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On Fri, 14 May 1999 15:08:01 -0400 Padraic Brown
<pbrown@...> writes:
>> The stereotypes are that unitaskers are compulsive and fanatical,
>> whereas multitaskers are slipshod and have no notion of punctuality.
>> It was a German preschool teacher who charged me $1/minute for being
>late in
>> collecting my child; if a Hispanic housecleaner shows up 20 minutes
>late,
>> that's routine.
>Ah of course -- el tiempo espanyol.
>Padraic.
That's got nothing on Syrian Time!
Jews in the NYC area have been known to send out two different types of
invitations to weddings, bar/bat mitzvas, etc:

one to non-Syrians, with the time marked a little bit early.  (so if it's
supposed to start around 10, the invitations would say 9:30)
and one to Syrians, with the time marked about two to three HOURS early
(if it starts at 10, the invitations would say 7 or 8), so that everyone
will get there around the same time :)


-Stephen (Steg)
 "kibbeh kibbeh lahhmajin, lahhmajin, lahhmajin..."

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