“Passover started today,” Des said as we sat discussing our mutual work days.
“How is it that you always know when Jewish holidays occur?” Linds said to our WASP-y sister.
“My boss, Peter, went yelling through the halls today about one of the employees taking off for Passover. He was yelling ‘I’m Jewish! You’re Jewish! We’re all Jewish! But you don’t see me taking off early!’”
“Huh? Is he really Jewish?” Linds asked.
“No! And I looked at him and said, ‘what are you talking about?’ and he goes ‘we all came from Jesus! So we’re all Jewish!’”
What th??
The three of us bent over laughing until I laughingly coughed out “how could he not know Jesus didn’t have offspring?”
Pause. No laughing.
“Oh. Yeaaahhhh.” Des said pensively.
“That IS why you were laughing, right?” I asked her.
“Well,” Des said slowly with a lilting laugh in her voice, “I kinda just thought he was funny thinking everyone is Jewish because Jesus was Jewish.”
“Hmmm….”
“How is it that you always know when Jewish holidays occur?” Linds said to our WASP-y sister.
“My boss, Peter, went yelling through the halls today about one of the employees taking off for Passover. He was yelling ‘I’m Jewish! You’re Jewish! We’re all Jewish! But you don’t see me taking off early!’”
“Huh? Is he really Jewish?” Linds asked.
“No! And I looked at him and said, ‘what are you talking about?’ and he goes ‘we all came from Jesus! So we’re all Jewish!’”
What th??
The three of us bent over laughing until I laughingly coughed out “how could he not know Jesus didn’t have offspring?”
Pause. No laughing.
“Oh. Yeaaahhhh.” Des said pensively.
“That IS why you were laughing, right?” I asked her.
“Well,” Des said slowly with a lilting laugh in her voice, “I kinda just thought he was funny thinking everyone is Jewish because Jesus was Jewish.”
“Hmmm….”
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