Comments on: Best. Passover. Ever.

By: jenny

jenny — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:14:54 +0000

shari: the Passover python?!? AWESOME! [runs to look it up on wikipedia…]
MOM: bring it on! if i can handle gefilte fish, i can handle anything!
vivian: thanks! same to you!
jessica: if you’ve been watching Lost, then you’re halfway there.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:40:34 +0000

My maiden name is Eisenberg (German-Jew meaning “Iron mountain” for you Gentiles) and although I have never participated in a Seder, it’s good to know that all that Lost watching I did was somehow connected.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:33:41 +0000

Dear Jenny,
Happy high holidays!
Love,
Vivian

By: MOM

MOM — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:17:23 +0000

OK, young lady. This is positively IT ! THE END…no more asking for pity. Christmas 2009 is going to have the traditional Scandinavian Christmas Eve supper. And you know what that means? LUTEFISK!!! If you were adventurous enough to try gefilte fish, you can’t plead the “ewwww” factor regarding codfish preserved in lye covered in cream sauce and served on top of boiled potatoes. Couldn’t be worse, right?
Start psyching yourself up now!

By: shari

shari — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:53:59 +0000

My most adventuresome adventures aren’t aventurous at all compared to even the most mundane experiences you have on a regular basis. You can turn dinner at a friend’s house into must-see T.V. by virtue of a simple blog post. I envy and love you in equal parts for this.
But now I have to ask, did you recieve a visit from the Passover Python? I’m told he’s the Jewish version of the Easter Bunny, minus the cuddly persona. Myth or Fact?

By: jenny

jenny — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:05:07 +0000

churlita: oh, there must be some friendly Jews in iowa who would take in a wayward shiksa. i say you start hanging out at your nearest temple!
claire: the lamb was mighty tasty, but ew indeed on the gelatinous fish!
don: hey! maybe now your downstairs neighbor's ceiling will crack and you can photodocument it for me! unless you're one of those fancy people who lives in an actual house, where the downstairs neighbors are your kids.
hap: you are too kind, but then i'd have to deal with the eBay lawyers and all their cease and desist BS.

By: Hap

Hap — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:40:06 +0000

You have inspired a new business model: an auction site on which bloggers bid for the privilege of having written a beautiful turn of phrase.
I open the bidding at ONE MILLION DOLLARS for “Because we goyim are just like vampires to the Jews – we have to be invited in, but once we pass through their doorway, it’s an eternal party.”

By: Don

Don — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:50:39 +0000

I got engrossed and let the bathtub run over. Damn you! Damn you to– ! Wait. Wrong Charlton Heston movie.

By: claire

claire — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:13:18 +0000

This post had it all. I looked askance; raised an eyebrow; thought ‘I like parsley,’ ‘ew’ for lamb and gelatinous fish, and ‘Buffy- yea;’ laughed out loud, commiserated when you were punk’d; and remembered that time in college I went to my gf’s for Easter dinner whose parents knew about us but didn’t acknowledge us as a couple because she’d been forbidden to tell her younger brother. A friend’s family’s religious gathering would probably be more entertaining.

By: churlita

churlita — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:02:59 +0000

I would love to experience it. But since I live in the town in Iowa where Ashton Kutcher was discovered, I’m more likely to get punk’d for real, than to get invited for Passover.