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On Jan 17, 7:31*pm, Giles wrote:
On Jan 17, 9:14*am, "Tom Littleton" wrote:





"jeff" wrote in message

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:) * ....speaking of bargains...the self-annointed far-right reverend, pat
robertson, says the haitians made a bargain with the devil. *really,
that's what he said...a real, honest to badness, bargain...made more than
a century ago, and they are now reaping the consequences. so, uh, i reckon
it's all god's doing...another great heavenly lesson about negotiations.
that'll teach them to be friendly and outgoing and musical, especially
those infants and children.

jeff (busy negotiating with his own divine comedies and demiurges)

Jeff,
I think the take-home message from Robertson's description should be, at the
very least, reassuring to those of us who are run-of-the mill sinners. It
seems that
God is working on a serious backlog, if he is just getting
around to rectifying pacts with the devil from the 19th century.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

Well, the right Reverand Robertson is indoubtedly right in his
assertion that the Haitians made a bargain with the devil. *I mean,
****, who hasn't? *But god dwells in the details. *What bargain with
which devil, when and under what circumstances, and what were the
terms? *Mostly (if we are to give credence to the oral and literary
canons in virtually all cultures) the devil ain't real bright, and
ends up holding the ****ty end of *the stick. *Thus, the vast majority
of the bargains aren't even mildly interesting. *But it would be fun,
and probably instructive, to hear of one in which old Nick actually
came out on top.

Meanwhile, gods don't trouble themselves much with the private
dealings of devils. *They have enough on their minds already, what
with ennervated desperation over the inevitable fate that most
assuredly awaits them all. *Think about it.....personal extinction is
a troublesome enough thing to contemplate for those of us who already
know that this is what eternity invariably holds for us. *How much
more horrifying must it be for those whose job descriptions carry an
immortality clause (albeit one that has never yet been adhered to.)?
When you get right down to it, most gods, being prehistoric, like most
other species, never even leave any fossil remains. *They ain't got
time to be worrying about devils and humans and robertsons and
haitians......they got legacies to build, incunabula to strew about,
holy books to dictate.

The Haitians.....well, they got hit by an earthquake, a seismic event
easily explicable (if not precisely predictble) via plate tectonics.
Sad. *Indescribably sad. *But no more or less so than when it happens
in any other place in the world.....and no more or less meaningful.

giles.
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So, you're saying that the gods are NOT responsible for me accidently
putting cocktail sauce on my tamales instead of salsa. There had to
be some godly role in making both the salsa and cocktail sauce
containers identical. I know they're busy and all that, but these
were good tamales. One of them has to have the job of looking out for
good food and taking care of it so the waiter doesn't spill it or the
top doesn't come off the salt shaker. Aside from "being," they do
have jobs, right? Which one to I poke to make this freezing fog that
has enveloped my house for the last six days go away? Iffin they're
not causing earthquakes, what are they doing? Making Brittney Spears
movies?
Frank Reid

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"Frank Reid © 2008" wrote in message
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Iffin they're not causing earthquakes, what are they doing? Making Brittney
Spears
movies?
Frank Reid

Yes!

Op

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On Jan 18, 8:45*am, Frank Reid © 2008 wrote:


So, you're saying that the gods are NOT responsible for me accidently
putting cocktail sauce on my tamales instead of salsa.

Depends on whether we're talking about any one or more of them being
charged with the responsibility of seeing to it that you accidentally
put cocktail sauce on your tamales instead of salsa or, instead, about
whether any one or more of them can be held accountable for having
made you do it. If the former, it's irrelevant because you just can't
make 'em live up to the terms of their contracts. If the latter, it's
irrelevant because culpability carries no enforceable consequences.

There had to
be some godly role in making both the salsa and cocktail sauce
containers identical.

Probably. But in all likelihood it wasn't intentional. Hell, they
can't tell sherry from amontillado. This is what comes of living on
burnt offerings, chicken guts, incense, infants, etc. Odds are they
just slather on heaps of whatever they can find to drown out the
flavor of the main course and never stop to look at the label.

I know they're busy and all that, but these
were good tamales.

I feel your pain, man. A tamale is a terrible thing to waste. But
they're immune to prosecution. Throughout the history of the world
(well, the first part, anyway) it has always been true that it's good
to be the king.

One of them has to have the job of looking out for
good food and taking care of it so the waiter doesn't spill it or the
top doesn't come off the salt shaker.

Of course, but which one? And what do you do when you find out? Call
him/her/it on the phone? All you get is some incomprehensible tech in
Sri Lanka or Pakistan (that is, in the unlikely event that you
actually do eventually get through to something bearing a reasonable
resemblence to a human being) who will, in the fulness of time, direct
you through a series of gyrations that will inevitably trash your
entire pantry.....and melt down your motherboard as well.

Aside from "being," they do have jobs, right?

No one has yet demonstrated that there's any good reason to be sure
about that. We rest content in the certain knowledge that at least
the continued existence of the question ensures that philosophers and
theologians will remain gainfully (if not necessarily usefully)
employed.

Which one to I poke to make this freezing fog that
has enveloped my house for the last six days go away?

No way to know. Just poke one and see what happens. Then poke
another.....and another.....

Iffin they're
not causing earthquakes, what are they doing? *Making Brittney Spears
movies?

Well, if they're doing that, they will most certainly run afoul of the
devils' union.

giles

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I know they're busy and all that, but these
were good tamales.

I feel your pain, man. *A tamale is a terrible thing to waste. *But
they're immune to prosecution. *Throughout the history of the world
(well, the first part, anyway) it has always been true that it's good
to be the king.

Hah! Fell into my trap. http://www.ketv.com/news/14133442/detail.html

Frank Reid

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By the way, today I jumpstarted a lady's car in a grocery store
parking lot. I was the only one around with jumper cables so came to
her aid. She "blessed" me profusely, which I figured was going to
happen as she had Rapture, Bush/Cheney and Rush Limbaugh stickers all
over the back of her Taurus. As we got the car running she blessed me
again and said that God had sent me. I told her that may be, but she
had just been assisted by an athiest Democrat. With a pained and
confused look on her face, she replied: "Well, thank you anyway."
Frank Reid

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"Frank Reid © 2008" wrote in message
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By the way, today I jumpstarted a lady's car in a grocery store
parking lot. I was the only one around with jumper cables so came to
her aid. She "blessed" me profusely, which I figured was going to
happen as she had Rapture, Bush/Cheney and Rush Limbaugh stickers all
over the back of her Taurus. As we got the car running she blessed me
again and said that God had sent me. I told her that may be, but she
had just been assisted by an athiest Democrat. With a pained and
confused look on her face, she replied: "Well, thank you anyway."
Frank Reid

I just love it when people come to the aid of other people!

Good on ya Mr. Reid for assisting and informing her that good people don't
necessarily conform to preconceived notions.

Op

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"Mark Bowen" wrote in message
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Good on ya Mr. Reid for assisting and informing her that good people don't
necessarily conform to preconceived notions.

Op

couldn't have put it better myself. Not bad for a hillbilly.
Tom

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"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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"Mark Bowen" wrote in message
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Good on ya Mr. Reid for assisting and informing her that good people
don't necessarily conform to preconceived notions.

Op

couldn't have put it better myself. Not bad for a hillbilly.
Tom

Thank you ... Uncle Tom

Op

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On Jan 17, 9:14*am, "Tom Littleton" wrote:
"jeff" wrote in message

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:) * ....speaking of bargains...the self-annointed far-right reverend, pat
robertson, says the haitians made a bargain with the devil. *really,
that's what he said...a real, honest to badness, bargain...made more than
a century ago, and they are now reaping the consequences. so, uh, i reckon
it's all god's doing...another great heavenly lesson about negotiations..
that'll teach them to be friendly and outgoing and musical, especially
those infants and children.

jeff (busy negotiating with his own divine comedies and demiurges)

Jeff,
I think the take-home message from Robertson's description should be, at the
very least, reassuring to those of us who are run-of-the mill sinners. It
seems that
God is working on a serious backlog, if he is just getting
around to rectifying pacts with the devil from the 19th century.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

Anyone have an actual link to what Robertson said -- not to what
someone said what he said ?

thanx

oz, who always prefers primary sources

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MajorOz wrote:

Anyone have an actual link to what Robertson said -- not to what
someone said what he said ?

thanx

oz, who always prefers primary sources

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeONplbWKLA