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slipknot90 t1_jdwr3q4 wrote

I fixed his home A/C a long time ago. He lived in this big house tucked in the back of a nice neighborhood. I had no idea who he was at the time. He had a Grammy on the fireplace mantle, so i figured he was somebody. Had to go in his makeshift studio that was just a tiny bedroom in this big house that was filled with instruments, to get to his A/C equipment. Turned out it was just a severely clogged air filter, he had no idea it was even in there. He was the only person there and he was super nice. That evening I asked my wife if she knew who Michael Archer was, she said "Oh hell yeah, D'Angelo"

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OakParkCemetary t1_jdwq9yo wrote

I was never allowed to eat at Sbarro's as a kid (there was one in the local mall but my mom was a single mother and didn't like spending unless we had to) and now there aren't any Sbarro's near me.

My original comment is a bastardized referrence to The Office.

https://youtu.be/TRgEeDR98X8

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MaxillaryOvipositor t1_jdwoxvy wrote

I worked with a family of Bosnian Muslim refugees, and a short time after I started working there the mother of the group had learned she had been praying in the wrong direction for 25 years. It became a hilarious joke for the rest of them and they were always teasing her about it.

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Eudaemon1 t1_jdwo9lj wrote

>Basically religion

Many Big temples are really business places . They will try to profit from everything , that being said shaving hair at temples and such is a very common way to thank the deity , it's kind of like " I will do this if my wish is fulfilled" or a "mannat" if you will , and a mannat comes in different forms .

Also this buying of hair doesn't exist only in temples . For example back in my uncle's village there are people who will buy hair or barter an amount of hair for an utensil or such .

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