Re: OT Happy Christmaskwanzachanukasaturnalia

"M@?k?" <GodIs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:36:43 -0500, Wes Groleau
: <Groleau+news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

: >On 12-22-2010 22:12, MI wrote:
: >> Well said Mack. I get tired of people who scowl if you say Merry Christmas.
: >> I'm tempted to say, "Since you don't keep Christmas are you going to work
: >> that day? Never have of course, don't have the guts.
: >
: >Back in bra-burning days, one of my friends held a door for a female.
: >
: >She scowled at him and snapped "I'm liberated!"
: >
: >He just smiled and responded, "That's nice. I'm Baptist."


: I still get scowls from some women when I hold the door for them. I
: just ignore it and wait for them to pass through before proceeding.
: Some people never figured out that just because women were liberated
: does not mean it was okay for men to stop being courteous.

Now that I use a rolling walker, doors are a painin the neck. I do find
that the "cold, callus ," New Yorkers of both sexes are quite helpful,
often opening door for me when they are not, themselves using them, but
just passing by. Of course, I, a female always held doors for the next
person regardless of gender, but who's counting:-)

Merry Christmas from a secure Jew to all you who celebrate it.

Wendy
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