It was Nina Totenberg of NPR who said words of the current Zeitgeist: "And I was at — forgive the expression — a Christmas party at the Department of Justice,.........." Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. John --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: ...was Avedon OT Time To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 6:00 PM At 06:54 PM 12/21/2010, Laurence Cuffe wrote: > What I love about this list is te way your brain gets stretched into the most > obtuse locations > Happy Christmas folks, and if that's offensive Seasons greetings, and if your > antipodean or otherwise geographicaly handicaped and stuck with the wrong > season...I'm sorry your missing the snow. > All the best > Larry Cuffe Larry, for all you know, I am Jewish. Saying "Merry Christmas" to a Sufi is, in the end, about the same as sayig "happy Birthday". In this case, it means, 'Enjoy that Day off of work'. In any event .... Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list