Dark Drinking

[marquisdd]

I'm really not anti-Semitic, I swear. Some of my best friends are some of my best friends. But I cannot not confess my love for two semi-un-PC terms: Jewish fireworks (throwing a cigarette out of a moving car) and Jewish lightning (arson to collect insurance

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[matel]

the number of alarms is the number of fire stations they need to respond to get the fire under control
so a 6 alarm is 6 fire houses

at least that's what i learned from watching "rescue me"

we're heading to flanigan's for the game around 2:30
come meet us

[scottynola]

I was going to answer but I see Matel already did so above.

I loved the church and the house next door. Sigh.

But we didn't lose power.

[marquisdd]

Yah, you're on the "right" side of Felicity. The Dat Store right next to my bar was bright while we were dark. How fickle is Entergy.

[dianalily]

A fire truck's ladder knocked out the electricity when it rose and came into contact with some overhead wires (says WWL).

When I was growing up in my half hooked-nose family, we learned a song about Jewish lightning that went thusly:

"Moishe had a candy store, business it was bad.
Asked his wife what to do, this is what she said:
Take a little kerosene; pour it on the floor.
Mit a match, make a scratch -
POOF! No candy store!"

[docbrite]

I've heard the arson thing referred to as "n***** lightning." I hope you don't love that term too.

[marquisdd]

I guess in theory I should, but it just doesn't have the same satisfying cadence. It's a language thing.