[Eugene Volokh, March 14, 2008 at 11:55pm] Trackbacks
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14 Mar, Fri, 19:41:45 Google: show multiple sex positions, partners, ways
14 Mar, Fri, 19:42:59 Google: venus + humans + conspiracy
14 Mar, Fri, 19:43:09 Google: what's that thing on the doors of jews apartments
It's a mezuzah.

KG2V:
RE mezuzah - How is that made plural anyway?

I bought my current house, and my previous house from Jewish Couples - Each door had a mezuzah. And there they stayed. A few friends have commented and I said - Heck, it can't hurt - I'll take a good word to the man upstairs from anyone
3.15.2008 1:36am
Joe Bingham (mail):
Those crazy Rhode Islanders.
3.15.2008 1:45am
Cornellian (mail):
I've also from time to time wondered what that thing was called.
3.15.2008 1:52am
blopp:
Plural of mezuzah: mezuzot.
3.15.2008 2:00am
Nathan_M (mail):
Just don't have sex on your mezuzah; by the second position with the third partner it will smudge. Trust me.
3.15.2008 2:17am
TRex (mail):
The Volokh Conspiracy is inspirational in that it continually amazes me about how much I know so little about. Some of which I'd just as soon not pursue like the "Venus" connection noted. However, learning a bit about the Mezuzah is enough to pique my interest in Deuteronomy.
Others who this is new to, check out:
http://www.yalyjudaica.com/about_mezuzah.htm
3.15.2008 3:21am
The Former Governor of New York:
How'd I end up here? You're just trying to stay on top of the blog charts with those tantalizing keywords! (No, I wasn't looking for the thing on the door. Maybe I should.)
3.15.2008 4:35am
Q the Enchanter (mail) (www):
Great. And now can you give us the scoop with the Venus conspiracy thing? What's up with that?
3.15.2008 12:26pm
Glenn W. Bowen (mail):

Just don't have sex on your mezuzah; by the second position with the third partner it will smudge. Trust me.


...and it's just plain uncomfortable- take it to the bank.
3.15.2008 12:44pm
Thoughtful (mail):
Well, EV, now that you've posted the answer, even MORE Google questioners will end up here...
3.15.2008 4:13pm
Thoughtful (mail):
Well, EV, now that you've posted the answer, even MORE Google questioners will end up here...
3.15.2008 4:13pm
Gringo (mail):
Now it is a self fulfilling prophecy. Google
what's that thing on the doors of jews apartments
now, and this blog is the first one that pops up on Google.Are you trying to drive traffic?
3.15.2008 6:09pm
Bruce:
"venus + humans + conspiracy"

What the heck was this person searching for? A Venutian conspiracy to take over Earth?
3.16.2008 1:50am
Tony Tutins (mail):

what's that thing on the doors of jews apartments

I'm going to say it must be a door knocker, because mezuzot go on door posts, not the door itself.
3.16.2008 3:24am
theobromophile (www):
I appreciate the use of commas in the first search engine query.

Perhaps the second query is about whether or not there is a conspiracy to go to Venus, or, more accurately, to conspire to pretend to go to Venus. I'm sure the nutjobs who think that we faked the moon landing want something bigger and better to complain about, so they are moving on to Venus, ready to say, "I told you it was a conspiracy!" the moment a human toe lands on that planet.

Alternatively, it may reference the Mars/Venus nonsense, with the idea that all Venutian humans are involved in various conspiracies against Martian humans.

Now, EV, why didn't you link to the posts that were correlated to the search engine terms? I found that your multiple sex positions, partners, ways query initially linked to a post about same-sex marriage, which is totally innocuous, all things considered.
3.16.2008 10:07pm
KevinM:
I was going to answer, "Indian corn."
3.17.2008 3:54pm
Attila (Pillage Idiot) (mail) (www):
Re plural:

blopp is right, technically, but you're also allowed to say "mezuzahs," as if it were English.
3.17.2008 5:42pm