Roeker vs. Mayor DeBlasio

[Michchamp]

Man, I've stepped on a lot of light bulbs.

have you ever stepped on a porcupine?

 

[Gulo Blue]

have you ever stepped on a porcupine?

Fell on a cactus. Does that count for partial credit?

 

[tinselwolverine]

Fell on a cactus. Does that count for partial credit?

Depends.

Were you living in Arizona at the time?

 

[Gulo Blue]

Depends.

Were you living in Arizona at the time?

No.

But I thought you'd be more interested in my light bulb stomping than my mountain biking accidents.

 

[tinselwolverine]

No.

But I thought you'd be more interested in my light bulb stomping than my mountain biking accidents.

Okay.

So let's hear about the light bulb stomping then.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Okay.

So let's hear about the light bulb stomping then.

I was Motel the Tailor, so I've been fake married lots of times. I figured you had also been Motel since you said light bulb instead of glass.

...thought I'd made an observation only a Motel could make, but I just googled it. I guess people actually use light bulbs.

 

[Michchamp]

I was Motel the Tailor, so I've been fake married lots of times. I figured you had also been Motel since you said light bulb instead of glass.

...thought I'd made an observation only a Motel could make, but I just googled it. I guess people actually use light bulbs.

Motel the Tailor?

I dont understand what this thread is about now.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Motel the Tailor?

I dont understand what this thread is about now.

In the stage play Fiddler on the Roof, a tailor named Motel gets married and part of the ceremony involves stomping on a glass. But, since the glass is in the bag and nobody actually sees it and it's only a stage play, you use a light bulb. I figured if it was part of the religious ceremony to stomp on a glass, the light bulb substitution would only happen in the play, not actual marriages. So when Tinsel said light bulb instead of glass, I figured only somebody who had played Motel would say that and, therefore, we had both played that role.

...but now I'm not sure. I googled it and it seems some people make the swap for actual marriages.

 

[KAWDUP]

In the stage play Fiddler on the Roof, a tailor named Motel gets married and part of the ceremony involves stomping on a glass. But, since the glass is in the bag and nobody actually sees it and it's only a stage play, you use a light bulb. I figured if it was part of the religious ceremony to stomp on a glass, the light bulb substitution would only happen in the play, not actual marriages. So when Tinsel said light bulb instead of glass, I figured only somebody who had played Motel would say that and, therefore, we had both played that role.

...but now I'm not sure. I googled it and it seems some people make the swap for actual marriages.

Ohhhhhhhh . . . wow did I ever fail to make that leap. Thanks Red.

 

[Michchamp]

In the stage play Fiddler on the Roof, a tailor named Motel gets married and part of the ceremony involves stomping on a glass. But, since the glass is in the bag and nobody actually sees it and it's only a stage play, you use a light bulb. I figured if it was part of the religious ceremony to stomp on a glass, the light bulb substitution would only happen in the play, not actual marriages. So when Tinsel said light bulb instead of glass, I figured only somebody who had played Motel would say that and, therefore, we had both played that role.

...but now I'm not sure. I googled it and it seems some people make the swap for actual marriages.

huh. why would a couple not be willing to stomp on a glass instead of a $1.67 light bulb for such an important event as holy matrimony?

 

[Gulo Blue]

huh. why would a couple not be willing to stomp on a glass instead of a $1.67 light bulb for such an important event as holy matrimony?

I think it's the glass the bride and groom both drink from during the ceremony...you break it so nobody else can ever drink from it.

Maybe some people want to keep it as a memento.

 

[Gulo Blue]

huh. why would a couple not be willing to stomp on a glass instead of a $1.67 light bulb for such an important event as holy matrimony?

Also, LEDs man. It's about time to spend more than $1.67 on your bulbs.

Of course, I have a preference for the bulbs from North Carolina.

 

[Michchamp]

good point; I installed LED bulbs in our most-frequented rooms. They were pretty pricey.

 

[Gulo Blue]

good point; I installed LED bulbs in our most-frequented rooms. They were pretty pricey.

Power company here has an online store with subsidized bulbs. If I order directly from the power company, I can get Philips LEDs for $5.30. I prefer the CREE, but not that much.

The only thing I'm aware of keeping me from recommending them to everyone all the time is that some have thermistors and some don't. The ones that don't won't have very long lives in enclosed fixtures (heat reduces bulb life dramatically). It's tough to figure out which bulbs are temperature controlled. Some have a warning to not use them in enclosed fixtures in the fine print, but people shouldn't have to read fine print to use a light bulb.

 

[zyxt9]

Many Jewish weddings use light bulbs for the glass stomping because of the nice loud pop it makes and that sound is supposed to be heard loud enough by those in attendance as a pronouncement that the ceremony is officially over and from that point their lives are forever changed, just like you can never make the glass exactly as it was before after it breaks. If using something other than a light bulb, the couple usually keeps the broken pieces as a momento which is part of the reason for placing the object in a bag and then breaking it.

For my Beauty & The Beast themed wedding I found a nice long stemmed glass rose to use.

 

[Michchamp]

Many Jewish weddings use light bulbs for the glass stomping because of the nice loud pop it makes and that sound is supposed to be heard loud enough by those in attendance as a pronouncement that the ceremony is officially over ...

oh.

the one Jewish wedding I've been to... I don't remember if it made a loud pop or not; it was outdoors in the middle of summer, and all I remember was that I was dying to get back inside to hit the bar for a gin and tonic.

 

[zyxt9]

oh.

the one Jewish wedding I've been to... I don't remember if it made a loud pop or not; it was outdoors in the middle of summer, and all I remember was that I was dying to get back inside to hit the bar for a gin and tonic.

Our wedding was in July and the AC at the synagogue had stopped working so we had to have the doors open with large fans blowing in the relatively cool air. At least it was in the morning! Some ceremonies go pretty long (though not usually as long as Catholic ones).

 

[tinselwolverine]

I was Motel the Tailor, so I've been fake married lots of times. I figured you had also been Motel since you said light bulb instead of glass.

...thought I'd made an observation only a Motel could make, but I just googled it. I guess people actually use light bulbs.

I was Perchik the radical who went to Kiev in our production at Ann Arbor Pioneer High.

Franz Harary, the demi-celebrity magician, was Tevya.

I auditioned for Tevya, and would have been okay, but Franz made a much better Tevya than I would have.

I myself stomped on a light bulb the rabbi had wrapped in a cloth and put down on the floor at my own wedding, and then all the Jews and all the goy all yelled "Mazeltov!!"

 

[Gulo Blue]

I was Perchik the radical who went to Kiev in our production at Ann Arbor Pioneer High.

Franz Harary, the demi-celebrity magician, was Tevya.

I auditioned for Tevya, and would have been okay, but Franz made a much better Tevya than I would have.

I myself stomped on a light bulb the rabbi had wrapped in a cloth and put down on the floor at my own wedding, and then all the Jews and all the goy all yelled "Mazeltov!!"

My bother played Perchik a couple years ago. I didn't get a chance to see it though. He was also a clubber.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Motel's song from Fiddler on the Roof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszJv-P2yNE