I work as a secretary at a university, and one of my faculty members came into the office to get his mail. We have the typical office mail slots with each professor’s name on the front in alphabetical order. I explained to him that we were getting new mailboxes. He protested because he is over 6’5” and his mailbox is at the bottom; the slots should not be done alphabetically, but by height.
I pointed out that students and other faculty who stop by do not know how tall each professor is. They should stay the way they are.
He protested again, “I should be on top because I am a man and men should always be on top!”
I told him to consider me his Lilith.
- Beth Durkin
Many Christmas traditions have to do with food.
For instance, how about the day that someone was eating popcorn and decided, “Gee, let me get out my needle and thread and put this on a string instead of eating it; hence, I can stick it on the tree in my living room so the white of the popcorn really brings out the green needles on the tree.”
What about those gingerbread men? Why are they in need of a house? Especially since they can’t get inside it because the door does not open and the house is gutted. You don’t see humans making houses out of other humans.
Ponder this: why would you want to put candy in a sock/stocking? I’ve heard of finger food, but the only thing I can think of having to do with feet is fungus, which is not appetizing at all.
My all time favorite has to be the Christmas pickle. It’s not even edible. Did some parent give their child a pickle with their dinner and the child didn’t want it so they stuck it in the tree because they didn’t have a dog to pass it under the table to, and ever since then this occurrence has been replicated using a fake pickle just like the commercials where the latest headline has been captured, and for a limited time, placed on a coin for only $19.95?
I would like to know what inspired the person/persons who initiated these rituals.
Beth Durkin
