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Tag Archives: quot
Perfecting My Love Nest
Khunrum emails: "Do you think it had anything to do with… on the floor with her head banging into the toilet bowl?" Helpful writes: "Next time turn the hovel cam off." Khunrum emails: "Luke, next time turn off the computer and light … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged hovel, light a candle, love nest, mona lisa, mustache, quot, romantic atmosphere, sakes
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I’m Trying Out My Summer Bathing Suits Live On Cam!
Click here to watch and chat with the gedolim as we analyze which outfits suit me best: ChaimAmalek: Blessed be this chat room. Or is that too goyish a blessing? ChaimAmalek: "May the All-Mighty keep our discourse Holy" ChaimAmalek: I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bathing suit, chat room, discourse, giant rabbit, nbsp, quot, rabbit, Torah
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Whole Truth
Whole Foods seems to be engaged in some incredible self-congratulation. In the ultimate "green" PR stunt, the company is boasting about its use of 100% recycled paper bags. To consumers, this promotion sounds wonderful: its a futher feel-good measure by … Continue reading
Posted in Green
Tagged coasts, congratulation, consumers, easy photo, enclaves, generosity, good measure, grocers, initiative, marketing, old stuff, pr stunt, publicity, quot, recycled paper bags, reminder, stamp of approval, whole foods, whole truth
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Gur Hasidim In LA?
Joe emails: "Hi Mr. Ford, I enjoy your site on the internet very much. I have a question that I think you may be able to assist me with. Is there a Gur shul in Los Angeles?? I assume there … Continue reading
Come To Me
I’m recreating Studio 54 at the hovel. I’ve imitated Dudley Moore’s get-up in 1978’s Foul Play. I’m setting everything up so the men dance on one side of the hovel and the women on the other. A kosher dress code … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged dress code, dudley moore, foul play, hovel, men dance, original version, quot, studio 54
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A Christlike Approach To Jewish Law
Donny emails: Hi Luke! I am an Orthodox convert. I was never involved with Jesus and Christianity. It’s only after converting that I started appreciating what he had to say to the Jews of his time. Based on what I … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
Tagged basra, Christianity, herod, introspection, jesus, jewish law, jewish los angeles, Jews, lack of education, messiah, messianic, nbsp, orthodox shuls, personal prayer, prayer 2000, quot, rabbi nachman, sacrificial meat, shul, third person, trinity, vertical column
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I’m Getting Spanked In My Chat Room By Someone Claiming To Be My Dad
Live in my cam chat: guest30: Luke, this is your dad, the Reverend Dsmond Ford. Attention whoring again, I see? guest30: Is Wayne Cherry under your desk fellating you? guest30: Perhaps inserting a tube of Vegemite where the sun doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged brother paul, cam chat, claptrap, clout, dalliances, desmond ford, excuse, fair dinkum, fixation, Holly Randall, Judaism, jug, kipah, lads, obsession, ponce, porn industry, quot, reverend, sorry dad, spanked, vagina, vegemite, wastrel
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Happy Good Friday
Lewisafein: you free this afternoon? Lewisafein: huge event in the hills Luzdedos1: what? Lewisafein: rumor is: they’re gonna execute some big rabbi Lewisafein: i got tickets Lewisafein: in fact, there’s an ex-hooker who’s gonna be there Luzdedos1: his name is … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged ebay, furniture, good friday, hooker, jesus, nbsp, quot, rabbi
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