Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:30:34 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fifth Friday
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 11:20 PM 4/26/05 -0400, Keith F. Lynch wrote:

>It's my understanding that there isn't going to be a Fifth Friday
>event.  Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Your understanding matches mine.  At the last meeting there was discussion,
but no conclusion.  Last word was "watch the list"...which hasn't talked
about it effectively yet.

The problem was where to have it.  No volunteers spoke up, though several
people reminded everyone that whoever did hold it would have to supply
Passover-compatible food.  Whether that had a dampening effect on those who
don't know what sort of food that might be or not I can't say.

I suppose if we wanted to we could find some poor restaurant and just all
show up there at once...if it had a "party room" that would be even better.
 The Maryland Mensa group has an event at the Pizza Hut in Frederick every
month, and they get use of the party room since they have enough people to
fill it and they buy a lot of pizzas...no extra charge for the room that
way.  If there's someplace like that in northern Virginia or suburban
Maryland, that might work...though a Pizza Hut is probably out...unless
Pizza is Passover-compatible?  I only know the rule about pork, not all the
rest...oh, and the no fish without scales one that I was told about before
the last meeting.  I heard a thing on the radio a couple of weeks back
about a kid in a sort of "spelling-bee" thing where the idea was to say
whether or not a given food was kosher, and why or why not.  Sounded
complicated, and I don't remember any of the rules that came up in that.

-- Mike B.
--
Your conscience never stops you from doing anything.  It just stops you
from enjoying it.