That plague of toys confused me.  I know about the bubonic plague, etc, but
toys are not diseases--usually.  Ruth




At 12:58 PM -0400 4/16/03, Ralph Walter wrote:
>In a message dated 4/16/2003 9:14:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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>
>MY TWO CENTS' WORTH, WITH APOLOGIES FOR THE APPARENT SHOUTING.
>> The fact that the Museum is boasting about its oven mitts and toy
>>plagues (which sounds peculiar and funny to a Protestant but is no doubt
>>meaningful CHRIS, KEEP ON DOUBTING.  IT'S WAY MORE THAN PECULIAR AND
>>FUNNY TO US MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE  to those in the know*) seems to
>>parallel the idea of a trivial work of architecture.
>>
>> Yr Obdnt Svnt,
>> If They Get Passover Every Night, I Get General Confession Every Day
>>THERE ARE THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT MATZOH HAS THE SAME EFFECT ON THE
>>DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AS ATTAPULGUS, AND IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT YOU SHOULD BE
>>AS GLAD NOT TO HAVE PASSOVER EVERY NIGHT AS YOU (PRESUMABLY) ARE TO NOT
>>HAVE GENERAL CONFESSION EVERY DAY.
>>
>> *If that's a plague of toys, I know exactly what they mean.  Otherwise,
>>I assume it's giant motorized locusts, or maybe
>> just miniature armies of marauding Catholic inquisitors.
>
>I NEVER HEARD OF TOY PLAGUES BEFORE, BUT THEN I'M FROM THE PROVINCES.
>I'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE PLAGUES, BUT IN THE MEANTIME,
>THE ONES I CAN REMEMBER OFF-HAND ARE: BLOOD, FROGS, MURRAIN, DARKNESS,
>BOILS, HAIL, LOCUSTS (WITH OR WITHOUT LICE, I'M NOT SURE) AND LAST BUT NOT
>LEAST, SLAYING OF THE FIRST-BORN. SOME OF THESE ARE EASIER TO MAKE TOYS OF
>THAN OTHERS (RUBBER FROGS, FAKE BLOOD, PLASTIC BUGS; THEN AGAIN, WHAT
>WOULD TOY DARKNESS BE?), AND NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE ANY MORE WHAT THE HELL
>MURRAIN IS.  IN ANY CASE, HOWEVER, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY FORBIDDEN TO TAKE
>ANY PLEASURE IN THE SUFFERING OF THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE AS A RESULT OF THE
>PLAGUES, SON THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF TOY PLAGUES IS QUITE IMPROPER IN
>ADDITION TO BEING BIZARRE AS HELL.  WILL REPORT FURTHER ON THIS MATTER AS
>INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
>RALPH
>
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