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O have you heard... Bart of Constantinople needs new spectacles, and Alexei of Moscow heard about it. So, Alexei offers to pay for them, on one condition... that the new style is to be rim-less! 
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'pun my word, what an idea!
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This is what happens when you educate the male of the species.
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A few years ago, Ottawa elected its first woman mayor. When asked if she felt she faced any special challenges because of her sex, she said "well, obviously I have to be at least three times as good as any of the last four male mayors. But that won't be much of a challenge!"
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A few years ago, Ottawa elected its first woman mayor. When asked if she felt she faced any special challenges because of her sex, she said "well, obviously I have to be at least three times as good as any of the last four male mayors. But that won't be much of a challenge!"
Fr. Serge Oh yes. A fine sampling of sweet feminine nurturing...eh? M.
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I'm rather new to Orthodoxy (in communion with Rome and not in communion) so please explain the joke to me. 
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Dear Dr Eric, the key to the joke is knowing that the Slavic word for 'Rome' is 'Rim', hence 'rim-less'. 
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You guys and your Slavic languages...  That stuff goes right over my head. I only learned Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Italian. And not very well, I might add.
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Now I have mental images of Alexei running around with spectacles that have a triple-rim... and our dear Lord Pope in a monocle
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I'm rather new to Orthodoxy (in communion with Rome and not in communion) so please explain the joke to me. Dear Dr. Eric, I'm so glad you asked that. I couldn't for the life of me, figure it out.  God Bless, Zenovia
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<koff>
This is what happens when you educate the male of the species.
M. Mary, dear sweet Mary, We teach you to read, we let you vote and occasionally let you out of the kitchen, and this is how you repay us?? Shocking!! Alexandr, donning bullet proof and flame retardent gutchies!
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Alexandr, It all started with giving them shoes. This let them out of the house and it's been downhill ever since!  I am also reminded of a tiny bit of verse. I will leave it incomplete as the female of the species is educated enough to not need the obvious stated... Men have many faults,
Women have but two:
Everything they say
And everything they ...(Now, off to a monastery until this all dies down...)
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не веди нас во искушение!
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Men have many faults,
Women have but two:
Everything they say
And everything they ... marry?
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Absolutely horrible.
I thought the Qing foisted this on China, turns out they tried to get rid of it.
Also interesting is the fact that this was not widespread. It looks like something only those of the upper class would do.
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<koff>
This is what happens when you educate the male of the species.
M. Mary, dear sweet Mary, We teach you to read, we let you vote and occasionally let you out of the kitchen, and this is how you repay us?? Shocking!! Alexandr, donning bullet proof and flame retardent gutchies! Yes. But how fast can you RUN!! Rosie
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