September 20th, 2017

Happy Rosh Hashanah:
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on September 20th and ends at sundown September 22nd (Google).  It is the year 5778 in the Hebrew calendar.
(added 9/22) The celebration of  Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) is also a celebration of the anniversary of Adam and Eve.  It is a time of fasting and prayers.

Please see Carbuncle Moon post of 1/19/15 and 1/3/17...
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"I'm drivin in Bangor, Maine, and I, uh, spots this driver wearin a life jacket.  I wonders what this guy knows that I don’t.  So’s I looks up into the tax ridden sky searchin for storm clouds -- almosts hits a cab.  But, naw, nothin up there but the quickest way to Finland if you has a blimp.  So, I shrugs my wee shoulders, um, and figures what-the-hell the pre-flood motorist is probably just a lucky bastard out for a large beer.  But, then I spots four women speeding recklessly after this guy in a beat up Audi --  
"So, heck, maybe the guy’s a good Muslim and his wives, uh, are gonna head him off before he makes it to a bar.  Or maybe he’s a good Irish Catholic and his ex-wives are in hot pursuit of alimony.  Or maybe it’s four good Rabbis chasin a moil.  
"Huh?  Well, sure enough, ah, I hears the religious ladies sing out: “Hold up fella, we have to have someone circumcised.
"Whether Muslim, Christian, or Jew, the Irish fella in the life jacket answers up:  "No problem darlins, pull over.  I'm your man."  (posted earlier)



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