Jews

[flawedplan]

Discuss.

[flawedplan]

Shit. I just read the "no fighting" rule in the girlz thread.

Never mind.

[agentorange]

You are a psycho

[rossshow]

No fighting in Chat. Moved to main forum, where fighting is permitted.

[rossshow]

Shit. I just read the "no fighting" rule in the girlz thread.

Never mind.



Not a problem. There are three areas of this board where fighting is not only approved of, it's encouraged. That's Politics, Bad bad Things, and the Ross Show Main Forum.

[rossshow]

Now, there might be arguments about Art, Music or Film. There may be arguments about Books. There may be arguments about Geographics.

But, NO arguments in chat. For SURE. That is fluff, lightness, and all that.

But, if you're spoiling for a fight, there's plenty of room on this board.

Chat and games are squeezed into that one tiny sliver of the Ross Show Pie Chart. The participants deserve a break from the rage that can sometimes be found on TRB.

[agentorange]

JEWS. Discuss? Does Robin have a new psychotic ranting on her weblog about Jews now? In addition to nuns, dentists, and bus drivers? ***off to peruse***

[GammaWaif]

Who is a Jew? (http://www.jewfaq.org/whoisjew.htm#Who)

http://tinypic.com/bf3ms9.gif

:1micio1:

[agentorange]

Would you like to know if your favorite TV star is Jewish? Do you want a list of famous Jewish scientists? Is Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal Jewish or isn't he? Then check out the website Jewhoo! Formatted to look like a parody of Yahoo, this site is not a search engine at all, but is a reference source listing famous Jews in every field of endeavor. It's a fun site, and worth checking out even if you don't want answers to specific questions.
GOOD GOD!
JEWHOO?

http://www.jewhoo.com/

When will Robin's site, CRAZYHOO, be established? JEWHOO~! Good lord.

[zeldas]

Jews- Discuss

I think Robin is looking for some good Matzoh ball recipes http://www.zeldas.com/blinky/matzohball.gif

What is your point Robin? What history of the Jews don't you undertsand?

[0uthouse Cleaner]

My favorite Aunt is Jewish ;)

[nanastuff]

Well now, Robin....feelin' a little left out are ya? Just a little too much attention paid to someone else? Awwwwww...poor baby. Just take another pill, hon. You'll feel better in no time at all. Oh! and have a great day.

[sadie999]

From about my mother's generation down, about half my family is Jewish. Guess that means we'll be producing a lot of JeWaps.

It's a non-issue to me. I have cousins who are half Irish also. Another non-issue except they're even paler than the rest of us.

Having grown up in NY, I thought everyone was either Catholic, Jewish, or "Protestant." The whole Protestant thing was fuzzy for me as a kid. My parents take on the whole thing was a little simplistic: Catholics believe Jesus is the son of God. Jews are still waiting. Protestants are lazy Catholics. Half a century later, I don't give the whole thing much more thought except "Christians" has replaced "Protestants," and "crazy" has replaced "lazy."

Jewish delicatessens are great. I like lox and bagels. I like chopped liver - but not with mayo or butter, you have to use schmaltz. I even had stuffed derma that I liked (I think it's called kishke or some such). Italian delis are even better, but that's just a personal choice.

I got married the last time under a chuppah. My ex only kept the high holy days, so his "Jewishness" didn't intrude on my life much. I never bothered to learn much because the whole god thing leaves me tired and bored. I'm living with a bible thumper now - that intrudes a little more, but only on Sunday mornings. He's a good resource to thwack the online thumpers when they use Christianity to spew hate and pointyheadedness.

There aren't enought Jews in the midwest. I think that may be why the food is so boring there. :1rotfl1:

Peace.

[Purjal]

Sadie, I have to agree with you. My favorite Jewish food is Bagels. I love them with cream cheese and that salmon stuff. Then you top it all off with green chili and man alive is that some good eating. My boss is jewish, she was a christian first, but converted a couple of years ago. Her choice, no big deal. I say to each his own.

I like this little dude, LOL :1ross_mon

[zeldas]

Both of my kids are married to Catholics. My spouse is a non jew, his step mother was Jewish.

I like chopped liver, and I also like chinese food, German sausage, and italian pizza.

I am willing to bet Sadie, that this is not what Robin is getting at. Again I ask you Robin,and your point is?

When someone opens a discussion about JEWS on a chatboard, w/o being more specific, you bet she has something more on her mind.
Come on Robin, you opened the discussion. You got my interest, lets discuss. http://www.zeldas.com/blinky/shutup.gif

[Eriu]

Color me stupid, but I do not understand the intent of this thread.

Robin, would like to enlighten us?

[Heartland]

Same here, Eriu. What are we supposed to be discussing? The religion? The bloodline? Israel? The holocaust? Palestine? Zionism? Food? Forelocks? Nuclear weapons?

Very puzzling thread.

[Powerhouse]

Color me stupid, but I do not understand the intent of this thread.

Robin, would like to enlighten us?


Exactly. I mean - what - are Jews supposed to be an issue?

Maybe we can talk about chocolate instead. I love chocolate. :D

[nanastuff]

Eriu......I understand the intent of this thread. Just look at her second post. She wants a fight. No....I take that back. She wants to SEE a fight. She won't be back. (psst, Robin? That was a challenge; prove me wrong)

[Eriu]

LOL Nana..I think you hit the nail on the head. :1duel:

K, I'm outta this discussion...now PH can start a thread about cholocate, :1rotfl1:

[nanastuff]

Robin, you claim to be insane from birth. Bring it on, hon. Show us your insanity. You've shown just a bit of it before, but come on......let's see some full blown insanity. :1fuck2:

[cmhaas]

I second the vote for a discussion about chocolate. All in favor, say "aye."

P.S. Dark chocolate must be discussed in detail.

[nanastuff]

ok ok... AYE.....but, damn Chris, I was just getting started LOL

[Heartland]

Ah, so we're supposed to be fighting about Jews. Ooooookay. I say a lot of Jews live in Israel. Anyone got a problem with me saying that? Bring it on! Maybe you'll end up on my hate list.

:1akagera:

[sadie999]

More Jews live in New York than in Israel!

Wanna mud wrestle over it? :D

:1raygun2:

[Heartland]

Oh yeah? Well .... well .... Florida!!!

[Powerhouse]

( I don't need to see her insanity, as you put it. I see enough of that daily. )


Anyway... on to chocloate...

Oh, Yes! Dark Chocolate, the gift from the heavens, must certaintly be discussed in excruciating detail. :D
I LOVE the stuff!
I keep large bars of it in the fridge - Hershey's Special Dark. It melts ion your mouth SO well. SO scrumptious. It is so difficult to let it go down my throat because my taste buds enjoy it so much.
I buy the large bars for myself and get them as presents too because family and friends know how much I love those delicious dark chocolate bars.
Just wish I could carry them around without melting.
I need to invent a jacket with a refrigiated pocket.

[bladepusher]

Mud wrestling yea!!!!!! I'm down for that getting my front row seats, popcorn and Mountain Dew! :1kitty4:

[Powerhouse]

Hey, Now! Quit derailing my derailing! :1modhat:

[Heartland]

*throws a mudball at PH*

Poor Robin. She sees herself as our puppetmaster. We really should at least pretend to fight so her day won't be ruined.

Dark chocolate is a little slice of heaven.

[Eriu]

Nope no dark chocolate for me. I like milk cholocate.

[bladepusher]

Back to the derail I like dark chocolate too.

[krisinluck]

Chocolate, huh? That's not very inspiring for a fight, Powerhouse. :p My parents take on the whole thing was a little simplistic: Catholics believe Jesus is the son of God. Jews are still waiting. Protestants are lazy Catholics. Half a century later, I don't give the whole thing much more thought except "Christians" has replaced "Protestants," and "crazy" has replaced "lazy." [quote]Oh my. I hadn't heard it put quite that way before, but it fits. LOL![quote=sadie999]There aren't enought Jews in the midwest. I think that may be why the food is so boring there. :1rotfl1: Is that what's wrong with the food up here? I mean, these people think ketchup is a spice!

And then purjal has to mention green chile. I'm going to go cry now.

nana - I figured as much when I opened this early this morning. Maybe it's just tough for her to peer down her nose at us if she's not the focus.

And back to the derail...White chocolate is fake chocolate, and tastes funny. Reeses actually came out with their wonderful PB cups covered in white chocolate - and there ought to be a law against that!

[Powerhouse]

Ah - milk chocolate is for light-weights. You haven't lived until you've been on a dark chocolate binge! :D
You can sit in a chair and the room vibrates around you, sound is distorted, and little green dragons circle your head while throwing a rainbow frizbee. Too cool. :1headspin

[Luvcats]

I stand squarely in the middle of the road on this, I love alllll chocolate.

[krisinluck]

DAMMIT. UBB code messed up!

I always preview, but not this time. As soon as I hit submit, I thought....uh-oh.

shit.

[Heartland]

Dark chocolate is healthier, so there.

Rainbow frizbee indeed. :D

[Powerhouse]

I stand squarely in the middle of the road on this, I love alllll chocolate.

I like lots of various chocolates, just LOVE the dark stuff passionately.

Not really sure about the white stuff, it just seems unnatural - you know - like a version of man's perversion of God's perfect food, thing.

I think that if you eat white chocolate, you will go to hell. :1evil3:

[tabbinosity]

Reeses actually came out with their wonderful PB cups covered in white chocolate - and there ought to be a law against that!

I don't know, I thought they were okay. What I want to know is why Reese's doesn't make dark chocolate peanut butter cups. We need those.

[Heartland]

White chocolate is for sissies. :1JerryJer

[sadie999]

Count me among the dark chocolate lovers. Room temp. Chocolate should be just melting on your fingers when you eat it (except chocolate ice cream which just gets messy if you eat if with your fingers).

Cheese should also be room temp. Maybe we could fight about cheese later.

Chocolate covered cherries. My grandmother turned me on to them. It used to be hard to find them coated in dark chocolate, but it's easier now. You pop one in your mouth and bite down and the most wonderful sensation of liquidy cherry goodness mixes with the taste of chocolate - oral heaven. heh.

Milk chocolate isn't bad. There are times when it's just the thing.

White chocolate - a very tasty substance, but white chocolate seems like a misnomer for marketing purposes rather than what it should be really called: Yummy white creamy candy. :D

:::Lobs cheese ball into the fray.:::

Peace.

[Kashtin]

I think that if you eat white chocolate, you will go to hell. :1evil3:



Then I'm gladly going.

Niece makes x-rated white chocolate woman for me at Easter.

Nothing like nibblin' on some big, creamy, smooth, firm, succulent,........Oh damn, we're not in the juggs thread, are we?

[Powerhouse]

Chocolate covered cherries.



Damn, you almost made ME swoon. Warn me before you post something like that again!

[tabbinosity]

Chocolate-covered cherries, yes, but not the American version. Must have the Euro ones -- instead of nasty syrup, they have kirsch!

[Heartland]

I used to love Brach's chocolate covered cherries, and my mom turned me on to those, too. They had the white cream inside instead of that clear syrup stuff. Now it's really hard to find them.

I think I'm going through some sort of hormonal upheaval lately, though. I haven't had chocolate in months, and don't even want it. VERY strange for me. I used to crave it.

[Luvcats]

I'm so sorry, H.A. Perhaps you'll get better soon and want chocolate again? Meanwhile, I'll eat double for you.

Go to hell for white chocolate? Well, I guess we all must go to hell for something, might as well be white chocolate, no?

[krisinluck]

Oh YES...Brach's chocolate covered cherries! My grandmother also turned me on to those, and they were the best thing! I don't think Brach's makes them anymore - there a couple of ripoff brands out there, but I haven't seen Brach's in years.

Those in dark chocolate would be a-maz-ing.

::drool::

[Eriu]

Ah - milk chocolate is for light-weights. You haven't lived until you've been on a dark chocolate binge! :D


Light-weights indeed. Hummph Actually, I'm not much of sweet eater at all.

[krisinluck]

Yep - no longer in production. Bastartds!

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/btwgb.asp
Scroll down, the list is alphabetical.

[krisinluck]

Must preview even quick posts, especially when children are home and I am called away ever 32.6 seconds.

Only 45 hours until the bus picks them up to start the school year....

[Heartland]

I'm so sorry, H.A. Perhaps you'll get better soon and want chocolate again? :D I thought about seeing my doctor about this weird condition, but she'd probably just tell me I'm better off, and then I'd have to give her dirty looks. :1crazy:

[Heartland]

OMG Kris! They're no longer making Brach's speckled Easter eggs, either! I might go into mourning. I loved those things every Easter. There was no comparison with other brands. Now I have to go see if they stopped making candy corn, too.

What has happened to Brach's? All I can find now are bags of chocolate covered peanuts and raisins, which I don't like.

[sibs ling]

Wow! From Jews to Chocolate...

I have likes and dislikes for both:

Jews:

LIKE - RL friend and all the ladies who've posted above
DISLIKE - Former boss (he was just a jerk)

Chocolate:

LIKE - White Chocolate
TOLERATE - Milk Chocolate
DISLIKE - Dark Chocolate (it always seems to taste bitter)

(Please note that I typed the above dislike in very small letters in order to avoid the fight - verbal or muddy) :D

[saabsister]

Hey, you biddies, you're supposed to be hopping around with Robin yanking your strings...you know,Robin who is usually too gutless to return to her threads without a couple dozen quotes from some "viable" source to back her up.

I like almost any chocolate - Reese's peanut butter cups, dark chocolate, the little liquor-filled chocolate bottles, B&R's jamoca almond fudge ice cream, truffles,etc. I agree that white chocolate is not chocolate!

[newslady]

B&R's jamoca almond fudge ice cream

Oh my goodness, do they still make that flavor? It used to be among one of my favorites. That and mint chocolate chip and peppermint fudge ribbon.

And to further derail, this has to got to be one of the funnest threads I've read in a while. Bravo to all who have made me :1rotfl2:

[Zilvy]

*Mud Wrestling?* How gauche!

Dark Chocolate wrassling....woo hoo!!Two out of three falls and you are LICKED!! :1chirol_r

[FLvamp]

Dark Belgian Chocolate ice cream from Godiva.

'nuff said.

::lobs a water balloon with a net bag of dark choco Doves tied to it at PH::

[juliatheena]

I don't much care for chocolate.

It's 'ok'.

Ok....go ahead and bash me all ya want. BRING IT ON!!!

[cmhaas]

White chocolate - ewww. Dark chocolate, mmmmm. Chocolate covered cherries, yummmm! And the darker the chocolate, the more antioxidants. :)

Oh, and don't ever eat that low-card chocolate. Talk about a gastrointentional nightmare :eek: Perhaps more than you needed to know, but fair warning.

[juliatheena]

Low carb chocolate sweetener = Maltitol

Montezuma's revenge for sure. Eat small portions and it shouldn't bother you.

[sadie999]

Damn, you almost made ME swoon. Warn me before you post something like that again!

Cool beans on the ego. I haven't made a man swoon online in quite awhile. :D

Note to self: Men in database getting older. Sex won't work; food will.

Speaking of beans, does anyone else like chocolate covered coffee beans? Legal mini-speed. :)

I thought the peanut butter overpowered the white chocolate in the Reese's cups, but the Nestle's white chocolate crunch bar is so sweet and wonderful that it makes your teeth hurt.

:::Lobs cheese ball at 'ling for disliking dark chocolate.:::

Peace,
Sadie

[cmhaas]

Eat small portions and it shouldn't bother you.

"Small portions" and "choclate" in the same sentence? :)

Actually, I can't even eat one piece of that low-carb chocolate. Give me the real stuff - the good stuff.

[zeldas]

*Mud Wrestling?* How gauche!
http://www.zeldas.com/blinky/mudfight.jpg

Come on Zil, you know this
^^^ was you and me, fighting for our marmallow chocolate bars. How gauche is that?

[bladepusher]

< ---- Wondering if Sadie has ever tried cheese chunks smothered in chocolate.

[ADMIRAL]

It has been brought to my attention why Robin won't be rejoining this thread.

She went "home" .......................


http://tinypic.com/bfotnp.gif

[oddish]

I hate dark chocolate and I hate cherries.

You all can Bite me now!

Sorry best I could do, it's not my pissy pants day

[Powerhouse]

Cool beans on the ego. I haven't made a man swoon online in quite awhile. :D

Note to self: Men in database getting older. Sex won't work; food will.



You kidding? Throw a well done steak in there with some A-1 sauce and I'm all yours. :D

[krisinluck]

I like almost any chocolate - Reese's peanut butter cups, dark chocolate, the little liquor-filled chocolate bottles, B&R's jamoca almond fudge ice cream, truffles,etc. I agree that white chocolate is not chocolate!Oh, you just HAD to bring up Baskin-Robbins Jamocha Almond Fudge, didnya? NICE. I been having B&R withdrawals (and that is my MOST favorite flavor of all) since being yanked out of civilization and plopped in the middle of cow country. There is no B&R within 200 miles of this horrible place...I bet you knew that, too, didn't you?

You just did that to HURT me! And then throw me off track by agreeing with my assessment of white chocolate and Reeses PB cups. Verrrry clever, but I am sooo onto you, Saabsister.



(How am I doin' here? Ranting enough to satisfy the looky-loos?)

[saabsister]

Kris, how about Breyer's mint chocolate chip...can you at least get that? That's dh's favorite. It doesn't have enough chocolate flavor for me.

[KatieP]

Hershey's dark chocolate -- check.

well done steak with some A-1 sauce -- check.



(don't mind me, just making lunch notes.) :D

[juliatheena]

Curried chicken pasta salad with pea pods.

:p

Thai chicken satay, dipped in garlicky peanut sauce.

:1clap:

[Hellzapopin]

If you're a Jew, you could love kosher chocolate. Hey, I bet even non-Jews might like it, too!

If it weren't for this thread, I'd have never known there was such a thing as kosher chocolate. Thanks, robin!

http://www.cho.co.il/ (kosher chocolate)

[Kashtin]

Enlighten me.


Who the hell is Robin, and why does he/she/it start threads like this?

[saabsister]

She has an EZboard called Our Common Condition and she likes to "épater le bourgeois" or the biddies.

[Toy Ranch]

Robin~

This is 'why not'. It will never be discussed, and he'll never win in Texas. And this is 'why not'.

Bummer, eh?

[Kashtin]

She has an EZboard called Our Common Condition and she likes to "épater le bourgeois" or the biddies.



I'm not impressed.

[tabbinosity]

Robin~

This is 'why not'. It will never be discussed, and he'll never win in Texas. And this is 'why not'.

Bummer, eh?

Too bad he's running somewhere where it would even be up for discussion.

[10x]

"it start threads like this?"

So it could jab at chopbuster is the only reason I can think of. :1drummer1

[bladepusher]

You all can Bite me now!



Does this mean you are willing to dip yourself in chocolate for us?

[Kashtin]

Hiya' Vinnie, long time no see!

[Toy Ranch]

Too bad he's running somewhere where it would even be up for discussion.

Well, if it's actually up for discussion, then it's because HE started the discussion. Otherwise, it would never be discussed. I never gave it a thought until I was driving behind someone who had a bumper sticker of a Texas state flag with a Star of David instead of a 5 point star and said "Why Not Kinky" on the rest.

When I saw that, I realized what this thread is about.

And this thread... is not in Texas... it's all over the place. As much as anything, it shows the reaction when the subject of Jews is even broached. Hell, if it WERE started in Texas, it probably would not have even received a reply!

[rossshow]

This is a political thread? I knew I hated this thread. I just didn't know WHY!

[Heartland]

We were supposed to be discussing Kinky? How'd you figure that out, Toy?

[Powerhouse]

Sorry, Bobby, the subject of Jews died pages ago due to lack of controversy - we have moved on to chocolate now. :p

[tabbinosity]

Well, if it's actually up for discussion, then it's because HE started the discussion. Otherwise, it would never be discussed. I never gave it a thought until I was driving behind someone who had a bumper sticker of a Texas state flag with a Star of David instead of a 5 point star and said "Why Not Kinky" on the rest.

When I saw that, I realized what this thread is about.

And this thread... is not in Texas... it's all over the place. As much as anything, it shows the reaction when the subject of Jews is even broached. Hell, if it WERE started in Texas, it probably would not have even received a reply!

I think it rather depends on who's broaching the subject and what the associated agenda is, or is perceived to be. And I think it depends on who's talking about it. Although it's not a huge topic of conversation up here, don't think all the Northerners missed it. The thing is, neither Jews nor a Jewish governor is much of a phenomenon up here. Hell, we've had a Jewish senator representing my state for several terms and no one thinks much about his religious background. My hometown has had more than one Jewish mayor -- again, no big deal. And over in New Jersey, an old college friend of mine who is an Orthodox Jew is running for the state assembly. No one much cares that he's a Jew (and he wears "the garb" so he is visible) -- he's getting a lot more press for having recently become a Democrat, ostensibly because he thinks he'll glide into office by hanging on to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine's coattails.

Kinky started this discussion long before he announced he was running. He was having this discussion in a bazillion clubs and similar venues more than thirty years ago -- I know, because my friends and I sat in on it many a time -- Kinky played here a lot and we rarely missed him.

Back then we'd have talked publicly about chocolate too, while privately reveling in the outrageousness of it all. (I mean, Little Jewford, lol.) Meanwhile, Tom Friedman worried about such a thing being a shanda (shame, disgrace) for the goyim (gentiles), much as our own parents and grandparents worried about our actions in public.

So pass me the dark chocolate brandy beans, TR. The OP is perceived to have issues, many of which I don't care to be involved in. I'm following the news from Texas with interest, though. Ride 'em, Jewboy.

[krisinluck]

Kris, how about Breyer's mint chocolate chip...can you at least get that? That's dh's favorite. It doesn't have enough chocolate flavor for me.We have Breyers up here, and mint chocolate chip too...but it's so not B&R. Seriously, as we have investigated options for our (oh god please very soon) move away from this place, I actually checked online to be sure there was a B&R somewhere within driving distance.

Yes, it's that bad. lol

Gotta go. Tuesday night is the Boy's night with Mom, and I'm getting the evil eye here...