Mr.
Blue
There
are yelp reviews for cemeteries.
1:55
PM Mr. Silver
Any
Yelp reviews from the residents?
2:00
PM Mr. Blue
Nah
2:01
PM Mr. Silver
"Facilities
cold, dark, cramped. Odd odors beginning after the first few
days. No one responding to knocks at un-openable door.
Quiet neighborhood at least. 1 star."
2:02
PM Mr. Blue
Heheh
2:14
PM Mr. Silver
"Despite
satin fabric and "quilting", bed proved to be very hard.
Someone stole my shoes and my jewelry is missing. Nice salon
makeover when I first arrived but no sign of a boutique anywhere. 1
star."
2:19
PM Mr. Blue
Heh
I
liked the ghost story of the cemetery they moved to build the junior
high's yellow building (where the new wing is). They found a bunch
of caskets with claw marks on the inside, and basically they didn't
find all of the caskets before construction began.
Its
not really a ghost story I guess, and probably not true.
2:23
PM Mr. Silver
Well,
a giveaway is - why were they opening all the lids to look?
And
part 2 is "And there's still bodies down
here...OOOooOoOOoooOOoooo"
2:24
PM Mr. Blue
I
think I pictured the caskets deteriorating and they really couldn't
help but look.
I
think it was also described that they died with their hands up and
their mouths open.
2:25
PM Mr. Silver
Now,
if it were me...and I was working at a casket factory...
About
1 coffin in 50, I'd be writing things like "Oh God! Help!"
in sharpie in the inside plate of the lid, and packing the pen up in
the fabric.
2:27
PM Mr. Blue
Hehehe
Mr.
Blue
Heh
There
was a guy that started that summer that had like...leopard hair?
Blond patches. He wasn't doing very well.
2:56
PM Mr. Silver
(strains
to remember)
2:56
PM Mr. Blue
John
something.
2:57
PM Mr. Silver
John?
Not many of those around...narrows it right down.
2:57
PM Mr. Blue
Around
30, average build, perhaps Italian.
2:59
PM Mr. Silver
...swarthy,
suspicious, wanted?
2:59
PM Mr. Blue
Swarthy.
2:59
PM Mr. Silver
Sorry...slipped
into a 1920's criminal investigation there.
(prosecutor)
"I submit that the accused is persistently...and
willingly...(turns on heel and points) Italian!"
(gallery
audience gasps)
3:02
PM Mr. Blue
They
should have to wear a red patch on their shoulder that looks like a
tomato!
3:04
PM Mr. Silver
"I
call the jury's attention to Exhibit B - the bushy, and un-waxed,
mustache."
3:04
PM Mr. Blue
The
one mechanic I go to is Italian and he's hilarious. His accent
sounds like a caricature of an Italian accent.
An
"uh" at the end of every word.
3:04
PM Mr. Silver
Think
he's putting everyone on?
3:05
PM Mr. Blue
"We-uh
goin' to-uh rotate-uh the-uh tires-uh. We-uh gonna do-a very
special-uh job-uh for you-uh Mister-uh Blue-uh."
3:05
PM Mr. Silver
Hehe
3:09
PM Mr. Blue
"Thanks
Sal.”
"Hey-uh!
Did-uh I-uh ever-uh tell you-uh about-uh my tomato garden in-uh
Tuscany???"
3:09
PM Mr. Silver
Has
he?
3:09
PM Mr. Blue
Yes
3:09
PM Mr. Silver
Good
story?
3:09
PM Mr. Blue
Yes.
If
you get roped into a conversation, you'll be there for hours.
He
is a well traveled dude... He sometimes needs subtitles, but the bits
you understand are interesting.
3:10
PM Mr. Silver
Cool.
11:15
AM Mr. Silver
So
back to Mrs Silver's heritage: I recall a tale she told me long ago
when I told her she was overreacting to something.
"You
think I'm bad? Once my grandmother got mad at my grandfather over
something, and when he was asleep she took all his underwear and she
sewed up his pee hole."
"She
sewed up his pee hole?!?!"
"In
the underwear. You know."
"Oh!
... Thank God!"
11:18
AM Mr. Blue
Heh
I
don't use that thing anyway.
11:23
AM Mr. Silver
I
didn't til I started wearing boxers.
11:27
AM Mr. Blue
What’s
her family's nationality?
11:32
AM Mr. Silver
It's
the McCoy genes.
It's
amazing the pointless junk she'll hold a grudge on.
And
how stupid angry she'll get over them.
She's
not violent, fortunately.
11:40
AM Mr. Blue
What’s
McCoy? Irish or Scottish?
11:41
AM Mr. Silver
Scot
This
is the Hatfield vs McCoy branch
11:42
AM Mr. Blue
Nice.
11:43
AM Mr. Silver
As
I said to Mr. Green before you got here – there was a study and
they are genetically predisposed to anger issues.
11:46
AM Mr. Silver
We
were perfect for each other.
(years
into relationship, watching TV...Hatfields & McCoys mentioned)
"Oh!
I'm related to the McCoys!"
"OOOOooooh...that
explains a lot."
"What's
THAT supposed to mean?"
"Well...I
mean...uh...forget it."
"No!
What ABOUT the McCoys?"
"Oh
look! There’s an ancient Egypt thing on!"
But
now she knows. (star flies past "The More You Know")
11:51
AM Mr. Blue
Heheh
11:55
AM Mr. Silver
It
actually helped her to find out, honestly.
9:21
AM Mr. Green
10:40
AM Mr. Silver
"Well...that
didn't go as expected."
10:45
AM Mr. Silver
I'm
assuming that he expected the opposite to occur – Live without
God...witness the daily miracles, truths, and revelations...come
back with and iron-clad relationship with God set firmly in a
bedrock base...
"Oops."
(journal)
"Day 10 - Second Sunday I've slept in. Not reading the
same book over and over all the time is rather nice."
10:52
AM Mr. Green
LMAO!
11:04
AM Mr. Silver
"Day
14 - More people came over trying to talk to me about Jesus and faith
and abandoning this project. And it was nothing but a lot
of 'you should' and cherry-picked Bible quotes. Nobody
could make a real structured case for why. I never noticed
how irritating that can be. Did I sound like this all the
time?"
11:05
AM Mr. Blue
Daily
Mail just said he "tried atheism" for a year.... Like, how
do you "try out" a belief?
11:26
AM Mr. Silver
"Day
26 - Decided to try this Wikipedia thing to get some non-faith-based
opinions...clicked "Criticism of the Bible". Oh my
God! Sorry...habit. Wow!"
11:28
AM Mr. Blue
Heh
11:30
AM Mr. Blue
“Criticism
of the Bible” is probably one of the longest articles on the site.
11:31
AM Mr. Silver
The
list of Christian sects and variants is bigger.
Because...you
know..."one true faith handed down by God Himself” and all
that...
12:04
PM Mr. Silver
The
thing that's saddest to me about that story was that it's clear that
the guy went through his whole youth, education and career to that
point and never had a single mystic experience of any relevance.
I
can't imagine spending that much time on "because you're
supposed to".
That
being said, I wonder what % of religious people actually have.
12:07
PM Mr. Blue
Mother
Theresa never did either.
12:07
PM Mr. Silver
Nope
That's
just creepy to me.
Mr.
Blue
It
doesn't really say you're supposed to.
12:14
PM Mr. Silver
You
are if you want Sky Cake.
12:16
PM Mr. Blue
No, I mean it
doesn't say you're supposed to have any mystic experience. The Bible
doesn't say "become a Christian and Jesus himself will
personally give you your welcoming gift."
12:18
PM Mr. Silver
Well
that's 2 different things. Mystic contact with the supernatural and
manifested blessings/favors aren't on the same level at all.
“Because you are supposed to” is to be rewarded by both – the
latter in life, the former usually after. The faithful are faithful,
the mystic is aware.
Perhaps
it's the whole Catholic-School-leftover bit on "vocation".
People
have jobs. The passionate/touched/inspired (mystics) have vocations.
Priests
and nuns and other ordained are supposed to “know” and have "vocations".
This
guy and Mother Theresa apparently just had jobs.
12:22
PM Mr. Blue
If
Christians have had mystic experiences to lead them to "knowing"
their religion is correct, then they shouldn't proselytize.
They
should just wait for everyone else to have theirs.
It's
kind of like trying to convince people that your cake is really good:
"Brothers
and sisters, my cake is delicious! It's the best cake you'll ever
taste in your LIFE!"
"Can
we have a bite?"
"No,
you have to take my word for it."
12:30
PM Mr. Silver
Kind
of like? Hehe
12:32
PM Mr. Blue
A
dumb analogy, but it's the best I could come up with.
12:37
PM Mr. Silver
It
was flippant, perhaps, but not dumb.
Most
religions pointedly make no effort to teach people how to get a bite
of Real Cake in their lifetimes because they wouldn't be needed
anymore. They don't want to be a school a person graduates from,
they want to run a desirable retirement plan with clients that pay
them every month.
Most
religions also actively campaign against learning how to bake Cake.
They (correctly) fear bad/fake/unhealthy recipes in the hands of
dimwits, who might pass them around to other idiots wanting a taste.
Nope.
There's only one option: “The Baker says you can have some cake
after you leave town, but only if you ask Him nicely and follow His
rules for as long as you live here. It might seem like a chore, but it's
REALLY good cake.”
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