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Thread: A sin for the weekend
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Gwalchmai
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I was recently trying to organise a rota for a church activity and asked people to let me know whether or not they would be available for the dates in question. One person emailed back, with a delightful slip of the finger on the keyboard:
“At the moment we can do all those dates although we are trying to sort a weekend with one of our sins”
Which sin would Shipmates like to spend a weekend with and why?
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Og, King of Bashan
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If I ever get to the point where I answer sloth rather than lust, please shoot me.
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Paul.
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The internet was invented so you can do both.
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Eutychus
From the edge
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hosting/
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Originally posted by Gwalchmai:
Which sin would Shipmates like to spend a weekend with and why?
Much as it offends my theological sensibilities to send a discussion of sin to Heaven, that is clearly where this one belongs!
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Ariel
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Gluttony. A really good meal with good wine and brandy that I don't have to pay for, am legitimately present at and with no strings attached. In lovely surroundings with a great view.
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mark_in_manchester
not waving, but...
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Not for nothing did barbers once enquire, quote:
Something for the weekend, sir?
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"We are punished by our sins, not for them" - Elbert Hubbard
(so good, I wanted to see it after my posts and not only after those of shipmate JBohn from whom I stole it)
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leftfieldlover
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Taking about misprints - I recently texted a lady I don't know that well (respected widow of a local priest) with the news that the National Gallery was shit and we would be going to the Courtald instead...
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jacobsen
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My sin would be very cuddly, but two legs instead of the usual four to be found lurking round me.*
*Actually, eight.
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Adam.
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One of our professors was working on a book on the seven deadly sins recently (Worth a read if it intrigues you). Anyway, whenever people would ask him what he was working on, he seemed to rather enjoy telling them things like, "Well, this week, I'm mainly working on gluttony."
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
Uxoriousness ...
Uxoriousness is a sin? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
I'm already a firm believer that weekends were designed specifically for indulgence in the sin of Sloth; I'd probably be happy to add Gluttony (which I rather enjoy).
And of course the perennial re-runs of Top Gear on BBC Canada can be relied on to engender a spot of Covetousness (for Aston Martins and Jaguars) and Lust (for James May).
![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif) ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Brenda Clough
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I would dearly love to be profligate on the weekends, but the credit card bills insist upon arriving irregardless.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
I'm already a firm believer that weekends were designed specifically for indulgence in the sin of Sloth;
I like to start the weekend with sloth then slow down.
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Piglet
Islander
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You're a man after mine own heart, Balaam. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Kaplan Corday
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
Uxoriousness ...
Uxoriousness is a sin?
The Shorter Oxford defines it as excessively fond.
Ne quid nimis.
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Piglet
Islander
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You learn something new every day; I thought it just meant "faithful" or perhaps "contented with one's wife".
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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quote:
Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
Uxoriousness ...
Uxoriousness is a sin?
The Shorter Oxford defines it as excessively fond.
Ne quid nimis.
My online dictionary includes "affectionately submissive towards one's wife". So if one subscribes to male headship I guess it would be a sin.
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Lamb Chopped
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Milton certainly thought it was a sin; he made it the crowning error of Adam that brought down the human race.
Sour old prune!
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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quote:
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
I would dearly love to be profligate on the weekends, but the credit card bills insist upon arriving irregardless.
Irregardless, Brenda? You Cannot Be Serious!
Mrs. S, possibly guilty of the sin of pedantry ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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jacobsen
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
You have an octopus in your life?
Eight furry legs.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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giant spider ?
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kingsfold
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or more prosaically, two cats?
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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I wish that I were two dogs, so we could play together.
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Ariel
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by jacobsen:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariel:
You have an octopus in your life?
Eight furry legs.
Ah, a hairy octopus.
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jacobsen
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# 14998
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And two tails.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Mutant hairy octopus.
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jacobsen
seeker
# 14998
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Teeth, ears and whiskers.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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So that's where Cthulhu is these days.
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no prophet's flag is set so...
Proceed to see sea
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quote:
Originally posted by LeRoc:
I wish that I were two dogs, so we could play together.
I do not think dogs are capable of sin. Dog are the angels among us whom we fail to appreciate as such. Cats on the other hand show us the ongoing battle between heaven and hell.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
I do not think dogs are capable of sin. Dogs are the angels among us whom we fail to appreciate as such. Cats on the other hand show us the ongoing battle between heaven and hell.
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Stercus Tauri
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If ever you are in southern Ontario and in the mood for some serial sinning, the bakery in St Jacobs - The Stone Crock - is hard to beat. How those Mennonites can sleep with clear consciences after selling their addictive apple fritters to innocent punters off the street is unfathomable. We bought some the other day to last through the week-end, but they had all gone by the following morning. I haven't made such a gluttonous pig of myself since the last time I was scoffing butteries in Stonehaven.
Mark Twain: To eat is human; to digest, divine.
I know what he meant.
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Piglet
Islander
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Originally posted by Stercus Tauri:
... scoffing butteries in Stonehaven ...
Oh ST, why did you have to mention butteries?
Now I've come over all covetous again ...
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Perhaps I'll try consecutive weekends of my three favourites - in no particular order they are Lust, Gluttony and Sloth - then I could have a weekend off for a little bit of Piety.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Piglet
Islander
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Knowing your penchant for good food, how will you cope without the Gluttony on the weekends when you're supposed to be doing Lust and Sloth?
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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You have a definite point there ma'am - Gluttony and Sloth are really permanent fixtures - but I'm a very, very old man, I need to get my pleasures where I can.
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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Ariel
Shipmate
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You'll just have to make up for it on the Piety weekends. You could start with Pork Piety and follow it up with Apple Piety.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Thanks Ariel, I like your suggestion.
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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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jacobsen
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What about repentance piety? Or would that be hypocritical?
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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cattyish
Wuss in Boots
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I spoke in church while obviously being a woman the Sunday before last, and our minister wore a lovely navy blue ball gown at the children's club a couple of weeks ago. Clearly we are the lowest of the low.
Might cut my hair short and wear mixed fibres next weekend.
Cattyish, still not been for a run at nearly noon but I have emailed a man about health and safety. Is that sloth?
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Beenster
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I'll go for greed and have every sin under the sun! With the means to live them out!
Bring it on.
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Ariel
Shipmate
# 58
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I like your style
(ETA that probably counts as Envy. Let me rephrase that:)
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[ 26. August 2015, 20:44: Message edited by: Ariel ]
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Piglet
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quote:
Originally posted by cattyish:
... our minister wore a lovely navy blue ball gown at the children's club ...
That probably only counts* if he's a bloke, and possibly not even then. ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
* unless it led to dancing, in which case you're all doomed. ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
[ 27. August 2015, 03:59: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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Beenster
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On reflection, I'm not going to have every sin under the sun. Why grab sloth when there is lust going - sloth would mean you're lustful and can't be bothered to do anything about it. Which becomes confusing.
I think I'll stick with pure, unadulterated lust.
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HughWillRidmee
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quote:
Originally posted by mark_in_manchester:
Not for nothing did barbers once enquire, quote:
Something for the weekend, sir?
When I were but a lad my father and I would go to the barber's together. I sat on the plank resting on the chair's arms - my father wore his dog-collar.
It was some years later that I solved the riddle as to why every adult male haircutee other than my father was asked this question!
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The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things.. but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them...
W. K. Clifford, "The Ethics of Belief" (1877)
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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quote:
Originally posted by Beenster:
...I think I'll stick with pure, unadulterated lust.
I agree that impure, unbridled lust is tremendous fun but it is so tiring! I reckon that at my age I need some sloth afterwards just to recover!
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Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Stejjie
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I would love to indulge in sloth at the weekend, but being a) a parent of 2 lively children and b) a minister, it doesn't seem very do-able. Any suggestions gratefully received!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Well, it is the Onam Festival today and so I have got gluttony cracked - time now for a little bit of sloth whilst I recover. No energy left for lust!
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Albertus
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Leaving that for the Onan Festival, no doubt.
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