Recreating a thread of bad jokes originally inspired by @samantharhill.bsky.social mentioning other bad Purim jokes partially because the megillah has some complex and brilliant wordplay, including the name of heroine Esther, who is both Ishtar and the sign of hidden but active God.

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I'd never read this poem before, and now I'm obsessed with finding out if anyone knows if Yeats read it before writing"The Second Coming"

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Warum ich heute morgen erst um 2:00 ins Bett gekommen bin.

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Why is it the lone wolf when it should be the lone hare, much more fierce

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The pizzazz of hares in the snow by Bruno Liljefors, most painted c. 1910-15

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