Harry Krause wrote:
Don White wrote:
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I made a typo. It was 13. To complete the story, I steadfastly refused to
focus on bar mitzvah preparation. A week beforehand, the rabbi said "Look.
This is out of your control. Your parents want this, and they've already
paid for the party and the restaurant". So, in a week, I did the whole
thing. The party was actually pretty good. My friend Gary began flicking
lobster eyeballs at the girls. The whole thing turned into a circus.

Lobsters at a bar-mitzvah? You must have attended a Reform temple. Most
of my Jewish boyhood friends were Orthodox or Conservative. All the bar
mitzvahs I attended were catered by Kosher caterers.


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A passing thought:

"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom
we cannot resemble." -- Samuel Johnson