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07-18-2018, 12:47 PM
Sir C

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I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. Overpriced mediocrity.
07-18-2018, 12:54 PM
Monty92

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. Overpriced mediocrity.

Oh that is good news. Not only was it indeed overpriced mediocrity, but I also once had a massive argument with my ex in the Hampstead branch.

She was kosher, so I suspect she was mainly pissed off with me for taking her there in the first place.
07-18-2018, 12:59 PM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Monty92

Oh that is good news. Not only was it indeed overpriced mediocrity, but I also once had a massive argument with my ex in the Hampstead branch.

She was kosher, so I suspect she was mainly pissed off with me for taking her there in the first place.

Odd to think of a young person in this period of history keeping kosher. It's a bit medieval. Like a young catholic refusing to eat meat on a Friday. Or a muslim not drinking alcohol.

What of classic dishes such as pork and clams in milk? Can a rabbi not grant you an exemption on the grounds of deliciousness?
07-18-2018, 01:12 PM
Monty92

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Odd to think of a young person in this period of history keeping kosher. It's a bit medieval. Like a young catholic refusing to eat meat on a Friday. Or a muslim not drinking alcohol.

What of classic dishes such as pork and clams in milk? Can a rabbi not grant you an exemption on the grounds of deliciousness?

I was in Vilnius a couple of weeks ago with a kosher. Much like the Nazis who were welcomed into Lithuania with open arms, the national cuisine - consisting almost exclusively of pork and dumplings - is no friend of the Jews.
07-18-2018, 01:34 PM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Monty92

I was in Vilnius a couple of weeks ago with a kosher. Much like the Nazis who were welcomed into Lithuania with open arms, the national cuisine - consisting almost exclusively of pork and dumplings - is no friend of the Jews.

Hungary's similar. Basically, the whole of Eastern Europe is not a Jew-friendly zone, food-wise. And in pretty much every other respect, really.
07-18-2018, 05:37 PM
Herbert Augustus Chapman

I think that's most of the world with the possible exception

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Originally Posted by Burney

Hungary's similar. Basically, the whole of Eastern Europe is not a Jew-friendly zone, food-wise. And in pretty much every other respect, really.

of Israel though I reckon Monty could get himself a good kicking in Jerusalem.
07-19-2018, 05:42 PM
barrybueno

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. Overpriced mediocrity.

I never found those Marx Brothers funny anyway :-)