Ship of Fools: Overheard at the confessional

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Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on :

As in, "I came home from church yesterday and ate some good French Brie with lots of Marmite on it. I loved it". Any other enjoyable sins and recommended penances?

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :

Was church the sin, and marmite the penance? [Biased]

Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on :

I stated it the wrong way round. Marmite brings joy to my heart and stomach, but church was the penance this week. We're going through an excruciatingly bad music phase. Self flagellation would be benign by comparison.

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

Surely marmite is the dirty bit left over after they've removed the cleaner parts of the sewage of Hell?

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

quote:
Originally posted by LeRoc:
Surely marmite is the dirty bit left over after they've removed the cleaner parts of the sewage of Hell?

Beware LeRoc - you insult the Sacred Food of Our People.

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
Beware LeRoc - you insult the Sacred Food of Our People.

Well, the sacred food of half of them anyway ... [Biased]

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

What do the Lesser Mortals eat - Bovril? [Eek!]

Posted by Rev per Minute (# 69) on :

Bovril is the One True God, and Marmite is not fit to tie the thongs of its sandals. [Two face]

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

Bo Vril = life force of the ox. So I'm not seeing it in sandals. Boots, definitely boots.

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

Don't bother with Bovril. Nobody spreads Bovril on their crumpets. Besides, Bovril is an anagram of Evil.

(Well it is if you lose a couple of letters and change the O to an E.)

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

quote:
Ariel: Besides, Bovril is an anagram of Evil.

(Well it is if you lose a couple of letters and change the O to an E.)

Close enough for me.

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Rev per Minute:
Bovril is the One True God, and Marmite is not fit to tie the thongs of its sandals.

I fear a second Great Schism, centred on Burton-on-Trent.

[ 17. February 2016, 07:22: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

Typical. You're forgetting the radical reformation - the AnaBranstonists.

("Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the doors, and there's all the pickle").

[ 17. February 2016, 07:41: Message edited by: Eutychus ]

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

Of course, the God of the OT was very much a marmalade man...I JAM THAT I JAM.

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

I don't know. In his commentary on Obadaiah 1:17, Matthew Henry refers more generically to

quote:
the salvation and holiness of the gospel, its spread, and the conversion of the Gentiles

without saying which spread he had in mind.

[ 17. February 2016, 08:29: Message edited by: Eutychus ]

Posted by mdijon (# 8520) on :

Behold.

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

Hmm, so my choice comes down to:

Believe that marmite is the spread of Jesus. Eat this, and go to Heaven.
Refuse to eat marmite, and burn forever in Hell.

Pascal's wager is rather easy for me here.

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

Do nutell'others as they do nutella you.

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
...
quote:
the salvation and holiness of the gospel, its spread, and the conversion of the Gentiles
without saying which spread he had in mind.

Tiptree Sweet Tip Raspberry - jam from God's own fruit-garden. [Big Grin]

Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:

quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
...
quote:
the salvation and holiness of the gospel, its spread, and the conversion of the Gentiles
without saying which spread he had in mind.
Tiptree Sweet Tip Raspberry - jam from God's own fruit-garden.

Traitor! Pooh Bear must be raging that you haven't proposed 'hunny'! [Two face]

Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :

The only bears with a starring role in the Bible that I recollect are the two who chomped their way through the children mocking Elisha. It says they were she bears so it is likely that Pooh is a great-great- grandcub of these formidable ladies. I wouldn't get too close as he probably sees the hunny as more of a condiment...

Posted by Augustine the Aleut (# 1472) on :

I am surprised that there is no reference in this thread to the deity Vegemite.

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

That's because we all know what happened to Cain's vegetable-only offering.

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

quote:
Firenze: The only bears with a starring role in the Bible that I recollect are the two who chomped their way through the children mocking Elisha.

Apparently, there are eight Bible verses about bears. (And a *lot* about bearing children.)

[ 17. February 2016, 14:08: Message edited by: LeRoc ]

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

Nine, including Elisha

Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
The only bears with a starring role in the Bible that I recollect are the two who chomped their way through the children mocking Elisha. It says they were she bears so it is likely that Pooh is a great-great- grandcub of these formidable ladies. I wouldn't get too close as he probably sees the hunny as more of a condiment...

I always thought Pooh had a shifty look about him [Big Grin]

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

So, this has wandered from the confessional to Marmite to Bible verses about bears and on to Winnie the Pooh. (Paddington, btw, had no time for Marmite sandwiches. It was marmalade or nothing.)

And on that note, I think we're done here, so -

MORNINGTON CRESCENT!!

Ariel
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