It's the Ultimate Loop "Hole"

In an earlier post, I discussed the legend of the sex through a hole in a sheet but I obviously neglected to note an important use for it. Thankfully, the good folks at the Upright Citizens' Brigade made a video explaining how to properly use a hole in a sheet.

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But for those of you afraid of dirtying your linen or walking around dressed as a Halloween ghost, I propose a different solution: the shinnui, which comes from the Hebrew l'shanot. This means "to change." I learned the term in a discussion of Sabbath laws and restrictions where it refers to "awkward changes." Practically, this means you can do certain prohibited things on the Sabbath if you do it differently from the norm- such using your left hand instead of your right, or twisting your arm and performing the deed from an unusual angle. Let's say you wanted to move a blow dryer that is in the way. Now technically you are not supposed to touch things you're not allowed to use (such as electronic devices) but if you moved the blow dryer with your left hand it would be okay since the left for most people would be the non-dominant hand and using would imply a change from normal use, or a shinnui. The rabbis believed that if you did it awkwardly you wouldn't for a second forget that it was the Sabbath and accidentally plug it in and do your hair. Like my politics, I'm a lefty so I would have to go right.

Now, rabbinically speaking, use of shinnui is limited but when I started to dabble in electricity on the Sabbath, I decided to apply the principle to my transgression in order to minimize culpability. I used to go around flipping light switches with my elbow. My right elbow that is. Dvora: 1. God: 0

I had been inspired by one of my cousins who joked that you, "could eat pork as long as you did it with a shinnui." Or through a hole in a sheet.