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10 Reasons Why You're Dreading Passover Seder

Alex Gold |
April 13, 2014 | 11:25 p.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

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.

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via Tumblr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Chocolate eggs taste way better than horseradish and a lamb bone.

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via Tumblr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. You're tired of being flaked on by people with prophet-sized egos. (I mean, you save a spot for Elijah every year.)

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Via Zap2it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Wait... I have to give up bread for a WEEK?

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via mememe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Slavery is sitting through an hour-long service before you can eat anything besides stale matzah.

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via Bananorama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. When your family retells the part about the plagues, you space out, thinking about The Mummy.

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via Rebloggy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. You'd take getting "Iced" over drinking Manischewitz any day.

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Via YouGotIced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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via Izismile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. You'd rather be looking for Easter eggs than a stale piece of matzah.

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via SomeeCards








 

 

 

10. A "burning bush" would have really alleviated the stress of this yearly family engagement.

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Via TheMetaPicture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or for the better prepared...

10.1 "Burning bush" before this family Seder definitely eased some ancestral Jewish suffering.

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Via GifKings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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