[Sca-cooks] Weird..was Everyone gone already?

Olwen the Odd olwentheodd at hotmail.com
Tue Feb 19 08:06:32 PST 2002


>
> > >>Hey, Olwen! Let's mess with Stefan! We can talk about the old
> > >>tradition of the herring in the slipper! You know, the very ancient
> > >>tradition among... um... Laplander immigrants in New Jersey? Yeah,
> > >>that's it!
> > >
> > >Yeah, I remember that one Adamantius!  It had to be a green leather
>slipper
> > >for a good harvest didn't it?  And the herring had to have a piece of
>twine
> > >tied around it to represent a bountiful catch right?
> >
> > Yes, but if the twine was orange, it means you're following the
> > Latvian tradition, and if you are, you'd better make sure the slipper
> > is _blue_ leather, or it means you're casting doubts on your
> > mother-in-law's virtue. At least, if it's a Tuesday, before 4:17 PM,
> > in July, in an even-numbered year. In an odd-numbered year the term
> > "red hot mama" is interpreted by Latvians (not to mention the Salmgi
> > tribesmen of the Amazon Basin) in a completely different way.
>
>Y'know, you people are weird. <grin>
>
>Avraham
>
Thanks.  We aim to please.
(good job Adamantius!)
Olwen

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