The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

So do I, but I have to endure 8 days of Passover with no bread products other than matzo crackers for the next 8 days!

:eek: :eek::eek:

Are you allowed chocolate? :D


Mind you, I like matzos!
Used to eat them a lot as a teenager.



Why just matzos, though? I thought you could have unleavened bread?

LydiaJ

silvercar wrote: »

So do I, but I have to endure 8 days of Passover with no bread products other than matzo crackers for the next 8 days!

Does one wish Jewish people a happy Passover at the beginning of it or at the end? If it's the beginning, then Happy Passover. If the end, then hold that thought, and I'll say it again in a week.

I've been asked to be one of three people speaking for 5 minutes each at the Good Friday service at my church this afternoon. While I'm not generally nervous about speaking in front of people - it's how I earn my living, after all - this is a bit different. I just hope the person leading the service feels that what I've prepared fits the brief he gave me.

Pyxis

LydiaJ wrote: »

Does one wish Jewish people a happy Passover at the beginning of it or at the end? If it's the beginning, then Happy Passover. If the end, then hold that thought, and I'll say it again in a week.

:D:D

Perhaps you could say a Contextually-Conditional Happy Passover?

LydiaJ wrote: »

I've been asked to be one of three people speaking for 5 minutes each at the Good Friday service at my church this afternoon. While I'm not generally nervous about speaking in front of people - it's how I earn my living, after all - this is a bit different. I just hope the person leading the service feels that what I've prepared fits the brief he gave me.

Out of interest, what is the brief? (If you can say, of course).

Pyxis

Talking about talking in front of people, I had to give a presensation to my AmDram group this week, about an aspect of our admin. Now, I've never really given a presentation before, anywhere, and I hadn't realised I would be the only one doing it! (Long story!)

Anyway, I already knew that the group wasn't a terribly responsive group, rather surprisingly, considering they are used to performing, but my God, talking to a row of blank, deadpan faces was horrible!
And these were people I sort of know!

eg.......
Me: "Any comments so far?"
Them: blank looks and deathly silence
Aaaaargh!

And it wasn't because they didn't find it interesting, because I know they did (another long story); they were just soooooo unresponsive!

How do others manage to do that day after day? :eek:

LydiaJ

Pyxis wrote: »

Out of interest, what is the brief? (If you can say, of course).

Will PM you.

Pyxis wrote: »

Talking about talking in front of people, I had to give a presensation to my AmDram group this week, about an aspect of our admin. Now, I've never really given a presentation before, anywhere, and I hadn't realised I would be the only one doing it! (Long story!)

Anyway, I already knew that the group wasn't a terribly responsive group, rather surprisingly, considering they are used to performing, but my God, talking to a row of blank, deadpan faces was horrible!
And these were people I sort of know!

eg.......
Me: "Any comments so far?"
Them: blank looks and deathly silence
Aaaaargh!

And it wasn't because they didn't find it interesting, because I know they did (another long story); they were just soooooo unresponsive!

How do others manage to do that day after day? :eek:

People are deadpan like that if they're expecting to be spectators rather than participators, and then nobody is brave enough to go first and start interacting with the speaker. It's very hard to deal with. You have to decide whether persevering with trying to get them to interact is at all likely to succeed, and if it probably won't, then you have to give it as a talk rather than an interactive discussion.

In class, day after day, of course, you can make them participate by addressing questions to individuals who have to respond because that's part of the deal of the school environment, and after the first few lessons while you're getting to know a new class, there are usually some who want to participate, so if there are enough of those, it's all fine. It's much much harder if you're trying to elicit an interaction from adults who are under no obligation to reply to questions at all.

silvercar

LydiaJ wrote: »

Does one wish Jewish people a happy Passover at the beginning of it or at the end? If it's the beginning, then Happy Passover. If the end, then hold that thought, and I'll say it again in a week.

I've been asked to be one of three people speaking for 5 minutes each at the Good Friday service at my church this afternoon. While I'm not generally nervous about speaking in front of people - it's how I earn my living, after all - this is a bit different. I just hope the person leading the service feels that what I've prepared fits the brief he gave me.

At the beginning and chocolate is very much OK, though in the shape of Easter Eggs maybe a step to far.

Good luck speaking!

vivatifosi

Ancestry free UK records weekend in case anyone unaware but interested.

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

At the beginning and chocolate is very much OK, though in the shape of Easter Eggs maybe a step to far.

Except that technically, as has been said before I think, the egg was a pre-Christian symbol that was purloined! As was the Easter Bunny!

But then, maybe a pagan-originated symbol is just as far a step! :rotfl:


Are there any chocolate menorahs? Yes, there are, but I guess that's the wrong festival! (or do you light the menorah at Passover too?)

I know!......chocolate matsos!

Pyxis

I haven't had my buns yet....... I got them out of the freezer, then decided to cook some pasta in order to try the vegan ragu I bought as part of my dairy-free month (testing for intolerance).

It was o....k..... I suppose. Still had that funny aftertaste that soya stuff often has, though. I don't think I'll be rushing to buy it again.

I only have a little meat in my freezer, and what there is is very ethically reared and ethically killed.

I thought I had a leg of lamb in there, and got it out to defrost for Easter. Then I realised it wasn't lamb, it was goat!

I'd forgotten that I'd found a very local goat breeder who raised the males ethically and has them killed ethically and humanely etc., and I had bought a leg of goat to try.

I assume you cook it the same as lamb, but I'd better google it to make sure, as it was expensive and I don't want to ruin it.

Trouble,is, I do like goats, but the males can't be kept to adulthood as they'd just keep bashing each other and having fights.

Jazee

Hello all. I've eaten three hot cross buns. One with a cuppa, all toasted and that, the other two just straight from the packet.