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(...) Hey Ravi, Yep, it's a jewish holiday, similar to halloween. I explained it all here: (URL) (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sorry for being Blur(singlish phrase!!!) but what is purim-Jewish holoween???? Ravi (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Dan Boger <dan@giccs.georgetown.edu> wrote in message news:38DAB195.7540B3...own.edu... (...) it (...) hi Sheree is just the name of a movie star my mom liked many ... years ago, Sheree North. (If you think I'm going to tell you how many years I (...) (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, you're originally Israeli so it doesn't count... we all spell phonetically, while them USians tend to complicate everything... :-) (...) I dunno, but when I first realized people mispronounce/misspell my name, (at age four ;) my older (...) (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) for what it's worth, "Shiri" is how I'd spell your name. I never saw a "Sheeree" before - what's the source of that? :) Dan (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks for sharing, Shiri! Gee, I hate to say what I was doing for Purim -- but let's just say I celebrated in my own manner and leave it at that. -- Richard (Never a moment to recover myself...or my failing health... ::cough, cough::) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I hope so... People misspell my name often enough, I wouldn't want to do it to myself ;-) -Shiri (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Dear Shiri and Sheeree, are both of you sure about you are typing your names correctly?..:-) Selçuk (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, it *will* work in NNTP posts -- provided that your newsreader sets the message headers appropriately[1] when you post, and that other peoples' newsreaders interpret these headers similarly when they display them. It just won't (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrurKG.JqB@lugnet.com... (...) like (...) Hi Shiri I wish you could have come with me and my husband and younger daughter Mon. pm to hear the Megillah. It was a wild time. There's the Esther (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) that would be hamentashen, or however you would pronounce it. (interesting story my father recently told me: hamentashen have absolutely nothing to do with haman! the h was added later, and it was originaly said- ammentashen, which, in german, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) It is! It's one of my favorite (jewish) holidays (1) and it has a lot in common with Halloween. There IS a story behind it but I have no time to tell it now; I'll just tell you what we do: a. dress up; b. make "haman's ears", cool and weird (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) enlighten me a bit on purim... seems enough like my favorite holiday, halloween for me to like it. i love the pics! you're a red devil! ; how can i not!? ;-) later ~ craig~ (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Yah, I realized that after I uploaded... my host site has been way too annoying lately so I was thankful it even loaded it at all... I'm not gonna mess with it now ;-) (...) Well, I called my friend to say happy b-day and found all my friends (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Hey Dylan, Glad you came, and don't let the evil Jeffs scare you off! ;-) -Shiri (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay, for We, the Followers of Lego (sometimes refered to as Legoites) shall not let you leave! Mwahahahahahahahaha!!!! :) Jeff (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Aw, darn... I was gonna vote for Pneubie... :) Jeff (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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Hi, I've casually been reading Lugnet since about late November '99, and only recently (February) figured out why my posts were never getting through (DUH!!) <g> I don't have a Webpage, but I'm working on one. I'll also be getting a Digital Camera (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) heh, I haven't wore a costume for purim since grade school... ;) and btw, isn't the devil a non-jewish thingum? ;) Dan (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people)
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Normally I don't play the Devil's advocate, but what the heck: (URL) I heard how much fun my Israeli friends had over Purim break I felt like I missed out on Purim this year so I decided to snag my sister's haloween costume... ;-) -Shiri (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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