In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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Lines to use in any conversation and in religious contexts
Wed, 2010/12/08 - 9:02pm — Benjamin Melançon
Dan and Sarah have both been asked, on learning that they celebrate Chanukah (and so by assumption not Christmas), "Do you celebrate Thanksgiving?"
If i ever get asked that, i plan to answer:
Yes i celebrate Thanksgiving, but i do not celebrate Columbus Day.
And this is one i thought of while mom was trying to get off a charity solicitation call, and can be used almost any time:
This conversation has come to a successful conclusion.
And if anything at all religious comes up, i plan to say:
That offends me; I'm part atheist.
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--quote to Walter Daellenbach, May 31, 1915.