Hungry for lunch, I dialed up Brother-in-Law this afternoon to see if he wanted to meet up for a bite. (That sounds perverted, I know. Definitely not meant in that vein.) When he answered, the noise in the background indicated to me that he was not working from home, as per his usual.
“Hey, wanna get lunch?” I chirped. “Although it sounds like you are out already….” Not waiting for a reply, it hit me. “Oh, wait. It’s Yom Kipur. Sorry about that. You’re fasting aren’t you?”
“Yes, I am at Future-Sister-in-Law’s parents’ house in New Jersey,” he answered crabbily.
Ooops. I wish all of my religiously observant peeps a day of easy fasting, and a lovely break fast dinner. Except for Hasidic clans or other religious zealots. They have a lot of atoning to do, especially the idiots who voted for Bush because “he's good for Israel.” Give me a fucking break.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
If I was in the city today, I totally would've gone out to lunch with you. Being unobservant and all. Suffice it to say, I had a nice lunch of a veggie cheeseburger, fries, and pasta salad. So good, so good.
ReplyDeleteHm...my comment posted twice...sorry about that.
ReplyDeleteIf I was in the city today, I totally would've gone out to lunch with you. Being unobservant and all. Suffice it to say, I had a nice lunch of a veggie cheeseburger, fries, and pasta salad. So good, so good.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a practicing pagan, we used to say "Christians fast, pagans feast." I may have to re-think that. Monotheists fast, polytheists feast?"
ReplyDeleteI like feasting. Luckily, there is no lifestyle involved with me that requires a fast.
ReplyDelete"Crabbily" is a bit harsh. "Curt" perhaps, but I find it hard to be chipper when my stomach is eating itself.
ReplyDelete...i think i will observe further by going to Burger King for a double cheeseburger, for the third day in a row. Yay!
ReplyDeleteBad Jew! No Matzoh!
ReplyDeleteheh. I'm one too. not only did I forget it was the High Holies, I forgot that a weekly meeting had been cancelled 'cause group leader was observant. till i got there and saw the empty room. d'oh! oh well; as long as i was down there and had time to kill, I went to the park and then I took the opportunity to finally get a library card. and library books! yay.
i'm very happy that nothing and no one tries to force me to fast. i skip enough meals at work.
ReplyDelete