Spring Spheres WTF

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radioactive lemur

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Now this is complete BS for a whole pile of reasons, but I think what I find most offensive is the fact that EGGS ARE NOT SPHERES. If we are really so squeamish about political correctly we should at least say "spring ovids."

Seattle school renames Easter eggs 'Spring Spheres'

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=459668

A sophomore at a local private high school thinks an effort to make Easter politically correct is ridiculous.
Jessica, 16, told KIRO Radio's Dori Monson Show that a week before spring break, the students commit to a week-long community service project. She decided to volunteer in a third grade class at a public school, which she would like to remain nameless.

"At the end of the week I had an idea to fill little plastic eggs with treats and jelly beans and other candy, but I was kind of unsure how the teacher would feel about that," Jessica said.

She was concerned how the teacher might react to the eggs after of a meeting earlier in the week where she learned about "their abstract behavior rules."

"I went to the teacher to get her approval and she wanted to ask the administration to see if it was okay," Jessica explained. "She said that I could do it as long as I called this treat 'spring spheres.' I couldn't call them Easter eggs."

Rather than question the decision, Jessica opted to "roll with it." But the third graders had other ideas.

"When I took them out of the bag, the teacher said, 'Oh look, spring spheres' and all the kids were like 'Wow, Easter eggs.' So they knew," Jessica said.

The Seattle elementary school isn't the only government organization using spring over Easter. The city's parks department has removed Easter from all of its advertised egg hunts.
 

Rylot

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...Here I was thinking that Easter was pretty secular, and Easter Eggs don't really have much to do with Christianity anyway.
 

chowderface

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Easter the holiday was originally a pagan celebration, of the equinox I believe. Like all "Christian" holidays anyone actually gives a shit about (I don't see anyone bitching about Ash Wednesday), early Christians piggybacked their holidays on other peoples' to make conversion more palatable. "You have a festival on this day right near the winter solstice? What a coincidence! We have a festival then too, to celebrate the birth of our main prophet!" You know, back before conversion by berating people got popular.

Anyway, "spring spheres" is stupid. They're not spheres. They're ovoids. Because they're EGGS. It's good to know I'm not the only one who noticed.
 

Lilani

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...But they aren't spheres. If they want to get all secular about it, they should call them Spring Eggs, Spring Ovoids, or Spring Zygotes.