[Sca-cooks] Everyone gone already?

[Randy Goldberg MD]

> >>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