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Subject: Re: Time to panic for absentee ballots?
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:52:57 +0900
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Paul Blay <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote:
<old stuff snip>
> For some reason I'm reminded of a tale* from Northern Ireland.
>
> This Jewish bloke was visiting Ireland, down in a pub chatting with
> the locals, and one of them asked if he was Protestant or Catholic.
>
> "Well I'm Jewish," he replied.
>
> "Ah, but are you a Protestant Jew or a Catholic Jew ?"

Actually, the punchline is that the ballot showed up in today's email. 
Purely coincidental, I'm sure, but a minor annoyance, since I'll have to 
take some time off from work to mail it tomorrow.

However, it really is an infuriating ballot. I was gerrymandered completely 
out of Lloyd Doggett's district. In fact, the gerrymandering was so 
effective that the Democrats didn't even bother to nominate a candidate for 
my new district.