10 Reasons Why You're Dreading Passover Seder
Pesach sameach! (Happy Passover!)
Okay, now hold up. (Pump the brakes.)
Passover may be a holiday that celebrates freedom from slavery in Egypt, but some of us may be less than excited to spend an interminable evening recounting the insufferable mores of Ancient Egyptian life. For the next three hours, we are but drudges struggling to avoid another boring/awkward family dinner filled with bitter herbs, cheap wine, and old relatives.
Have no fear my Jewish compatriots and Gentile amigos, because we know exactly how you feel. This arsenal of entertainment is sure to bring mirth and merriment to an otherwise dull evening of Passover palavering.
1. Everything you know about Passover, you learned from Rugrats.
2. Chocolate eggs taste way better than horseradish and a lamb bone.
3. You're tired of being flaked on by people with prophet-sized egos. (I mean, you save a spot for Elijah every year.)
4. Wait... I have to give up bread for a WEEK?
5. Slavery is sitting through an hour-long service before you can eat anything besides stale matzah.
6. When your family retells the part about the plagues, you space out, thinking about The Mummy.
7. You'd take getting "Iced" over drinking Manischewitz any day.
8. By the end of the dinner, you almost wish you were a firstborn Egyptian--getting killed by the angel of death would be a better fate than listening to everyone's incessant nagging.
9. You'd rather be looking for Easter eggs than a stale piece of matzah.
10. A "burning bush" would have really alleviated the stress of this yearly family engagement.
Or for the better prepared...
10.1 "Burning bush" before this family Seder definitely eased some ancestral Jewish suffering.
That's all folks. Still looking for laughs? Here's a hilarious Web 2.0 version of the Passover story. Enjoy!
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