I would like to state up front, that I did *not* buy this.   Stina bought it for me.   That being said, if I had seen it, I probably would have bought it. How could anyone resist the "Passover Bag of Plagues?"

The information starbursts on the package tell me that this package is "fun and educational", and an "Ideal Passover Game!"   If you look closer, you see that these plagues are not all fun and games, as they are also a choking hazard and non-food items that should not be ingested (duh). (By the way, if you want to see what the whole, interesting package looks like, click here.)

According to any Bible stolen from any motel, (except motels in Utah) there were ten horrible plagues that befell (heh, I wrote "befell") the Egyptians because they wouldn't let Moses' people leave and get lost in the desert for forty years.   Admittedly, I am not a very religious person.   When I got this giftie, we decided to make a game out of it.   We didn't look at the instruction sheet and instead tried to figure out what plague each item was for.   This went horribly wrong.   Without further ado, the plague bag.

Plague 1: The plague of Red Disappearing Ink

The explanation in the bag is that the Red Disappearing ink signifies blood.   The description of the plague is "All the waters of the land turned to blood."   I have absolutely no recollection of this plague.

What I do remember is that wine signified blood at the Last Supper.   Perhaps the manufacturer of this product should've included a Zima in the bag instead.

I reject this plague, and its icon.

Plague 2: The plague of Jumping Frog

I remembered this plague, and I accept its icon.   When you push on the handley bulb-thing, the frog hops...pretty cool.   Fun Fact: this plague was also visited on the film, "Magnolia."

Plague 3: The plague of Small Black Bug

The third plague was that dust turned to lice and covered everyone.   Is dust the same thing as sand?   If so, that probably woulda sucked for the Egyptians.   I watch the Discovery channel and understand that there is a fair amount of sand in Egypt.

Unfortunately, I reject this icon as well.   It looks more like a beetle, and as far as I know there was never a plague of Volkswagens visited upon the Egyptians.

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