s point is that probability can be used to develop beliefs, but does not have any objective reality.
I brought the quote as a counter statement to yours- the fact that an event is a “scientific impossibility”, i.e. statistical probability near 0, does not in any way shape what has happened or what will happen.
If tomorrow morning the sun doesn’t rise (probability of near 0*), you would not be able to pretend it did not happen simply because it was too unlikely.
* I say near 0 because on the day when “Shemesh B’Givon Dom”, the sun in fact did not rise in this part of the world. Now you can’t discount the fact that it happened simply because it is impossible statistically. Because probability does not exist (except in your mind).
I can’t think of a reason I would need to screen names.
Well, let’s say that you wanted to say something ridiculous and controversial, but were afraid to be all alone in the argument with everyone else against you. You might think it’s a good idea to create alts to back you up and make you seem normal (oh, what a slippery slope :))
My writing style and opinions would be readily apparent, so what good would a new name do me?
So is the style and opinions of the biggest offender, but that doesn’t seem to stop him 🙂
But your rantings aren’t miscellaneous- every word you say here is qualified legal advice, right? Otherwise, what was all the fuss about the other day?
“Probability does not exist [independently of the human mind]”
– B. de Finetti
“It will help to digress for a moment to ask what one means by ‘impossible’.”
-George Wald
She shouldn’t be dating at all. By dating she is creating agunos. What a cruel game.
If you’re in it for the money, the only field that really pays off is (taking) government benefits. It requires no upfront investment of time or money (read: college and student loans), no hard work other than filling out forms and a lot of waiting around, and no overtime. Job security is almost assured, there are no issues with being frum, and best of all- you have no responsibilites, so you can ethically spend your entire day in the CR.
Your employer will pay your housing costs, food costs, medical insurance (including dental and vision), a cell phone (often a landline phone as well), your heating/cooling bill, and some petty cash. Plus, instead of paying taxes on your pay, you actually get to claim negative amounts on your tax return and collect money (your employer will pay someone to fill out your tax forms for you, too)! It’s almost like being a partner in the IRS, except without any training or work 🙂
Sac- ignore him (them?).
WolfishMusings
The Wolf
I don’t drink coffee.
So you are already in hell 🙂
When someone here decides to give me a check or cash. I have no professional responsibilty to anyone here. I’m free here to state my own opinions, whether others agree with me or not!
You certainly are free to opine and disagree with others, I was referring to how you choose to do so. The trick that you learned as a med prof. is just as appropriate in a non-professional setting. Treating people respectfully shouldn’t depend on being paid to do so.
Sac- it was residential. If it had been something bigger than that I would have assembled a team to handle different aspects. When I am involved in large value transactions I am not DIY.
So, a lawyerette at 23? How’d’ya pull that off- a “summertime” undergrad degree and then law school at 20? (that definitely doesn’t make you over educated by any standard)
Sac- I’m shocked. I could have used your services a while back, but I represented myself (it is said that I had a fool for a client, but I won).
WIY-
So you’re not hemophobic, you’re just a wimp?