God has a sense of humor. We know this, because He created a universe that includes both Michael Moore and cheeseburgers, and they were allowed to discover each other. Christians, or at least the vast majority of us, have a sense of humor about not only ourselves, but our religion. And by “sense of humor”, I of course mean that we don’t feel the need to riot, set cars on fire and find people with single-didget IQ’s to blow up school buses if somebody makes a joke about us. Yeah we might get offended at times (the South Park statue of Mary episode crossed about a dozen lines for me), but I like to think our faith is strong enough that we can handle a bit of Family Guy fun, and even get a chuckle out of it ourselves, without feeling threatened.
Not sure how strong a weapon this is in the war on terror, and I’m reasonably certain that Outlaw and his compadres have made the bigger contribution here, but as long as we can laugh and they can’t, I’d like to think that our side has a leg up on the brooding, humorless god that drives the fanatics into a frenzy.
Toward that end, as a Catholic – and one who loves and appreciates being a part of the church, warts and all – one of my personal favorite Catholic send-ups of all time:
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I always thought that the majority of those dudes were so repressed that if you dropped a crate load of pron on top of them they would explode…and it would all be over but the shouting.
Part of their and our problem is that they are so uptight about EVERYTHING that is not in accordance with their belief system. Which is why you get Taliban a-holes throwing acid in the faces of girls that have the temerity to try and attend school.
“I always thought that the majority of those dudes were so repressed that if you dropped a crate load of pron on top of them they would explode”
Now THAT sounds like a Monty Python episode, if I ever heard one. The ultimate “smart weapon!”
Actually Outlaw I don’t know if I ever told this story about well a moment in Saudi Arabia two guys I know will never forget.
Imagine standing around near your chopper waiting to leave an air field to go back to your base. Its nighttime, and dark as hell outside the airfields perimeter. Suddenly you and your buddy hear this strange sound being made nearby. Grabbing your weapons you investigate. Wanna know what you find? Two Saudi men and I don’t need to explain what they were doing. Repressed? Its more like cultural psychopathy. Every time I hear about how these men are such men I envision the looks on the Americans faces when they discovered the party going on.
I mean think about it Kandahar Afghanistan was the Paedophilia capital of Southern Asia. YUCK! They are merely repressed they are F’D up.
Stephanie… they were just bowing towards Mecca in single file.
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala!
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“they were just bowing towards Mecca in single file”
Voting on “one-liner of the week” is now closed.
And Steph, may I say: “EEEWWWWW!!”. And my I add: BLLLEEECCCHHHHH!!” Not sure what the right medal is for that kind of service, but I sure hope you got it.
Related story. Well, without the disgusting parts anyway. During one of my visits to the lovely kingdom, I noticed that the picture of the king on one of the larger denomination bills (500 Riyals, perhaps) was actually smiling. I found this odd, because on every other denomination, the king was scowling. I asked a friendly local about it – not be aware that that Saudi kings were allowed to smile.
“He is smiling because he is dead,” Mr. Friendly Local told me “and he doesn’t have to live here anymore.”
Kingdom of Saud in a nutshell, I thought.
Stephanie…they were just bowing towards Mecca in single file.
Or he was just helping him relieve some constipation.
ACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK bowing towards Mecca in single file. EWWWWWWWWWWW
And then there’s Father Ted, one of the most brilliant sitcoms ever.
Is that Stephanie from Wisconsin?
Yes Scott it is I. How are ya?
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