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Thread: Eccles: Pearls Before Swine: The Parish Magazine of St Bastard's and the Nibbles
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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quote: Originally posted by Magnum Mysterium: quote: Originally posted by Nunc Dimittis: Would it be permissable for this bishop to wear the following outfit? I think s/he could pose as one of the dancing-persons missioning at the bar:
Black stiletto heels Black fishnet stockings Black suspenders Black feathered G-string Black Victorian corset Black elbow-length gloves White Anglican collar (no stock).
Dear Father Dimittis,
The Verger seems to think that your inventory for the bishop is inappropriate - not the nature of the apparel, per se, but the colour of same. Would not an episcopal purple be far more, ahem, fitting, for his Lordship?
Yours,
Magnum Mysterium (Mr) Executive Assistant to the Verger Polisher of the Verge General nuisance to all others.
Oh of course. My bad. But the mitre should be gold and white, i think. For missions, you know.
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Rev per Minute
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As memory serves, Nunc, don't you have the appropriate corset for His Grace to use in the service?
I am pleased to see this thread reach two pages, which is more than the St Bastard's Parish Magazine has ever done. dyfrig, as our contact with this suffering parish, can you tell us how Fr Tuatt and his parishioners are planning to celebrate the holy mysteries of Christmas - sorry, Virginmas - this year?
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Divine Outlaw
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quote: Originally posted by dyfrig: ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEURS NEEDED for our Christmas show. Anyone and everyone welcome to join in our specially written comedy drama about Anglican mission in the Wild West, "Gunfight at the OK Choral Evensong". All enquiries: the Verger, Mary Twerp (Miss).
Isn't it just amazing that they are doing this after their recent tragedy? It shows that there are still places where they keep their peckers up.
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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quote: Originally posted by Nunc Dimittis: Would it be permissable for this bishop to wear the following outfit....?
The role of Brian Brindley will be played by Brian Blessed.
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Saviour Tortoise
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Only just got round to reading this thread.
All I can say is Dyfrig.
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Puppycat
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quote: Originally posted by MarkE: Only just got round to reading this thread.
All I can say is Dyfrig.
Me too. I love it. Hard to keep from laughing out loud as I read, I'm at work and they'd be asking me what I'm up to if I started cracking up.
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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quote: As memory serves, Nunc, don't you have the appropriate corset for His Grace to use in the service?
I am sure arrangements can be made...
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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I now understand the meaning of the phrase "incandescant with rage".
I have also learned that there are far more swear words in the English language than I thought.
It had been a quiet weekend in the burns unit. Then, after he'd had the parish magazine delivered to his bedside, Father went ballistic.
Whether it is actually appropriate for a man of the cloth to use that sort of language about the verger is a moot point - I shall have to check Canon Law when I get home - but we were certainly grateful that Father was stuck to his bed with a tube up his nose, otherwise there could have been some serious damage.
Anyway, the reason for his diatribe was that the blasted verger Mary has been throwing her weight about since the fire. Not only has she carried on with the Christmas play despite everything, she has also pushed through a couple of emergency measures at PCC!
As of last Thursday, the St Bastard New Living Water Church Plant has been officially resident at the School (meetings 11am and 6pm Sundays), - AND it has also appointed Pastor Clint Oris to provide interim pastoral care!
The Bishop is coming on Friday - the night of the play. Oh my God.
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Nunc Dimittis
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There's nothing worse than a verger who does not take the tradition of his or her role with the extreme seriousness it deserves...
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Due to the current situation, the Feast of Pinochet, General and Martyr, will be celebrated at the home of Mr & Mrs Tuatt (please bring your own missals).
Propers for Evening Prayer::
Psalms LVIII, LXXXII I Samuel I, vv. 5 to 15 Matthew I, vv. 1 to 8 & 15 to 18
Anthem: Denethor (Tolkein) Volunteers for the choir needed. [ 19. January 2004, 13:57: Message edited by: dyfrig ]
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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you rang? I can sing in runes, if required.
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basso
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quote: Originally posted by Chorister: you rang? I can sing in runes, if required.
I can sing in tune, if required.
b.
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jlg
What is this place? Why am I here?
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Spanish and Latin; alto.
Many years experience acting as though nothing is wrong during liturgical musical disasters.
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magnum mysterium
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Will Benediction follow Evening Prayer at this feast?
Happy to conduct the choir, if a minimum tat quota is met.
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Chorister
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Well I intend to bring my choir robes; but can someone please lend me a missal. Which chant book would you like me to bring for the psalms - The (New) Cathedral Chant Book, red or blue, zero starred, one starred, or two starred version? Surely not the all-in-one Parish Psalter? And is the pointing as in the Oxford Psalter? Important information is lacking here, Dyfrig.
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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Dear friends,
It was my spiritual director, Father Eric Hunt, who often reminded me to check the readings before a service - the Old Testament reading for the forthcoming festival should, of course, be from chapter XIII. Many thanks to Lolita Brightley for pointing out my error!
We all know why we have to meet "unofficially" for this feast, so I won't go into the details here. Suffice to say that myself and the Curate are exploring every avenue, ecclesiastical and legal, to challenge the bishop's shameful decision to remove our licenses on Christmas Day. Ironically, it was good king Charles II who barred those dreadful Dissenters from holding conventicals - now we find ourselves having to the same, upholding the true faith against episcopal error. Like the holy martyrs before us, we are now forced to meet in secret, fearful that any minute the authorities will break down the door and haul us off to the Collusseum. I'm sure it's not escaped anyone's notice that these events occurred in the 70th year from the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Let the reader understand.
Keep heart, dear friends - it is only because of brave souls like us that the true flame has burnt in England! Volunteers for the washing up rota are especially welcome.
Your Father in god,
Derek. [ 20. January 2004, 09:53: Message edited by: dyfrig ]
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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I'll do the washing up. Goes with the job of being an organist you know.
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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Dear friends,
Do I hear an "Amen"?
A great apostle I once knew, Brother Nigel Hitler, often reminded me to check the Spirit before a service - the message last Sunday was, of course, based on the story of the story of the man born blind and not Onan. Many thanks to Sister Sian for pointing out my error!
We all know why we have to meet in the school., so I won't go into the details here. Suffice to say that myself and Sub-Pastor Presley are exploring all avenues in finding a more conducive setting for bringing the gospel to this town. Do I hear an "Amen"?. The persecution we suffer should surprise no-one. Like the holy martyrs before us, we are now forced to meet in secret, fearful that any minute the authorities will break down the door and haul us off to the Collusseum. I'm sure it's not escaped anyone's notice that last year was the 70th year from the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Let the reader understand.
Do I hear an "Amen"?
Keep heart, dear friends - it is only because of brave souls like us that the true flame has burnt in Britain! Volunteers for the washing up rota are especially welcome.
Your brother, spiritual father, pastor and mentor in God,
Clinton Zebediah Oris III.
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Rowen
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Oh, what the heck.
Amen, then.
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Sine Nomine*
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Aaaa-Men. Thank-you Jeeee-sus. Praise the Lord.
(Pass the ammunition.)
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Divine Outlaw
Gin-soaked boy
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(sings) Faith of our fathers, living still, in spite of dungeon, fire and sword... [ 05. February 2004, 11:55: Message edited by: Divine Outlaw-Dwarf ]
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St. Punk the Pious
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My! So much time has passed and so much has happened since the last newsletter. Could we be updated as to how Father Clinton came to St. Bastard's?
And how is the (former?) rector doing? The poor man.
Oh, and, uh, amen. (I get a bit confused when something isn't in the BCP. )
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Chorister opens her well-thumbed 'Messiah' copy up at the last 6 pages. Now, it was an Amen you wanted, right?
Pants, Dies Irae and Garfield join in. Everyone else tries to shut them up......
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Justinian
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*inserts earplugs*
*Joins in singing as horribly off key as he can manage*
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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quote: Keep heart, dear friends - it is only because of brave souls like us that the true flame has burnt in Britain! Volunteers for the washing up rota are especially welcome.
I said: "I WILL DO THE FRICKING WASHING UP." Can we move on now?
Oh yes.
Ay-meeeen.
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Sprocket
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quote: Originally posted by Rhisiart: quote: Originally posted by Chorister: Mr. Cool wishes it to be known that he would rather not be known by the more traditional title of Fr. but by the rather more 'user-friendly' one of Daddy.
As in:
"Daddy, Daddy Cool..."
?
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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Or Sweet Sweet Precious Precious Sweet Daddy?
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Siegfried
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quote: Originally posted by Nunc Dimittis: Or Sweet Sweet Precious Precious Sweet Daddy?
oh crap [ 09. February 2004, 17:43: Message edited by: Siegfried ]
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Sine Nomine*
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Hey, that's everybody's all-time favorite MW report. Reading it always cheers me up if I'm down.
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RuthW
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We still periodically get complaints about it.
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Pax Britannica
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No longer -- the pre-2002 reports have all been culled. Cap'n's orders. See thread on Styx.
So what will now cheer Sine Nomine up?
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Sine Nomine*
Ship's backstabbing bastard
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Liquor.
But aside from that, I copied it last year.
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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From: Bishop Windward Miller <wyme@blessedvirgin.net> To: Archdeacon Vernon Snodely <grantley@barchester.com> Date: 24 Feb 04 Subject: These turbulent priests
Look, I don't give a flying buttress what any of them said. Bottom line is this: Tuatt isn't fit to oversee a stationary cupboard, Langley-Williams is better of somewhere else (like the Falklands) and if the rest of 'em want to go and play with Mr Oris and his band of fundies that's entirely up to them - sadly we no longer imprison people for not being Anglican. Who goes to Bastardville is ultimately my choice. I'm bloody bishop here, matey boy. Frankly, I'm minded to Pastoral Measure the dump out of existence and put them in with Mother Mary and her "friend" over at St Jezebel's - they'd love her Vaginal Mass, I'm sure.
That's an end of it, do you understand?
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St. Punk the Pious
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Dear Fr Tuatt and the orthodox faithful brethern of St. Bastards,
It has come to our attention that you are being persecuted by your revisionist bishop. Our prayers are with you. Please contact us if we can be of assistance, perhaps with AEO. (+Cool calls it Awesome Episcopal Oversight. haha)
Yours in Christ, Canon Joe Cannon director, More Anglican Than Thou International
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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Well, that's it. All done and dusted. Quite a difficult service, but this has been a difficult benefice.
The congregation gathered near the ruins of the church in four distinct groups because of the increasingly bitter infighting in the congregations.
Bishop Windy Millar led the larger group of middle-of-the-roaders; Bishop Eric Hunt, auxiliary suffragen of Mother-cum-Lightly (with special responsibility for parishes that have passed resolution C) led a smaller group who weren't happy to accept communion at the hands of +Windy; the country parson Dalziel Menzies-Duplessis-Grouyer was brought in by the local branch of the English Prayer Book Club to offer alternative presidential oversight to those who were out of communion with the Archdeacon; and Mother Confabula Stitch of the Catholic United National Trusteeship (who are technically out of communion even with themselves) had three people with her behind a gravestone.
A long altar was laid through the churchyard, each president taking his or her place along it, and "concelebrating" the Sacrifice of the Communion of the Lord's Holy Supper Altar-Table - insofar as people using Rite A, Order Two (Traditional), the Roman Rite and the BCP can be said to be concelebrating.
The worship band played, "Lord we really just want to sing of how just wonderful you are and I just wanna love you" to Howells in Ab minor and Fr Tolstoy was dug up to express his new ministry of liturgical dance on the theme of "Unity".
At the end of the service, +Windy read out the official legal documents that officially closed the church, dissolved the parish and granted the cure of souls to the Rector of Great Porridge. There was some disruption when two groups of protestors - members of the United Free Bible-believing Church of the True Living Spirit of Christ and the Continuing Catholic Apostolic Anglican One Holy Church - got into a fight over who got the overhead projector.
We were then exhorted to go forth in the peace of Christ.
And then we all went home.
THE END
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Nunc Dimittis
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:killing me:
I hope that wasn't the end of St Bastard's and the Nibbles altogether...
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jlg
What is this place? Why am I here?
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Surveys the mess left behind after the services. Purses her lips, takes a few swipes with her mobcap, and begins cleaing up...
Tat and prayers, this book and that book, thuribles, beeswax, this has to be linen, that has to be a special color, gotta walk the right direction! Candle wax on the altar cloths, soot from the thurible, water stains from all that sprinkling fol-de-rol.
Then the other groups! Guitars and wires lying everywhichway and everywhere. Millions of photocopied song sheets left lying about. Grape juice stains on the pew cushions.
But do any of them know how to clean up after themselves? Noooooooo.....
It all looks the same to the charwoman, it does.
...wanders off, still mumbling to herself.
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Sacristan
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Excuse us... Anglo-Catholics always keep a neat sacristy. One must be able to access everything at a moment's notice. What if there were a sudden need for tat for an emergency "Ordination of Sub-Deacons and Solemn Pontifical High Mass in the Presence of A Greater Prelate and The Most Holy Sacrament Exposed, together with May Crowning and the Rogation Procession?" A place for everything and everything in its place.
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St. Punk the Pious
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From the More Anglican Digest, the newsletter of More Anglican Than Thou International:
Faithful, Orthodox, Godly Parish Closed!
As we sent this newsletter to the presses, it came to our attention that the good faithful people of St. Bastard's and the Nibbles had their parish closed by their dictatorial revisionist bishop.
The Dang Right Reverend Mark Cool said he was disturbed by this development. "Man, I am bummed. I had just finished 1928 BCP Morning Prayer on the beach for my surfer dudes when I heard the news. It definitely blew my vibe."
Bishop Cool will look further into this. "Yeah, if we have to stand up to the man, or woman as it may be, we'll do it. We may establish a new parish under my Awesome Episcopal Oversight or AEO, bro. But I'll talk to ya later, man. I gotta catch some waves to help me chill out."
We'll let you know of any new developments in our next newsletter.
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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Mark, you have claimed to be in Texas for lo these many years (lo these many, count 'em, lo these many). But that post was straight out of Orange County, California. shudder
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peapod
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Just starting out and found this thread.
what an awful parish! Still at least they seemed to agree that it is permissible to sing in church.
Who got the overhead projector?
Peapod
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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(Part 94)
UP4IT The Official Newsletter of ELIABWACU (The East Lincolnshire Institute of Agriculture and Basket Weaving Christian Union)
Advance Warning!
In September, Jezebel Mekon is taking a group to the national convention of the Sacramental Society. This year it's called "Jesus H Christ! - Just go to Mass, already". Anyone wanting to go on the trip or join the SS should speak to Jezebel after Prayer Breakfast & Benediction in the portakabin.
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dyfrig
Blue Scarfed Menace
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The News of the Church, 31 January 2005, page 94
WANTED: Ordained minister for Legit! (formerly St Bastard's Parish Church), to assist in running of new Anglican worship centre and outreach cafe. A traditional parish needs clergy with their fingers on the nub of youth. Cottas provided, but please bring own flannelgraph. Previous applicants need not apply. Enquiries to Obadiah Mekon, 37 The Swallows, Westerbury.
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Rev per Minute
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quote: Originally posted by dyfrig: WANTED: Ordained minister for Legit! (formerly St Bastard's Parish Church)...<snip>
May I enquire about the post - I'm not yet ordained, but I'm sure that's a minor concern. Is there such a thing as a 'Parish Profile'?
I would not claim to have my finger on the nub of youth - not since the unfortunate incident with the Youth Club - but no charges were pressed. I'm sure I could acquire a flannelgraph (is this like cricket whites?)
Grateful for your earliest response (best not to seal the envelope - the hospital likes to check for any sharp objects)
Yours
The not-quite-Rev'd RPM
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