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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 11:45 AM
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It's Maundy Thursday!!
Supposedly the day of the Last Supper. Hehehehehe. Maundy. It's a funny word. Where's it come from? Maundy, from Middle English maunde, the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on this day from Old French mande from Latin (novum) manda:tum or (new) mandate, after Jesus' words to the apostoles after washing their feet.

So...be a good Christian and go out and wash the feet of poor people. :)
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:07 PM
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1. Aren't you a day off?
Last night was the Passover Seder.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:10 PM
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2. Maundy Thursday is the Thurday before Easter.
Today's Thursday. This Sunday is Easter. This is the Thrusday before Easter.

Or is the world just testing my patience again? :shrug:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:13 PM
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3. The last supper was the Passover Seder
different calendars.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:15 PM
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4. Oh, right. And the Jewish day begins at sunset, so last night
the equivalent of today. I forgot. :dunce:
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