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Boat Boy
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Does anyone know if they've ever been seen in the UK? I certainly haven't seen any (thank goodness).
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Lietuvos Sv. Kazimieras
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Oh dear! I here offer and present a completely cringe-inducing video of the re-dedication service for the Aeolian-Skinner organ at St John the Divine in 2008. It is first necessary to endure a half dozen maidens perseveratively waving white banners about (flags of surrender?)until the bendy poles really come into view at about 2 mins 30 secs into this horror flick. Actually, you can see the bendy poles in the east end of the nave almost from the beginning, but they don't get into the procession and start bending about until about two and half mins into the thing. So here it is. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif) ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
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Boat Boy
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What exactly are they meant to be for?
I shan't say what I think of them, since they're from the TEC, so I would probably be accused of 'hateful idiocy' again.
What I will say is how amazing the Cathedral looks.
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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quote:
Originally posted by Boat Boy:
Mamacita - so rude posts like those from Zach are acceptable are they?
Had I arrived on the thread between 21:18 and 22:23 yesterday I would likely have issued a warning. When I reviewed Ecclesiantics last night, Zach82 had already posted an expression of regret, and, as Host, I accepted that.
If you are not ready to move on, you have a couple of options. You can take the issue to Hell. If you want to express further concern over my judgment as a Host, the correct forum for that is the Styx.
Mamacita, Eccles Host
[ 17. July 2012, 13:51: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Lietuvos Sv. Kazimieras
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Originally posted by Boat Boy:
What exactly are they meant to be for?
I shan't say what I think of them, since they're from the TEC, so I would probably be accused of 'hateful idiocy' again.
What I will say is how amazing the Cathedral looks.
What are they for? I'm told they're meant to represent the Holy Spirit. Actually, the ones used at St John the Divine are pretty cool IMO -- just not as liturgical accoutrements. They'd be quite nice in some strictly secular parade or festival. I've actually seen far more pathetic bendy poles in various videos -- ones with just some skimpy little bit of stuff tied on the end. I'm afraid they evidence the mania for banners in the American Church generally. There are all manner of innovative banners to be found - not just in TEC - amongst Christians on the left side of the pond. They're almost all tacky and awful; certainly if they were made after about 1970. Truthfully, I'm not even all that keen on the better made, more traditional ones from the early or mid-20th Century. They're fiddly in procession, and often strike me as rather drab, besides just being more clutter in many instances.
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Comper's Child
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I recently saw my first bendy poles standing in the corner of a parish church. I was at a funeral and my eye caught these odd looking things in the corner. When I inspected them I was horrified to see them! (Just joking)...
I don't think they symbolize anything really, they are just meant to be festive in my estimation.
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JeffTL
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I see bendy poles as a sort of visual incense, though incense itself is mentioned repeatedly in scripture and has the benefit of covering up your neighbor's BO in a way that streamers on bendy poles just don't. While I prefer incense to bendy poles, and consider it a shame when there is a bendy pole but no incense, either is far preferable to giant puppets.
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