[Sca-cooks] Everyone gone already?

[Philip & Susan Troy]

>  > >>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

AND, I'm local, apparently. Hey, you're not a gentle formerly known
as Galen, are you?

Adamantius, fellow Ostgardrian