Why are the Jews raising a stink about some cookies?

I hope that when they move west of the dateline the island doesn't tip over and capsize.

buzzcut73: I hope that when they move west of the dateline the island doesn't tip over and capsize.

Heh. Also, now you've made the rabbis have to figure out whether "OMG! Swim for my life!" is allowed on the day of rest.

You think that is bad? Try being the only gay in the village!

This was the bit I liked:

"While The Associated Press reported that the Seventh Day Adventist parish in Samatau village will continue to observe Saturday as the Sabbath, Radio New Zealand International indicated that most Seventh Day Adventist churches will adopt Sunday as the new day of rest."

So because the old Saturday is now Sunday, we are going to have our Sabbath day the same as those other heathens who won't be going to heaven because they follow the wrong set of rules, particularly the crucially important one regarding the Sabbath ....

I guess "stay in bed until it's over" isn't an option?

It's a sign!

That's easy, they should just ask Tatsuma. Well, ask him at this time tomorrow.... Happy Sabbath!

What's the Jew gonna do, he's Samoan

Well, since traditionally Passover is celebrated for 2 days since you aren't sure which day it actually is in Israel, then perhaps this plan needs to be taken.

Or, ignore the name of the day and just stick to the lunar calendar completely. Of course, then that whole leap month every 7 years issue crops its ugly head...

Can they figure out which way is east so they can pray in the proper direction?

If only there were a god that you could ask.

Samoa Jew is not pleased.

So if you're a Muslim in Tematangi does your head explode like a lemming when the time runs out?

/would be cool

This may sound stupid, but if they get it wrong, that Jew will surely be struck-dead by the wrath of God.

There is only one Jew on the whole island

Wasn't he voted off in Season Three?

the original attention whores.

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Samoa Jew is not pleased.

WIN

Not Impressed

If he breeds with the locals they'll get Somoa-Jews.

Man, those Samoans sure are a surly bunch.

It's worse for the Samoan muslims, now they have to face the other way to pray to Mecca.

Gordon Bennett: Man, those Samoans sure are a surly bunch.

Came here for this.

I'm confused that there is even one on the island... he just had to get away??

Simple- play it safe. Which is exactly what the Rabbis suggest:

""In Samoa it is 'safek Shabbos' (questionable as to when Shabbos begins) every week," Heber's opinion said. "Shabbos would begin every Thursday night at sunset and end when it gets dark on Saturday night -- or 49 hours of Shabbos.""

Does this conundrum not clearly demonstrate how arbitrary and man-made religion is? Their magic day is dependent on the man-made concept of international date lines!?!

Virulency: I'm confused that there is even one on the island... he just had to get away??

So if he were murdered we could condemn Somoa for genocide? They better hurry up and import some more Jews as an insurance policy.

This takes navel-gazing to almost unheard of proportions.

Easy! Just observe the Sabbath during the same times that Jewish Astronauts on the Space Shuttle do. PROBLEM SOLVED!

FuturePastNow: Simple- play it safe. Which is exactly what the Rabbis suggest:

""In Samoa it is 'safek Shabbos' (questionable as to when Shabbos begins) every week," Heber's opinion said. "Shabbos would begin every Thursday night at sunset and end when it gets dark on Saturday night -- or 49 hours of Shabbos.""

The Rabbi has it backwards. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday used to be the fifth, sixth, and seventh days, but now they're the fourth, fifth, and sixth days. If the guy is supposed to rest on the seventh day, then he should be resting on Sunday, because Sunday is the new seventh day.

Here's a much simpler solution. Put that one guy on an airplane flying around the world heading East. Then when he gets back to Samoa, his personal seven-day god clock will match up the island's new calendar.

// Or maybe it should be heading West
/// He better be careful, because that sort of thing really matters to God.

Just take the week off. Jebus won't mind.

I like stuff like this. It's fun to watch everyone get all excited about some crazy little thing and argue it to death. Seriously, count me in for a few hours of the discussion. Then make a decision and let's all have a nosh.

Seems like only one logical choice - observe the day based on what timezone you're in. If you lived in England, and then moved to Australia, you wouldn't switch days (Saturday for Sunday), don't do it now.

If you take this question seriously, you have a mental illness.

Time is an illusion. Lunch time, doubly so. - Ford Prefect

Maybe the lone Jew shouldn't have gone hitchhiking.

FuturePastNow: Simple- play it safe.

"Simple?" That sounds ridiculously inconvenient to me. 49 hours of being unable to flip a lightswitch, turn on a stove or microwave, drive a car, or, if you're orthodox enough, walk outside carrying so much as your keys? There is no way I'd put up with that for 2 out of every 7 days.

Starry Heavens: FuturePastNow: Simple- play it safe.

"Simple?" That sounds ridiculously inconvenient to me. 49 hours of being unable to flip a lightswitch, turn on a stove or microwave, drive a car, or, if you're orthodox enough, walk outside carrying so much as your keys? There is no way I'd put up with that for 2 out of every 7 days.

And that's why you're going to hell.

Meh, Samoan Jew problems.

Well, I say SABBATH FREE WEEK! go nuts, work overtime, watch football.... or whatever sport those crazy Samoans play on the sabbath (moob jiggling maybe?).

Remember: For every one you see, there's a thousand you don't.

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I see what you did there and approve.

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I see what you did there and approve.

Thank you, I was worried it was too obscure, even for FARK.

Sure, he's only one guy, but he is practicing shomer shabbos...