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@ David: You should watch Little Mosque on the Prairie. The pilot sure features some squabbling about the sighting of the moon.
@ Frenziebot: The Dune or the World of Warcraft character? And what’s there for him to approve of?
I think we should check you for errors.
@ Lynnette: 8O November? November?! Oh my god, did I sleep that long?! I’ll have to put the remaining Halloween decorations back into the cellar first thing tomorrow!
I would watch the Little Mosque, but it does not appear on my TV.
What does Muad’Dib approve of? Did he see the Moon rising above the rooftops of Arrakeen? For some reason, I am reminded that I really liked Julie Cox as Irulan in the SciFi Dune miniseries!
@ David: Well, it doesn’t appear on my tv either, but for some reason it mysteriously appears on my pc.
It’s only fair to get Samhain back, even with all the modifications you Yankees made.
@ Frenzie: Why is the poor moon single?
@ Lynnette: Yeah, they do here as well. We only have the Christmas food so far.
Ah. I only recently learned that it is promounced “Eed”. Weird phonetic Arabic. It just never ceases to surprise me - especially as no two people spell a word alike….
Thanks. It’s amazing how you can become familiar with a word, yet not know how to actually pronounce it! And the combination of ‘ei’ can be pronounced different ways in English.
Oh, it’s not just festivals and the like that we like to take and make our own. We do a really good job with food too!
David,
If it’s any consolation I have heard that they are trying to bring Little Mosque to the States as well. We’ll see.
The article about Samhain was interesting Mel. Thanks for the link.
The conversion of a special Pagan day into a Christian holiday was standard practice for the early Catholic Church. They followed a similar pattern centuries later in their efforts to Christianize Native Americans in Central and South America.
October 12th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Its very cloudy here, I can’t see the Moon! Is it still Eid if the Moon is hidden?
October 12th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Muad’Dib approves. Sorry.
October 12th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Cloudy here. Can’t see anything. It looks like November.
October 12th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
@ David: You should watch Little Mosque on the Prairie. The pilot sure features some squabbling about the sighting of the moon.
@ Frenziebot: The Dune or the World of Warcraft character? And what’s there for him to approve of?
I think we should check you for errors.
@ Lynnette: 8O November? November?! Oh my god, did I sleep that long?! I’ll have to put the remaining Halloween decorations back into the cellar first thing tomorrow!
October 13th, 2007 at 8:26 am
I would watch the Little Mosque, but it does not appear on my TV.
What does Muad’Dib approve of? Did he see the Moon rising above the rooftops of Arrakeen? For some reason, I am reminded that I really liked Julie Cox as Irulan in the SciFi Dune miniseries!
Germans celebrate Halloween? Didn’t know that!
October 13th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
…the World of Warcraft character? Dune is eternally holy compared to World of Warcraft.
And he approves of the single moon, of course!
October 13th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Mel,
Huh! Halloween. They’ve actually got Christmas decorations out in some stores here! :o
Btw, how do you actually pronounce Eid? Is it with a long “e” sound or an “i”?
David,
You can get Little Mosque on You Tube. They posted it in multiple clips there. It’s very good.
October 13th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
@ David: Well, it doesn’t appear on my tv either, but for some reason it mysteriously appears on my pc.
It’s only fair to get Samhain back, even with all the modifications you Yankees made.
@ Frenzie: Why is the poor moon single?
@ Lynnette: Yeah, they do here as well. We only have the Christmas food so far.
Ah. I only recently learned that it is promounced “Eed”. Weird phonetic Arabic. It just never ceases to surprise me - especially as no two people spell a word alike….
October 14th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Lynnette, unfortunately my dial-up is not YouTube friendly.
Mel, what’s a Samhain?
October 14th, 2007 at 11:11 am
It’s a lesser known animal of the Tasmanian woods and…..
Sheesh, you Americans! Steal our heathen feast days and then forget all about their origin.
October 14th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Isn’t the end of October rather early for stuff like that? I mean, it’s a lot darker and all, but the whole dark winter is still ahead.
October 14th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Mel,
Thanks. It’s amazing how you can become familiar with a word, yet not know how to actually pronounce it! And the combination of ‘ei’ can be pronounced different ways in English.
Oh, it’s not just festivals and the like that we like to take and make our own. We do a really good job with food too!
David,
If it’s any consolation I have heard that they are trying to bring Little Mosque to the States as well. We’ll see.
October 15th, 2007 at 5:13 am
The article about Samhain was interesting Mel. Thanks for the link.
The conversion of a special Pagan day into a Christian holiday was standard practice for the early Catholic Church. They followed a similar pattern centuries later in their efforts to Christianize Native Americans in Central and South America.
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Hi, pals! I’m OK here! I wanna say thank you, Mel, for your kind feelings.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Hi Caesar! :hello:
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Oooooh, strange, the waving smiley guy doesn’t work here.
October 24th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Hey Lil’C glad to see your shout out!