Today a fire caused by Christmas lights destroyed a Capitol Hill rental home which, until he and his family moved to the D.C. area a couple of years ago, used to be the residence of my friend Russell.
Moral of the story: it's safer to rent to Jews.
Posted by Peter at December 29, 2003 06:00 PMTo be fair, it's common knowledge that the Great Chicago Fire was started when Mrs. Oleary's cow backed over a menorah on the seventh night of Hannukah.
Posted by: Russell on December 30, 2003 12:30 AMOh sure, blame the Christians for everything. They're the world's scapegoats.
Posted by: Scott Hardie on December 30, 2003 11:09 AM> Moral of the story: it's safer to rent to Jews.
Yes, but only if you disregard the thousands of dollars of property damage caused annually by runaway dreidels.
Posted by: Matthew on December 31, 2003 10:28 AM