6/6/06....
I first posted this a while back, but it seems rather timely --
That would explain why the devil never calls me back….
www.religionnewsblog.com/11134
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/
2005/04/0425_050425_papyrus.html
Believe it or not, the devil’s number, 666, has been revalued to 616 after some ancient papyrus documents have been read by scientists for the first time using new technological techniques, giving us “new” work by Sophocles and showing us this Biblical typo.
This makes me glad I didn’t get that tattoo (just kidding) and reminds me of an old joke about strict verbatim literal interpretation:
www.technologyinvestor.com/login/2004/Nov30-04.php
A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and law of the church, by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head Abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up. In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." So, he goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery, where the original manuscript is held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the old Abbot. So, the young monk gets worried and goes downstairs to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall, and wailing "We forgot the 'R', we forgot the 'R'." His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old Abbot, "What's wrong, father?
"With a choking voice, the old abbot replies, "Celebrate, the word is Celebrate!"
That would explain why the devil never calls me back….
www.religionnewsblog.com/11134
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/
2005/04/0425_050425_papyrus.html
Believe it or not, the devil’s number, 666, has been revalued to 616 after some ancient papyrus documents have been read by scientists for the first time using new technological techniques, giving us “new” work by Sophocles and showing us this Biblical typo.
This makes me glad I didn’t get that tattoo (just kidding) and reminds me of an old joke about strict verbatim literal interpretation:
www.technologyinvestor.com/login/2004/Nov30-04.php
A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and law of the church, by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head Abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up. In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." So, he goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery, where the original manuscript is held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the old Abbot. So, the young monk gets worried and goes downstairs to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall, and wailing "We forgot the 'R', we forgot the 'R'." His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old Abbot, "What's wrong, father?
"With a choking voice, the old abbot replies, "Celebrate, the word is Celebrate!"
posted by John Derrick | 9:54 PM
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