When Your Nose Is To the Grindstone, Your Ass Is Wide Open
Tuesday, Jan. 09, 2007 at 10:04 a.m.
On this day in 1349, all the Jews of Basel, Switzerland are rounded up and incinerated, because they caused the bubonic plague.
Well, doesn�t that make you feel dandy? Judiasm rarely got a break, ever. It makes me wonder why the faith never died out due to self-preservation. On the other hand, that�s the purpose of true faith, to stand strong in the face of all persecution. And truly, what purpose would it serve for the Jews to start the plague? Wouldn�t it make more sense for the Jews to create a germ warfare that renders all pork poisonous to those who eat it? At least then the Jews wouldn�t be susceptible to their own machinations. But then we�re talking about 1349, back in the time of leeches and blood-letting and putting an onion up your bum for dysentery.
Oh, wait, folks are still putting weird things up their bums, but at least it�s not in the name of medicine. Usually.
Gah. Let�s get off this tangent. How about some randomness?
Um, yeah. Who�d buy . . . oh, never mind. Don�t even ask. And don�t tell:
And watch the sheep:
And be careful of propositions:
And check for penguins under your car:
Seriously.