It is my opinion, having studied all the ancient texts, that exactly seven angels, no more, no less, can dance on the head of a pin.
Obviously, this number is necessary for any square-dance (and that is the only sort of dancing an angel would do, after all) because it allows three sets of partners and one caller-outer-person. Any more and some would get pushed off the pin.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
But you need at least four sets of partners for a proper square dance.
Posted by sarcare (Member # 8736) on :
So at least nine angels on that pin, or a different sort of dancing.
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :
Obviously you do the wrong type of square dancing.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
or two sets of three for this new sort of dance known as the triangular triage.
*grin*
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mage: It is my opinion, having studied all the ancient texts, that exactly seven angels, no more, no less, can dance on the head of a pin.
Obviously, this number is necessary for any square-dance (and that is the only sort of dancing an angel would do, after all)
You are, sadly, mistaken. Angels do NOT square dance. They do the Hora.
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :
Oh yeah? Says who?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, I'm sure that it is mentioned in the Rambam, Rashi, and all the Rishonim.
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :
I seriously doubt the authenticity of those documents.
Besides, Leviticus calls the square dance the holiest of all dances, by some creative extrapolation.
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
No! No! The Waltz is written in Tempus Perfectus. (Triple Time) a square dance (besides being square) is written in Tempus Imperfectus (Duple Time) and therefore not holy at all
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Hora! Hora! Hora! Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
"Obviously, this number is necessary for any square-dance (and that is the only sort of dancing an angel would do, after all) because it allows three sets of partners and one caller-outer-person. Any more and some would get pushed off the pin."
The "caller outer person" (heh) is part of the band, and therefore does not stand on the head of the pin.
If seven can dance on the pin, you'd have an unpaired dancer. Which is OK, if you're dancing the Hora.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
The whole question is trivial. You take the area of a two dimensional projection of an average angel onto the head of a pin, and divide it into the area of the pin's head. That gives you the number.
<sigh> What are they teaching kids these days...
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
It's not just the area of the angel, you have to lay out little Arthur Murray footprints on the head of the pin. And the decision as to which dance is critical. The tango takes up a lot more space than the macarena.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
No. The angel's dance the Macarena. I mean, who didn't? Everyone did the Macarena at least once.
Edit: I think that Glenn might agree.
( I have a confession to make. I didn't read all the way to the end of Glenn's post, thus I did not notice his mention of the Macarena.)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
No, the Macarena is only danced by unholy beings.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
What about that new craze. The dance in which the song people narrate exactly what they should do. You know, "Jump, Jump again, Left foot, Right foot, Jump Again, Cha Cha y'all, Cha Cha Again. Now turn around. Left foot, y'all."
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
The Macarena works well with "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem."
It also works well with the William Tell overture, and it's funny as hell.
KQ must be unholy. C'mon, we KNOW you've danced it at least once.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: What about that new craze. The dance in which the song people narrate exactly what they should do. You know, "Jump, Jump again, Left foot, Right foot, Jump Again, Cha Cha y'all, Cha Cha Again. Now turn around. Left foot, y'all."
quote:Take it back now yal Two hops this time Two on the left Two on the right Cha Cha now yal Slide to the right Slide to the left Take it back now yal One hop this time
Pure poetry! But not necessarily angelic.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:KQ must be unholy. C'mon, we KNOW you've danced it at least once.
Oh, sure I have. But I'm also a Minion of the Anti-Christ.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: I'm also a Minion
Nah. There needs to be ten of you to make a minion. And you have to all be men. And Jewish.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Different spelling, Tante. Although I have been known to split into multiple personalities when pregnant. Who says ten of them aren't Jewish men?
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
A couple of questions:
1) Why would angels bother to dance on the head of a pin, when there are so many better places to do so?
2) And even if they do dance on the heads of pins, why on God's green earth should I be concerned with how many of them do so?
Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
I don't think you understand the seriousness of this issue, littlemissattitude. Your everlasting salvation is verily at stake.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
We have overlooked many other forms of dance. Like the electric slide. Or line dancing.
-pH
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote:The dance in which the song people narrate exactly what they should do.
That's the Time Warp. I can see angels doing that one too.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
...if the angels were doing the Time Warp, would they be dressed like the people in Rocky Horror?
Because that seems rather sinful.
-pH
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Being dressed like a Transylvanian is sinful?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I seem to recall corsets in Rocky Horror. Corsets are inherently sinful.
-pH
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
No, corsets are inherently bosomful.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Bosoms are sinful! Everyone knows that.
-pH
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote:I seem to recall corsets in Rocky Horror. Corsets are inherently sinful.
Yes, but the Transylvanians weren't wearing them. Except for Frank.
quote:No, corsets are inherently bosomful.
So was Columbia's Peekaboo pajama top.
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :
Bosoms are Satan's sugarlumps. They are sinful.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Then how did Mary feed Jesus?
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
What makes you think a deity needs to eat, pray tell?
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Incarnation.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: Different spelling, Tante.
Don't make me expound upon Rivka's Rules of Transliteration again.
And Tante is incorrect. It's not the hora. It's Nigun Atik. Not that it matters much -- both are circle dances. So area of the pin's head is not the question. Circumference is.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Don't make me expound upon Rivka's Rules of Transliteration again.
Where did you do that? Sounds interesting, can I have a link?
Posted by boogashaga (Member # 8881) on :
If bahzooms are sinful, I'm in big trouble. Oh, mamasita am I in trouble!
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :
Yeah, you are. But you can overcome your natural problems if you just do as the Amazons did.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
kq, the original seems to have fallen off the board. But this was left behind. Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
As I lack a large bosom, I am holier than all of you ladies.
quote:As I lack a large bosom, I am holier than all of you ladies.
And I am among the ranks of evil.
Rivka, does that apply when someone is purposefully transliterating very differently from the usual transliteration for the sake of a bad pun?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Hey, it wasn't worse than all the rest of the puns that fly around here. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
kq, possibly not. However, I have seen people actually use that particular spelling of this word . . .
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Different spelling, Tante.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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