Tuesday, August 23, 2005

the ol' mule barge birthright thang

here is the latest installment of a recent email conversation that i have been having. prizes for the most creative (or accurate) interpretation:

No - I just like using the words B'ivrit..I didn't say "Yachmar" which is the same. Donkeys are given a bad rap..or are they mules? Did you ever take the mule barge canal boat ride in New Hope Pennsylvania..all pulled by mules who are supposed to like what they do. This is how it was back in Pennsylvania in those days..mules hauled items up the canal.

Even as you delve deeper stealing someone's birthright seems downright wrong with or without commentary.

Good night,

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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I love all that you have to say, and I am going to spend all day reading your blog and commenting on it. you are awesome,

Anonymous said...

a mule is the offspring of a donkey and a horse. it is sterile.

there is also something called a "hinny".

i forget exactly -- if the sire is the horse and the dam is the donkey, it is one thing, if the sire is the donkey and the dam is the horse, it is the other.

you'll have to ask my 9th grade biology teacher, Mr. Rausch, if you really want to know.