h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Dodgy nodes are the very worst kind.

You'll soon be rid of them, my dear.

Yup and with the special McLurchers I prolley won't need anaestesia..

i see a future for you in the west, young mclurcher. i see you travelling the countries abroad in a prairie schooner drawn by five s and a

the sign on the side of the schooner reads "mclurchers medicine show"

Oh yes, very likely.....!
The only thing that I`m drawn by is a pub door

And, wait for it, YOUNG McLurcher !!!!!

Bless you my son

Darling wolfie have you ever considered the fact that all the s and are preservatives? This means you ARE young!!

Batty me luv, that`s the answer!!

Or are you saying I`m permanently pickled..

No, you`re right. I`ll continue preserving meself, then..

ssen from the right perspective we are all young

that reminds me... I should preserve myself as much as possible for surgery on Friday..

Capn darling I've been reading Paulie's reports from Prague (<./>F69196?thread=456730</.&gt and I asked a question about the Jewis cemetary that maybe you can answer...

Well all - I'm off to my 'opening' tomorrow. See you all when I get sprung.

can't wait - but guess i'll have to

and no, dear, i haven't got a clue. i'll try to ask my jewish friend but he's away on holiday so it might take a while

::sends happy thoughts to batty by way of telepathy ::

Aww thanks hon!

I'm home again and doing well. I'll ask my Jewish mother when I speak to her next.

please do, i would love to hear about it. Czech jewish funerals is one of my major sphere of interests

I don't know if she'll know about the Czech part but I'll ask..

please don't tell her about my mates eating habits. grilled pork with white sauce, peas, carrots and potatoes is one of his favorites

you can tell he's not a fundamentalist, no?

Her family and is historically Jewish but for generations (at least since her parents) has been more erudite. She's fond of bacon so I don't think she'll mind your friend's diet. Her view is that traditional dietary restrictions were for health reasons and modern facilities no longer require these restrictions to be in place.

She guessed the stacked graves had to be a local thing as there is nothing in the Jewish tradition that would suggest it. If I get bored I might do some research on it. (Since I'm stuck at home anyway.)

Hi Capn! I was hunting on line and apparently it was a space issue for the stacked graves. There is no mention of if it was family plots or not but it didn't sound like it was.

This snippet sums it up better than any of the others I found:


According to one web site: “The oldest tombstone, which marks the grave of the poet and scholar Avigdor Karo, dates from the year 1439. Burials took place in the cemetery until 1787. Today it contains some 12,000 tombstones, although the number of persons buried here is much greater. The cemetery was enlarged a number of times in the past. In spite of this the area did not suffice and earth was brought in to add further layers. It is assumed that the cemetery contains several burial layers placed on top of each other. The picturesque groups of tombstones from various periods emerged through the raising of older stones to the upper layers.”

interesting how different cultures and religions deal with dead bodies. i recently heard of a nation or tribe, that actually feeds the bodies of their loved ones to carrion fowl in order to make the transition back to nature as fast and as natural as possible

i don't think this tribe will get many followers here in denmark

Well, they won't get many followers if they keep carrion on like that.

Then again, if the fowls are going to eat carrion anyway, why couldn't they eat Herbert Von Karajan (cariron)?

I guess it still beats the funeral banquets of old where it was the family's responsibility to chow down..