Post #38,586
5/14/02 8:41:54 AM
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Ha, ha... Would be funny (ever so slightly), *if*...
...there WERE any fat in communion wafers NOW -- which I'm pretty sure there ain't.
Not enough for them to be anything other than ULTRA-low-fat, ALREADY, anyway.
Sorry, but crap like this isn't worth wasting an LRPD -- and my pwecious band-width -- on.
Christian R. Conrad
Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #38,595
5/14/02 9:09:15 AM
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Oh for goodness sake
Christian? There's this thing we have called a JOKE!
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Post #38,602
5/14/02 9:32:08 AM
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So, did I misunderstand how jokes are supposed to work...?
They *aren't* supposed to be FUNNY, is that what you're saying?!?
Because this was all *I* said: That one wasn't.
Or are you saying we should be happy-happy-joy-joy and not point out when shit that is supposed to be one thing -- like, a joke supposed to be funny -- isn't?
Sorry, but I believe two things: First, I believe that Mike's ego isn't that fragile; and second, I believe if it is, it's up to *him* to cry "Boo-hoo, Christian, you're such a brute!" -- him, not you.
Christian R. Conrad
Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #38,613
5/14/02 10:34:07 AM
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Since we're disecting the frog to see how it works ...
(And we all know how well frogs work after they're disected.)
What I meant was that the humor doesn't depend on whether there actually is any fat to reduce. It's based on ... oh shit, now I get it.
Umm, here in the U.S. we have a "low-fat" buttler-like [link|http://www.tasteyoulove.com/|spread] that is called "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter." The commercials for it always involve someone tasting it and exclaiming ... well you've probably already figured out what they exclaim.
Point being, it's not about the wafers actually being low-fat. It's a play on a famous commercial, and the (somewhat sacreligious) idea of the wafer not actually being Jesus, as some denominations (notably Roman Catholic) claim.
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I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make.
I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
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Post #38,620
5/14/02 11:08:20 AM
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Sorry, but no, that ain't it.
I caught the reference: Thanks to your cultural imperialism, or to me being such an astonishingly hip and with-it guy, or whatever, I knew about that fake-butter thingy.[*]
I just... didn't think it was funny anyway. Sorry I can't be more specific, but it seems I'm better at dissenting than at dissecting.
[*] The most probable cause, come to think of it, must be that it's been mentioned here on Iwethey before. Don't ask me where and why, but with the way discussions here meander from one thing to the other, it certainly isn't impossible.
Christian R. Conrad
Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #38,627
5/14/02 11:38:26 AM
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I'll have to go with mmoffit on this one
I just... didn't think it was funny anyway.
Yes it was. Thhbbbppt.
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I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make.
I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
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Post #38,633
5/14/02 12:09:34 PM
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nope borderline yawn:)
TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
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Post #38,607
5/14/02 9:53:08 AM
5/14/02 9:54:55 AM
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Confession.
I heard that on a Brit comedy show. Don't know the name of the show, but it was the show's Vicar that told it.
And damn you Christian, it *was* funny. Although I'll confess, it was more funny coming from a vicar.
Edited by mmoffitt
May 14, 2002, 09:54:55 AM EDT
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Post #38,612
5/14/02 10:29:11 AM
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That'll be two 'Our Father's and six 'Hail Mary's. HAND!
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Post #38,740
5/15/02 2:59:26 AM
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New twist for y'all.
First of all, remember that Communion is not a sacrament limited to the Catholic church.
In one of the two churches I currently regularly attend, the "bread" is not some special thing made expressly for communion; oh no, it's just ordinary white bread cut up into little cubes. :-)
And I'll agree: I thought it was funny, Sir Cyclic, and I actually take communion regularly! (-: Sometimes we have to laugh at ourselves.
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #38,652
5/14/02 2:48:04 PM
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All I can say is...
...Holy shit.
Peter
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Post #38,653
5/14/02 2:54:52 PM
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GGGGUUUUURRRRRRROOOOOAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!
TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
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Post #38,667
5/14/02 3:20:00 PM
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oh dear...someone is roll-ing in the grave.
You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson
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