Just wanted to wish everyone...

[Livia]

A very Happy Hanukkah. Whether you're a Gentile or a Jew, love and peace to you all and your families.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

thanks :amazed:

[Niamh.]

http://davidkiyokawa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/happy-hanukkah.gif

[InOne]

Why thank you!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

http://i.imgur.com/aY6id.jpg?9892

[Ammi]

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcLgQuD1TjQfFhFLXGPAWUdbBuLL-ZtFP4aQ_0gKaoA7yHbKXa

....I'm on a roll..

[InOne]

http://i.imgur.com/aY6id.jpg?9892

The Rugrats actually taught me what Passover was. No word of a lie, they had an ep where they told the story of it lol Obviously I was like 7 or something :tongue:

[Lee.]

And you too Livia.. Shalom :)

[Livia]

....I'm on a roll..

You'll be challenging me to a dreidel game next!

The Rugrats actually taught me what Passover was. No word of a lie, they had an ep where they told the story of it lol Obviously I was like 7 or something :tongue:

I always suspected you were classically educated InOne, and I see I was right!

And you too Livia.. Shalom :)

Thanks Lee, Shalom.

[Jords]

What is it?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

its the jewish version of christmas

[Ammi]

It's only fair I warn you...I'm known as......
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQI3cgF7x7chIGdg4eff-qPKANHiiSKiP56obLIY3jQnm2NDowc6w

.......LOL

[Livia]

It's only fair I warn you...I'm known as......
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQI3cgF7x7chIGdg4eff-qPKANHiiSKiP56obLIY3jQnm2NDowc6w

.......LOL

LOL...

And it's only fair to warn you - I only play for cash.

[InOne]

You'll be challenging me to a dreidel game next!



I always suspected you were classically educated InOne, and I see I was right!



Thanks Lee, Shalom.

I actually did get quite interested in Judaism at one point. I don't know why, something about it. And was in a Synagouge a few months ago that only opens once a year, caught it by chance. Was really nice inside. I got an A for Religious Studies at GCSE, was a bit of geek for it back then lol

[fruit_cake]

happy hanukkah to you to

[Ammi]

I actually did get quite interested in Judaism at one point. I don't know why, something about it. And was in a Synagouge a few months ago that only opens once a year, caught it by chance. Was really nice inside. I got an A for Religious Studies at GCSE, was a bit of geek for it back then lol

Awww...that's not being a geek..that's lovely

[fruit_cake]

are you doing anything to celebrate Livia? :dance:

[InOne]

Awww...that's not being a geek..that's lovely

I was quite embarrased at the time about it really. I won an award for best mark in the year, but didn't want to go pick it up infront of everyone, so I made an excuse and didn't go 0_0 lol I dunno why, I hate things like that, people, awards, awkwardness!

[Ammi]

I was quite embarrased at the time about it really. I won an award for best mark in the year, but didn't want to go pick it up infront of everyone, so I made an excuse and didn't go 0_0 lol I dunno why, I hate things like that, people, awards, awkwardness!

..people looking at you...yeah me too..silly really..well done though..you should be proud of yourself

[GypsyGoth]

Thank you Livia :love:

[Pyramid*]

A very Happy Hanukkah. Whether you're a Gentile or a Jew, love and peace to you all and your families.

With the very best to you and your family too Livia. x

[Livia]

are you doing anything to celebrate Livia? :dance:

Hanukkah lasts for eight days, today is the first day and we give each other little presents on each day. We eat lots of treats too, mostly fried stuff... really bad for you... but the oil you use to cook is symbolic. Family will get together for Christmas too, not everyone in the family is Jewish, it's nice that Hanukkah coincides with Christmas this year.

[Livia]

I was quite embarrased at the time about it really. I won an award for best mark in the year, but didn't want to go pick it up infront of everyone, so I made an excuse and didn't go 0_0 lol I dunno why, I hate things like that, people, awards, awkwardness!

I think it's great you were interested enough to study RE and be good at it. It leads to understanding and open-minds and that's never a bad thing!

[Marc]

Thank Jew x

[Mystic Mock]

Happy Hanukkah Livia.

[Shasown]

Thank you Livia

Chanukah Sameach/A fraylichen Chanukah

May I also wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year

[joeysteele]

All the very best to you Livia.

[Pyramid*]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_7_9.gif

[Ammi]

I was quite embarrased at the time about it really. I won an award for best mark in the year, but didn't want to go pick it up infront of everyone, so I made an excuse and didn't go 0_0 lol I dunno why, I hate things like that, people, awards, awkwardness!

Seriously, a lot of people completely zone out when it comes to RE...taking time to learn about beliefs, traditions, cultures is more valid to society and understanding than some curriculum subjects imo.......huge respect to you

[InOne]

Seriously, a lot of people completely zone out when it comes to RE...taking time to learn about beliefs, traditions, cultures is more valid to society and understanding than some curriculum subjects imo.......huge respect to you

Cheers Ammi, I did find it all interesting at the time, used to watch hundreds of docs too lol And then I went through this massive argessive atheism stage and started reading Dawkins and Hitchens and all them

[Ammi]

Cheers Ammi, I did find it all interesting at the time, used to watch hundreds of docs too lol And then I went through this massive argessive atheism stage and started reading Dawkins and Hitchens and all them

...Ah yes...I remember that stage..there are times when I'm still going through it...one of the casualties of having religion rammed into you for all the wrong reasons..and at the time I never had the opportunity to discover there was more than one 'belief'

[InOne]

...Ah yes...I remember that stage..there are times when I'm still going through it...one of the casualties of having religion rammed into you for all the wrong reasons..and at the time I never had the opportunity to discover there was more than one 'belief'

Yeah indeed, I don't really have many overtly religious friends, but I knew a couple of Christians that were "friends of the family" type, went to their church a few times, didn't like the message though. Now I'm apathetic to the whole religious thing, don't mind a good debate now and then though! lol

[Ammi]

Yeah indeed, I don't really have many overtly religious friends, but I knew a couple of Christians that were "friends of the family" type, went to their church a few times, didn't like the message though. Now I'm apathetic to the whole religious thing, don't mind a good debate now and then though! lol

...yes different ways of looking at sh*t...
The Catholic Way....sh*t happens because you're a bad person
Hinduism.....this sh*t happened before...
Rastafarianism...let's smoke this sh*t

[InOne]

...yes different ways of looking at sh*t...
The Catholic Way....sh*t happens because you're a bad person
Hinduism.....this sh*t happened before...
Rastafarianism...let's smoke this sh*t

Yes definitely :joker:

[Livia]

Thank Jew x

That made me blurt out larfing! Nice one...

[Livia]

Thank you Livia

Chanukah Sameach/A fraylichen Chanukah

May I also wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year

Thanks Shasown, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours.

[Livia]

All the very best to you Livia.
Thanks Joey, and to you x

... I went through this massive argessive atheism stage and started reading Dawkins and Hitchens and all them

"The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer." Albert Einstein, another famous Jew!

[InOne]

Thanks Joey, and to you x



"The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer." Albert Einstein, another famous Jew!

Yeah, I agree, some Atheists who actively go out to disprove all the time are as annoying as the theists who try enforce their beliefs on people.

[Vicky.]

This thread made me think of

qCowrXGwdjs :D

Anyways, Happy Hanukkah to you too Livia :)

[sooty]

http://houseofkitty.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/happy_hanukkah.jpg?w=500

[Suze]

Thank you Livia, and a Happy Hanukkah to you and yours and the following to all Tibbsters, norty or nice ;)

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/suzeie1/mchnyfromsuze.gif

[MTVN]

Happy Hanukkah Livia!

[Livia]

Thanks to all you lovely people x

[Pyramid*]

I like the idea of 8 days of celebrating - makes it seem more meaniningful - given that Christmas Day is such a massive build up - and let's be honest - mostly commercial these days - and it's over in a flash.

As long as you are happy and enjoying: that's the most important thing. Plus you've got Christmas to go as well.

[Livia]

I like the idea of 8 days of celebrating - makes it seem more meaniningful - given that Christmas Day is such a massive build up - and let's be honest - mostly commercial these days - and it's over in a flash.

As long as you are happy and enjoying: that's the most important thing. Plus you've got Christmas to go as well.

I'm lucky to have a mix of people in the family (my beautiful nieces are being raised Christian like their Mum but learn about the Jewish side too). It's even nicer that Hanukkah runs over Christmas this year, and that I'm going to get to share it with them.

[Ammi]

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[Glenn.]

I like the idea of 8 days of celebrating - makes it seem more meaniningful - given that Christmas Day is such a massive build up - and let's be honest - mostly commercial these days - and it's over in a flash.

As long as you are happy and enjoying: that's the most important thing. Plus you've got Christmas to go as well.

I was saying this today.

We spend weeks building up excitement and whatnot and its over before you know it.

And your right, Christmas these days isnt soley a time to be with family, it's how much money you've spent sitting under the tree.

Christmas has become too commercial and it's a real shame.

My cousin is a prime example.

She has three young children and she's spent a mind boggling fortune on them. PS3's and iPod's. The oldest is 6 :bored:

The three kids are the most spoilt little bastards going and the only concept they have of Christmas is presents, not family.

[Marsh.]

http://designchicks.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/holiday-armadillo.jpg

[Pyramid*]

I was saying this today.

We spend weeks building up excitement and whatnot and its over before you know it.

And your right, Christmas these days isnt soley a time to be with family, it's how much money you've spent sitting under the tree.

Christmas has become too commercial and it's a real shame.

My cousin is a prime example.

She has three young children and she's spent a mind boggling fortune on them. PS3's and iPod's. The oldest is 6 :bored:

The three kids are the most spoilt little bastards going and the only concept they have of Christmas is presents, not family.

This surely is worthy of a repost on Arista's Xmas Stinks thread!

It's true though. Guy I used to work with - they had 2 young boys, spent literally a few grand on each of them for Xmas pressies.

3 days later he came in after the Christmas break, and said he was popping out to pick up a new TV for one of the boys.....I thought it was a present that he couldn't get in time for the big day....but oh no, the boy (an 8 year old) was being given it as a wee extra because had behaved himself over Christmas - having had thousands spent on him. :shocked: Deary me

[Glenn.]

It wouldn't be bad but the majority of children these days don't appreciate presents, unless its an Xbox or PS3 or iPod.

My cousins children certainly don't and they behave like ***** all year. If they were mine they would get a toy each and be done with it.

I long for the days of old where you would be excited to get together with everyone and have a good old knee's up that ran into the early hours of Boxing Day.

The true spirit of Christmas has been thrown in the bin, along with countless receipts for unnecessary materialistic things.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

children are awful

[Mystic Mock]

children are awful

Im gonna get my Niece on you for that comment.:nono::hugesmile:

[Glenn.]

Some kids are alright, its the spoilt ungrateful little bastards that need throttling :bored:


-Never ask me to babysit- :suspect:

[Pyramid*]

Some kids are alright, its the spoilt ungrateful little bastards that need throttling :bored:


-Never ask me to babysit- :suspect:


LOL. Am I detecting just the merest hint of loathing & utter repulsion for those brats who want for nothing and act like horrible little divas if they don't get precisely what they wanted, when they wanted it, throwing hissy fits (and gifts) all over the place . I'm struggling to be sure, but I think I might be on the right track - that that's possibly the gist here !! :D

[Glenn.]

LOL. Am I detecting just the merest hint of loathing & utter repulsion for those brats who want for nothing and act like horrible little divas if they don't get precisely what they wanted, when they wanted it, throwing hissy fits (and gifts) all over the place . I'm struggling to be sure, but I think I might be on the right track - that that's possibly the gist here !! :D

Something like that :joker:

[Pyramid*]

Something like that :joker:

If you haven't seen it - I recommend Smithy's new thread about getting kids a terrible Xmas pressie: there is a chubby brat in a red n white striped top that I'm sure you will adore.


:D

[InOne]

Going by google and what Livia has told me I think I'm bumping this at the right time LOL

Happy Hanukkah Livia and all :love:

[Livia]

Thank you InOne x. Happy Hanukkah to everyone, whatever you believe or don't believe.

http://us.cdn4.123rf.com/168nwm/zoomzoom/zoomzoom1011/zoomzoom101100021/8242906-created-by-light-text-happy-hanukkah-and-candles-over-black-background.jpg

[Jesus.]

I've bought you a Woody Allen remake of a Stanley Kubrick classic - "One Jew over the cuckoo's nest".

[AnnieK]

Happy Hannukah livia.

My best friend when I was growing up was Jewish so I got presents for each night of Hannukah from her parents and she came to us for Christmas.

[Livia]

Thanks Annie...

JHC, see Annie's post. Eight presents. Eight. You'd better get yourself out shopping.

[Redway]

Happy Hannuka x

[Jesus.]

Thanks Annie...

JHC, see Annie's post. Eight presents. Eight. You'd better get yourself out shopping.

So another 7 Jewish puns? Piece of piss.

[Jesus.]

Present number 2 - A Yideo (I know it's slightly racist, but what the heck, it's Christmas!!) recorder.

[Livia]

Thanks Red x

JHC... I'll be impressed if you can do another six.

[Jesus.]

3 - I know you like Pokemon, so I've got you a picajew.

[Jesus.]

4 - I know you're quite feisty, so I bought you some Jew-jitsu lesons.

[Jesus.]

If any guests are reading this, I'm not the reincarnation of Bernard Manning.

[Kate!]

Happy Hannukah Livia :)

[Livia]

If any guests are reading this, I'm not the reincarnation of Bernard Manning.

LOL... Are you sure?


http://rlv.zcache.com/jew_jitsu_postcard-p239824688311622237envli_400.jpg

[Livia]

Happy Hannukah Livia :)

Thanks Kate

[Jesus.]

5 - I've bought you a magic set. It'll show you how to pull a rabbi out of a hat.

[Livia]

Oh that's definitely the best one so far...!

[Jesus.]

6 - A signed picture of Robert Downey Jewnior.

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/12900000/my-Robert-Downey-Jr-autograph-D-robert-downey-jr-12945180-370-479.jpg

[Jesus.]

7 - Every home needs a pet. Now you have your very own Jewbacca

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070221012456/starwars/images/7/72/Chewie19BBY-CVD.jpg

[Jesus.]

8 - I bought you a Michael J fox DVD about traveling back through time to see Abraham (see where this is going? You probably should). It's called "back to the Jewture".

[Livia]

LOL... all beautiful gifts JHC, thank you.

For future reference, it's called 'jewellery' for a reason.

[Jesus.]

LOL... all beautiful gifts JHC, thank you.

For future reference, it's called 'jewellery' for a reason.

9 - A fork for your sugar bowl.

http://cdn.chud.com/a/a4/330x295px-LL-a44d1df1_665-thats-racist.gif


My mother-in-law......................... Whoops!

[sooty]

Happy Hanukkah:blush:

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[King Gizzard]

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[King Gizzard]

Turns out I am late to the Jew Jitsu gag this year

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[Niamh.]

http://i.imgur.com/gE9rc.gif

[Ammi]

...Happy Hanukkah Livia.....:love:...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/e7813c373c9ecb8ac206b3621fc5c47e/tumblr_meq6tdQBeq1qk08oso1_500.jpg

[Kazanne]

http://img10.glitterfy.com/graphics/360/Hanukkahmenorahngelt.gif

[Livia]

Thank you everyone x

[King Gizzard]

Did jew have a good day Livia

[Livia]

Did jew have a good day Livia

LOL... yes thank you...