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uncle phil · 07-13-2008, 03:14 AM

Dear Abby,

Our son writes from school that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was raised in a good Christian home turn against his own ?

Redlemon · 07-13-2008, 06:15 AM

If anyone has read "Lamb: The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore, this joke is done much better there... but it requires many many pages of setup. Go read it.

ratbastid · 07-13-2008, 06:39 AM

Oh MAN, go read Lamb right now, if you haven't. One of the most brilliant humor novels of the decade. Then promptly devour the rest of Moore's many novels; he is a sick, brilliant man.

Anxst · 07-13-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ratbastid

Oh MAN, go read Lamb right now, if you haven't. One of the most brilliant humor novels of the decade. Then promptly devour the rest of Moore's many novels; he is a sick, brilliant man.

Entirely agreed. Read them! Read them all!

levite · 07-13-2008, 12:06 PM

Seriously! I have never laughed out loud while reading a book more times than when I was reading Lamb! What a freaking awesome book!!

m0rpheus · 07-13-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ratbastid

Oh MAN, go read Lamb right now, if you haven't. One of the most brilliant humor novels of the decade. Then promptly devour the rest of Moore's many novels; he is a sick, brilliant man.

It's true. I'm just about to start Island of the Sequined Love Nun.

Redlemon · 07-14-2008, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ratbastid

Then promptly devour the rest of Moore's many novels; he is a sick, brilliant man.

You might skip over "Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story", however (unless "You Suck" makes it better, I didn't get that one yet)? I thought that was particularly weak.

And don't read "The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror" until you've read all of his books published prior to that one.

Daniel_ · 07-14-2008, 10:49 AM

I don't get this joke, and I've never heard of the bok, but it sounds interesting.

Can someone explain the joke?

Redlemon · 07-14-2008, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel_

I don't get this joke, and I've never heard of the bok, but it sounds interesting.

Can someone explain the joke?

"Judo" sounds like "Jew-do".

Daniel_ · 07-15-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Redlemon

"Judo" sounds like "Jew-do".

Not in an English accent it don't.

That makes sense now.

Ta.

07-13-2008, 03:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Dear Abby 6 Dear Abby, Our son writes from school that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was raised in a good Christian home turn against his own ? __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-13-2008, 06:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	If anyone has read "Lamb: The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore, this joke is done much better there... but it requires many many pages of setup. Go read it. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

07-13-2008, 12:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
levite Minion of Joss Location: The Windy City	Seriously! I have never laughed out loud while reading a book more times than when I was reading Lamb! What a freaking awesome book!! __________________ Dull sublunary lovers love, Whose soul is sense, cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove That thing which elemented it. (From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)

07-14-2008, 10:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	I don't get this joke, and I've never heard of the bok, but it sounds interesting. Can someone explain the joke? __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

07-13-2008, 06:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Oh MAN, go read Lamb right now, if you haven't. One of the most brilliant humor novels of the decade. Then promptly devour the rest of Moore's many novels; he is a sick, brilliant man.