It’s the end of the week, and at this time next week, with luck, I’ll be posting the Hili dialogues with the Princess herself asleep on my chest. It’s raining in Chicago (I can hear the thunder right outside), and will do so tomorrow as well. And, exactly one year ago, Scotland voted against independence from the UK. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, The Furry Navel of the World and her BFF Cyrus take pleasure in the fact that, unlike the many Catholics who inhabit her land, they can still have noms on Friday (in Poland, “fasting” for Catholics means not eating meat).
Hili: Do you like Fridays?
Cyrus: Yes, with atheists, without any fasting.
Hili: Czy lubisz piątki?
Cyrus: Tak, z ateistami, bez postu.
And, as Friday lagniappe, we have Leon on his harness, also thinking about noms. (I will get to see Leon, too, on my visit to Poland):
Leon: I wonder whether mice have a developed sense of aesthetics and would come to admire heather.
You do know you’re going to have to be friends with the d*g in Poland too don’t you Jerry? Any friend of Hili’s etc. He’ll probably want to keep your legs warm while Hili’s on your chest. Is there room for three on that sofa?
Nope, d*g won’t fit on the sofa. He’ll have to get his quality time with Hili when I’m not with her.
It’s probably a good thing then for Hili’s and Cyrus’ s relationship that you indulge in naps while in Poland. 🙂
I wonder why Leon is concerned about mouse aesthetics? Could it be…
More accurate to say that Scotland voted against secession from the UK. Scotland couldn’t be independent of the UK even if the entire population wanted it to be, any more than the UK could be independent of the EU or the US.
This is intended in the spirit of clarification rather than correction, BTW, in case it doesn’t read like that.
This Dialogue made me think…of how to commit the greatest gastronomical blasphemy in a single meal.
I think it might have to be a bacon cheeseburger with shrimp eaten before, during, and Sunset on a Friday evening the next time Yom Kippur lands in the middle of Ramadan.
That gets us the meat on a Friday for the Catholics; milk with meat, pork, and shellfish for Jews and Muslims; beef for the Hindus; eating during Yom Kippur for the Jews; and eating before sunset in Ramadan for the Muslims.
Anybody have any suggestions for improvement?
b&
Hard to improve on perfection. Sounds delicious.
I think I’d have the good old 1970s shrimp cocktail (what? I like them) as an appetizer rather than in the actual burger.
Perhaps you could work in kid goat cooked in its mother’s milk somewhere?
I thought about a shrimp cocktail, too, but a cocktail would be served first, and the meal would have to last from before until after sundown.
(Did I mention the leavened bread in the form of the burger’s buns during Pesach?)
b&
Leavened bread would be a good add – I’m sure we can think of something sufficiently heretical to spread on it!
Hamburger buns!
b&
Yes!
Just add a wedding cake with two grooms on top for the fundies.
Yes!
And, of course wine must be served, again for the Muslims….
b&
Just how often does Yom Kippur land in Ramadan? I’m really liking the idea of a regular gastronomic-blasphemy holiday!
Very rarely, it seems. Not for the next several years, though they’re getting closer over that timeframe.
b&
Well, we just may need to have two annual holidays then!
What could we have for the Mormons? Surely they recoil at some food or beverage. Maybe just a centerpiece for the table:
http://goo.gl/XaRyhF