In the meantime, it looks like the tobacco thespian movement is actually catching on. See this Strib article from Friday: Smoking ban workaround catches on at bars across state.

I was a bit to eager to defend my old man’s “weirdness” and realized that after I had already posted. Don’t I feel a bit silly. You could say I fell for it hook, line and sinker.

For myself I’d recommend a good ol’fashioned fish fry. I’m a bit on the boney side so be careful.

Considering for a second that there was actually going to be a naked sushi night in Northfield, or let alone sushi at all, the problem with your position is that biblical scripture does not and should never dictate a preferred fish preparation method (among other things) for the masses as a whole. But for those who ascribe to said religious beliefs? Sure, why not.

Once again I must disapprove of another of your faux stories and scold you for it.

When I scan the Scriptures, I find that God often approves of nudity or nakedness (seems to have created it, in fact, though the Lord of the Universe was so preoccupied with Other Matters at the time of the Creation that it slipped the Divine Mind to tell the Occupants of Eden about this until the Unhappy Incident with the Serpent).

However, we are also told repeatedly in the Scriptures that we are not to uncover someone else’s nakedness. I suppose that technically this does not quite rule out naked sushi since there are said to be carefully placed clothing patches under the sushi.

Hence, I believe God would very, very reluctantly approve of naked sushi in Northfield, save for one consideration….

Raw fish. Sushi is not recommended in the Bible. While there are over 60 references to fish, only a few mention methods of preparation, and none of these include raw fish with sauces. It seems that broiling, salting to preserve, or cooking over a fire, qualifies as acceptable (except for catfish, eels, sharks, rays, or lamprey) but eating raw fish is not said to be okay.

Perhaps we could hold naked broiled or salted fish nights in Northfield, but
it seems to me that this raw fish idea must eliminate any further consideration of naked sushi nights in town. It ain’t the nakedness; it’s the rawness.

It’s true. He is weird.

What’s even worse, is he passed it on to all of his kids.

Christine, if you have news about the Ole Cafe, please post it… not here but in the Ole Cafe discussion thread.

Brilliant!