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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: Latke-Hamentashen Debate Reply with quote

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Tonight 8pm
*MIT's Sixth Annual Latke-Hamentashen Debate*

Wednesday: March 5, 2008
Time: 8:00p–9:30p
Location: 26-100

Get ready to laugh!
Come hear a battle of wits, grease, and jelly! Three professors each for
the Latke* and the Hamentash** argue for their favorite Jewish
delicacy with support from their fields! This humorous evening is
topped off with a fantastic sampling of Latkes and Hamentashen
to eat immediately after the event.


MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Jeremy Wolfe, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

FOR THE HAMENTASH:
* Erik Demaine, EECS
* Hazel Sive, Biology
* Ari Epstein, Terrascope

FOR THE LATKE:
* Peter Dourmaskin, Physics
* Stephen Van Evera, Political Science
* Patrick Winston, EECS

http://web.mit.edu/hillel/www/latke-hamentashen-debate.html

Sponsored by MIT Hillel. Supported by UA Finboard, ARCADE, and the
Peter de Florez fund for humor.

Questions? Contact lhd@mit.edu

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latke
... basically, potato pancakes.

** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamantash
... basically, triangular jelly-filled cookies.


I'll be going. Does anyone else wish to join me on this most Jewish of excursions?


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have no idea what you're talking about… so here's REHughes next to a dino
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Look, you get to stuff yourself with potato pancakes afterwards.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So Jewish.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Liza came over and asked if Emily wanted to go.

The response: "Hell yeah I do, and so does Vernon."

gg
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jaster wrote:
Liza came over and asked if Emily wanted to go.

The response: "Hell yeah I do, and so does Vernon."

gg


Grats.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I understood how her sentence started, but I was very confused by the end of it.

Reminds me of getting one-shotted in 10-19.

Man I miss WoW.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jaster wrote:
Man I miss WoW.


But you have your turtle now. Apparently he wears his clothing underneath his shell.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pfft... like that helps.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh God... I'm at the debate now and it is, if possible, worse than I dared imagined. It's as depressing as it is disappointing... a sea of brutal humanity parted only by weak 'jokes' to which these sheep flock like its the Rapture.

God save our... my soul
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's the reason I didn't want to go. People laughing at bad jokes like they're funny for an hour is what I expected. And fake debates about meaningless things, especially when it's done every year...
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You people are both nay-sayers. That debate was awesome.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hate to say it...

...I really do...

...but on the whole... it was pretty damned funny.

...to be fair, there were times when people (like sheep) laughed at things that were not funny (so people thought they thought the jokes were funny)... and that sickens me.

Still... pretty damned funny, I'm sad to report.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jaster wrote:
...to be fair, there were times when people (like sheep) laughed at things that were not funny (so people thought they thought the jokes were funny)... and that sickens me.


The thing is, people is DOOMCom are well known for repeating the same not funny thing over and over again and laughing each time. At least the jokes at this event are new every year.

I hate DOOMCom
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lizakova wrote:
jaster wrote:
...to be fair, there were times when people (like sheep) laughed at things that were not funny (so people thought they thought the jokes were funny)... and that sickens me.


The thing is, people is DOOMCom are well known for repeating the same not funny thing over and over again and laughing each time. At least the jokes at this event are new every year.

I hate DOOMCom


It's true, DOOMCom is pretty terrible at that.

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