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Maybe a caterer or a school cook would have them? then again, they might buy trays of eggs and not cartons.
Shalach Manos Ideas
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 02:18 PM
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 01:11 PM, said:
I use the same ones as you do, but I don't have enough of them for you.
Thanks but I'm sure you have already anticipated my response:
If they are south of Steeles Ave., they may as well be on the moon.
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 02:20 PM
Melech, on Feb 18 2009, 02:18 PM, said:
Thanks but I'm sure you have already anticipated my response:
If they are south of Steeles Ave., they may as well be on the moon.
If they are south of Steeles Ave., they may as well be on the moon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah... I've heard it before. Too bad, because unlike you, I do know other people who use these. And don't worry, you didn't see me volunteering to drive up to Thornhill with them.
I think that should be the answer to everything on H.com. It was God's plan that these kids should end up in prison in Japan, just as it was God's plan that certain 8th graders shouldn't be accepted to either of the two schools they applied to. And also that a thirteen-year old should have a kid and that certain people should dream of sex with the president. It solves all problems with no need for discussion. - Xi
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 07:39 PM
Melech, on Feb 18 2009, 10:40 AM, said:
we're putting those candies that look like a sunnyside up egg.
unfortunately, it looks like we may be using those as well
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 07:52 PM
pleats, on Feb 18 2009, 07:39 PM, said:
unfortunately, it looks like we may be using those as well
Can either you [or Melech] please explain to me what exactly is so charming about a candy sunny side up egg, because I'm really not getting it.
And Melech, tomorrow morning is recycling day in large portions of Toronto [and perhaps Vaughan], so I bet if you drive around you could pick up all the plastic egg cartons you want this evening from neighborhood blue boxes without a whole lot of effort.
I think that should be the answer to everything on H.com. It was God's plan that these kids should end up in prison in Japan, just as it was God's plan that certain 8th graders shouldn't be accepted to either of the two schools they applied to. And also that a thirteen-year old should have a kid and that certain people should dream of sex with the president. It solves all problems with no need for discussion. - Xi
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 08:30 PM
Nechama, on Feb 18 2009, 02:08 PM, said:
Maybe a caterer or a school cook would have them? then again, they might buy trays of eggs and not cartons.
i can only imagine the tuition in that school
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 07:52 PM, said:
Can either you [or Melech] please explain to me what exactly is so charming about a candy sunny side up egg, because I'm really not getting it.
c'mon, you don't think it's cute - egg candies in egg cartons?
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 09:12 PM
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 07:52 PM, said:
Can either you [or Melech] please explain to me what exactly is so charming about a candy sunny side up egg, because I'm really not getting it.
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 09:54 PM
Elana, on Feb 18 2009, 08:30 PM, said:
c'mon, you don't think it's cute - egg candies in egg cartons?
I most certainly do not.
Melech, on Feb 18 2009, 09:12 PM, said:
If you say so.
I think that should be the answer to everything on H.com. It was God's plan that these kids should end up in prison in Japan, just as it was God's plan that certain 8th graders shouldn't be accepted to either of the two schools they applied to. And also that a thirteen-year old should have a kid and that certain people should dream of sex with the president. It solves all problems with no need for discussion. - Xi
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 09:56 PM
accolade, on Feb 18 2009, 09:46 PM, said:
I think I'll have a 'go green' theme.
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Do they make marzipan candy in the shape of compact fluorescent bulbs? 
No, but you could get little pinwheel cookies (or actual pinwheels) to represent wind energy, and make cups of "dirt"* to plant it in.
*yes, that's an actual confection.
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 09:54 PM, said:
I most certainly do not.
What's your idea of a cute theme?
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OK Now, I'm sure of it. I DO :wub: you........
Why aren't the rest of the chicks like you.... :(
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 09:58 PM
Shuli, on Feb 18 2009, 09:56 PM, said:
What's your idea of a cute theme?
I personally don't find any of these themes cute. I think just a beautiful basket with hamentashen and other goodies that is tastefully put together is nice. I think doing these themes must be a frum thing, as is filling them with candy. I've certainly never seen any like the things I've seen described on this thread and past threads on this topic.
I think that should be the answer to everything on H.com. It was God's plan that these kids should end up in prison in Japan, just as it was God's plan that certain 8th graders shouldn't be accepted to either of the two schools they applied to. And also that a thirteen-year old should have a kid and that certain people should dream of sex with the president. It solves all problems with no need for discussion. - Xi
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 09:59 PM
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 09:54 PM, said:
If you say so.
<shrug>
to each their own.
The majority of people we send shaloch manos to we do through beis yaakov so they end up getting a gift basket from bais yaakov and most of the money goes to tzedakah [well, not really tzedakah; to beis yaakov].
And we send a few 'real mishloach manot' to fulfill the real obligation.
but yes, we go around with the kids with a fun themed shaloch manos for their friends every year simply because it's fun. healthy it's not always [certainly not this crud], but once a year it's considered fun. <shrug>.
some people do fun themes. some families write poems. all sorts of things. it's purim.
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:02 PM
Melech, on Feb 18 2009, 09:59 PM, said:
<shrug>
to each their own.
to each their own.
Yup. I honestly think this theme and candy business is a specifically frum aspect of doing mishloach manot. The baskets I've seen are very different from that.
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The majority of people we send shaloch manos to we do through beis yaakov so they end up getting a gift basket from bais yaakov and most of the money goes to tzedakah [well, not really tzedakah; to beis yaakov].
And we send a few 'real mishloach manot' to fulfill the real obligation.
but yes, we go around with the kids with a fun themed shaloch manos for their friends every year simply because it's fun. healthy it's not always [certainly not this crud], but once a year it's considered fun. <shrug>.
And we send a few 'real mishloach manot' to fulfill the real obligation.
but yes, we go around with the kids with a fun themed shaloch manos for their friends every year simply because it's fun. healthy it's not always [certainly not this crud], but once a year it's considered fun. <shrug>.
I guess as long as you all enjoy yourselves.
Melech, on Feb 18 2009, 09:59 PM, said:
it's purim.
Yes, I know.
I think that should be the answer to everything on H.com. It was God's plan that these kids should end up in prison in Japan, just as it was God's plan that certain 8th graders shouldn't be accepted to either of the two schools they applied to. And also that a thirteen-year old should have a kid and that certain people should dream of sex with the president. It solves all problems with no need for discussion. - Xi
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:03 PM
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 10:01 PM, said:
Yup. I honestly think this theme and candy business is a specifically frum aspect of doing mishloach manot. The baskets I've seen are very different from that.
I guess as long as you all enjoy yourselves.
I guess as long as you all enjoy yourselves.
and most of the ones we get and the vast majority of years the ones we do similarly are not candy. sorry if you find doing an unhealthy theme one year is offensive.
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 10:02 PM, said:
I guess as long as you all enjoy yourselves.
yup. it's fun to brainstorm ideas. it's fun to get the things together. it's fun to deliver them.
if you saw our kitchen and the types of food we normally eat, maybe it would be easier to appreciate how, as pleats said above, it's a real nahafoch hu [opposite]. that's what's so funny about it. everyone knows my wive's kitchen is as healthy and organic as it gets. I make fun of the bierkenstock wearing granola crunching crowd on h.com, but it's with a real twinkle in my eye.
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:06 PM
Melech, on Feb 18 2009, 10:03 PM, said:
and most of the ones we get and the vast majority of years the ones we do similarly are not candy. sorry if you find doing an unhealthy theme one year is offensive.
No, I never wrote that I found it offensive, but I don't get the connection between Purim and candy either.
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yup. it's fun to brainstorm ideas. it's fun to get the things together. it's fun to deliver them.
I'm sure it is.
I think that should be the answer to everything on H.com. It was God's plan that these kids should end up in prison in Japan, just as it was God's plan that certain 8th graders shouldn't be accepted to either of the two schools they applied to. And also that a thirteen-year old should have a kid and that certain people should dream of sex with the president. It solves all problems with no need for discussion. - Xi
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:06 PM
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 09:58 PM, said:
I personally don't find any of these themes cute. I think just a beautiful basket with hamentashen and other goodies that is tastefully put together is nice. I think doing these themes must be a frum thing, as is filling them with candy. I've certainly never seen any like the things I've seen described on this thread and past threads on this topic.
I think frum people do candy and nosh a lot of the time because it's cheaper than buying real food - compare a small bag of jelly beans to a tray of store-bought hamentashen. Now, some frum people go all=out with all kinds of crazy tchotchkes or with really nice, expensive goodies, but I think when you're doing 30+ mishloach manos, you tend to either do home-made goodies, or small bags of candy/nosh.
QUOTE (Kalashnikover_Rebbe @ May 25 2008, 08:00 PM)
OK Now, I'm sure of it. I DO :wub: you........
Why aren't the rest of the chicks like you.... :(
QUOTE (the Real Adiel @ Nov 11 2008, 09:09 PM)
I got a Yeshiva education. Lower your expectations.
QUOTE (49timesthelovin @ Jul 8 2009, 11:36 PM)
Let's just say what we're all thinking, Shuli is a stone cold fox.
OK Now, I'm sure of it. I DO :wub: you........
Why aren't the rest of the chicks like you.... :(
QUOTE (the Real Adiel @ Nov 11 2008, 09:09 PM)
I got a Yeshiva education. Lower your expectations.
QUOTE (49timesthelovin @ Jul 8 2009, 11:36 PM)
Let's just say what we're all thinking, Shuli is a stone cold fox.
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:11 PM
Shuli, on Feb 18 2009, 10:06 PM, said:
I think frum people do candy and nosh a lot of the time because it's cheaper than buying real food - compare a small bag of jelly beans to a tray of store-bought hamentashen. Now, some frum people go all=out with all kinds of crazy tchotchkes or with really nice, expensive goodies, but I think when you're doing 30+ mishloach manos, you tend to either do home-made goodies, or small bags of candy/nosh.
yup. we've got to do 40 this year. they end up being small tokens for the kids' friends or whatever.
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:13 PM
Shuli, on Feb 18 2009, 09:56 PM, said:
No, but you could get little pinwheel cookies (or actual pinwheels) to represent wind energy, and make cups of "dirt"* to plant it in.
I cannot think of words strong enough to convey my distaste at the [searching for words here] travesty you suggest.
[shudder]
Rachel, on Feb 18 2009, 09:58 PM, said:
I personally don't find any of these themes cute.
דעלך סני לחברך לא תעביד
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:13 PM
Shuli, on Feb 18 2009, 10:06 PM, said:
I think frum people do candy and nosh a lot of the time because it's cheaper than buying real food - compare a small bag of jelly beans to a tray of store-bought hamentashen. Now, some frum people go all=out with all kinds of crazy tchotchkes or with really nice, expensive goodies, but I think when you're doing 30+ mishloach manos, you tend to either do home-made goodies, or small bags of candy/nosh.
People I know make their own baskets and make homemade hamentashen and other stuff, not store bought.
Melech, on Feb 18 2009, 10:09 PM, said:
No, but you sound contemptuous of it.
I'm not at all. That's you projecting.
I think that should be the answer to everything on H.com. It was God's plan that these kids should end up in prison in Japan, just as it was God's plan that certain 8th graders shouldn't be accepted to either of the two schools they applied to. And also that a thirteen-year old should have a kid and that certain people should dream of sex with the president. It solves all problems with no need for discussion. - Xi
