Gentlemen, let's broaden our minds

As executive chairman of this year's EP committee, JT has decided to hold our annual gut-stretching / Thankgiving day preparation at a local GREEK restaurant. As he put it in his invitation:

EP Day is a longstanding luncheon at a really really bad Mexican restaurant one week before Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, for us and fortunately for others, the really really bad El Phoenix “EP” is no longer with us. Since the EPs closing, the Mexican theme has broadened to Mexican or BBQ. This year the theme will be broadened to include Greek.

This decision puts JT in a precarious position. Traditions are all about, well, traditions. As Tevye found out, there are some limits beyond which we can't let ourselves be pushed. One can marry an anti-tsarist revolutionary, or a poor tailor, but one can not just run off and marry outside the faith, now can one.

In this instance, we might be just inside the line, or way outside it. There certainly was some grumbling when the decision was announced. Smashed thinks that we're probably just inside it - but of course only time will tell.

P.S.: And speaking of traditions that shouldn't be tampered with - Did you know that Leonard Nimoy played Tevye on Broadway? Talk about taboo - have you heard him sing?