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I may have mentioned this in another thread that someone went on about Lowe's "sticking it to Muslims."  My Mother's Father's side married into the Lowe family, in the 1800's for which I have the original marriage certificate.  It was Jewish wedding, and mentioned more people than could be documented attending.  So, my wife decides today of all days, she wants to replace some light bulbs, so we go to the local Lowe's.  The woman at the register wished us a Merry Christmas.  I found that both amusing and ironic, given the Jewish surname that is the name of the store. :)

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I'm in hospitality management.  We recently hosted a Jewish wedding.  One of the guests placed a barstool on a high traffic exterior walkway and put two little Jewish teddy bears atop it.  I let it stay for a while, but had it moved off of the walkway and onto the adjacent grass once night fell as it was a pedestrian hazard.  Sure enough, complaint filed against me for that action as it was "anti-Semitic."  Oddly, the only reason why it was allowed to stay there for the daylight hours is because I knew the accusation of anti-Semitism would come as it's all so predictable now.  Anything else, as long it didn't relate to religion or black people, would have been gone immediately.

Anyway, OP, I'm mentioning it because you kind of sound like one of those people.              

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3 hours ago, Moshe said:

I may have mentioned this in another thread that someone went on about Lowe's "sticking it to Muslims."  My Mother's Father's side married into the Lowe family, in the 1800's for which I have the original marriage certificate.  It was Jewish wedding, and mentioned more people than could be documented attending.  So, my wife decides today of all days, she wants to replace some light bulbs, so we go to the local Lowe's.  The woman at the register wished us a Merry Christmas.  I found that both amusing and ironic, given the Jewish surname that is the name of the store. :)

Most Jewish businesses have always used Christmas greetings, at least in this country.  It is good business, and according to one Jew a way of saying thank you to the people of this country for the openness they have received here.  

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27 minutes ago, Brown Hawk said:

Most Jewish businesses have always used Christmas greetings, at least in this country.  It is good business, and according to one Jew a way of saying thank you to the people of this country for the openness they have received here.  

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I am simply amused by it.  Given family history, and who actually owns it.  To me it is funny.

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The perpetual, imagined butthurt from the minority masses is getting a little tired.

 

I had a lady bring her 8 y/o son in to the ER last weekend for waking her up at 0300 with an earache.

"He woke me up, said he has an earache." Kid was in no apparent distress. No fever, normal vitals. I asked her what she gave him for pain at home. She sucked her teeth, and said "Nothin."

 

I finished triaging him and sent them back to the lobby. 2 or 3 minutes later, they were assigned a bed in the ER.

"That white man didn't give my baby nothin for pain."

Can't WAIT to get that note in my mailbox from my manager... (he's a spineless prick).

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This past January, Ms. Pelzner, the teacher, was very curious about how each of her students had celebrated Christmas.

She called on young Patrick Murphy. "Tell me Patrick what did you do at Christmas time?" she asked.

Patrick stood and said, "Well, Ms. Pelzner, me and my twelve brothers and sisters went to midnight Mass and we sang hymns, then we came home ery late and we put mince pies by the back door and hung up our stockings. Then all excited we went to bed and waited for Father Christmas to come with all our toys."

"Very nice, Patrick," she said. "Now, Jimmy Brown, what did you do at Christmas?"

"Well, me and my sister also went to church with Mom and Dad and we sang carols and we got home ever so late. We put cookies and milk by the chimney and we hung up our stockings. We hardly slept, waiting for Santa Claus to bring our presents," Jimmy replied.

"That's also very nice, Jimmy," she said. Realizing there was a Jewish boy in the class and not wanting to leave him out of the discussion, she asked him the same question.

"Now, Isaac Cohen, what did you do at Christmas?"

Isaac said, "Well, we also sang carols!"

Surprised, Ms. Pelzner questioned further. "Tell us what you sing."

"Well, it's the same thing every year. Dad came home from the office. We piled into the Rolls Royce and we drove to his toy factory. When we got inside, we looked at all the empty shelves and sang, '"What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Then we all went to the Bahamas

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7 hours ago, PNWguy said:

It amuses me when people wish me Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.  I feel sorry for them.

One of my favorite Docs is a pretty devout Muslim. He does the call to prayer at his mosque, and has a pretty deep understanding of his holy book. The terrorists disgust him, and he thinks ISIS are heading straight to hell, the faster, the better.

 

All that stated, he had no issues going around, shaking hands, and wishing us merry Christmas last night. To be fair, I hung out with him at an Eid celebration this year. It's POSSIBLE for cats and dogs to get along, it's just rare.

 

I use happy holidays sometimes, merry Christmas sometimes. To me, a raised Christian who has wandered away from the flock, they're interchangeable.

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The perpetual, imagined butthurt from the minority masses is getting a little tired.
 
I had a lady bring her 8 y/o son in to the ER last weekend for waking her up at 0300 with an earache.
"He woke me up, said he has an earache." Kid was in no apparent distress. No fever, normal vitals. I asked her what she gave him for pain at home. She sucked her teeth, and said "Nothin."
 
I finished triaging him and sent them back to the lobby. 2 or 3 minutes later, they were assigned a bed in the ER.
"That white man didn't give my baby nothin for pain."
Can't WAIT to get that note in my mailbox from my manager... (he's a spineless prick).
Tell your manager you are a black man & if he declines to recognize you as such you will file suit.
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1 hour ago, johnbt said:

I've learned something new today. I didn't know everyone with the name Lowe was Jewish. I thought some were English/Scot Protestant. Probably because I'm Scot/Irish.

"English and Scottish: variant spelling of Low."

This is where the OP calls you a racist WASP.

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7 minutes ago, TX OMFS said:

We only have 7 head of Belted Galloway.

Unrestricted Coastal hay. Sweet feed for the 4 show animals. Lesser grade sweet feed for the 3 pasture cows. Everyone gets 20% cubes & cottonseed in the mix.

Do you get that at Lowe's, or do they have Coop's down there?  Is it short for Cooper's? ?

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Do you get that at Lowe's, or do they have Coop's down there?  Is it short for Cooper's? [emoji1787]
I get it from Schultzstein's Kosher Feed & Seed. I used to go to WASPY Wayne's Feed, Seed, & Antisemite store but I felt silly involving identity politics in every aspect of my life.
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