h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

That's our Saturnine - putting the 'sin' back in 'synopsis'!

This guy is hilarious!

Just been reading his posts and personal space, and he is certainly an entertainer. (Intentional? Who knows?)

Don't bow down to blandness and kick him out..

Ooh crikey.

Do I belong to you lot now?

Hmm .. I mean "don't kick him out" not "kick him out", if that wasn't clear

I understood, mong... mong... Oh, it's no good! No matter how many times I type an 'o' it's never going to make that cool little strike thingy!

Oh, wait, this is Linux, which is far superior to the machinations of the Borg! I can do it /easily/!

møngfish! YAY!!!

Saturnine: read: 'Moving swiftly on, Justin links to an interesting page from his space... it's http://debate.org.uk/topics/apolog/contrads.htm - and the interesting thing is that it admits to Biblical errancy in the form of "translation error," and through various other media which could result in discontinuities.'

That was the synopsis. Though, if you want something better: the article states that there was no errancy in the original texts, though there is error that arrives due to errors resulting from the fragmented nature of the text and mistakes made by copyists. It concludes that though these errors are distracting, they don't seriously imperil our understanding of Christ. I finished by referencing to a joke (which you probably didn't get to) from Red Dwarf. That short enough for you?

Here's something you /might/ read:

Rimmer: I never agreed with my parents' religion but I wouldn't dream of knocking it.
Lister: What were they?
Rimmer: Seventh Day Advent Hoppists. They believed that every Sunday should be spent hopping. They would hop to church, hop through the service and hop back home again.
Lister: What's the idea behind that then?
Rimmer: Well, they took the Bible literally. Adam and Eve, the snake and the apple, everything. Took it word for word. Unfortunately their version had a misprint. It was all based on 1 Corinthians 13, where it says "faith, hop and charity, and the greatest of these is hop." So that's what they did every seventh day. I tell you, Sunday lunchtimes were a nightmare. Hopping around the table serving soup. We all had to wear sou'esters and asbestos underwear.

The interesting thing was that Justin forwards a site referencing this one as a source of enlightenment, when he himself seems to disdain such possibilities.

Colour-in pictures? What do you think we are? We drew the pictures ourselves! Sad to say, I don't know if they use such things to help teach history, on account of my never being in a primary lesson. But I'm sure I can ask. Why, do you want one? Is Saturnine being besieged by the simple desire to have a Christian colouring-in book? Perhap I can send you one for Christmas...

- Jordan

Nope. Still boring. My brain switches off to looooong bits of text these days, unless I know it is interesting.

I was just wondering. When I went to church, they used to have these little plain pamphlet/colouring thingys with Bible bits and pieces. I hated Sunday school. I always wanted to be sat in Holy Communion.

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I don't just suffer mental diarrhoea - I rejoice in it...

^ '...that arrives due to errors resulting from...' should just be '...due to...'

Guess you're not a Red Dwarf fan, then...

I don't think we have those. Sound pretty boring, really. Everyone goes to sacrament meeting in our church, you can skip the lessons if you really want to. What's the point in being bored? And if you have real problems with waiting through all the talks before and after, you don't need to pay attention - one kid I know reads comics while they talk, and no one thinks any the worse of him for it. You can even just turn up for the sacrament and leave, if you feel so inclined.

Now: the idea is that they give you a chance to discuss things you might be curious about, listen to other people's thoughts and make plans and stuff, not that you colour in little pamphlet things! Who were these people, and where did they get their Sunday School licenses from?!? I will arrange for them to be confiscated immediately!

Do you read /books/?

- Jordan

Nope. Not a Red Dwarf fan. When everyone was watching that; I was watching US Chatshows, Late-night MTV and lots of bizarre films. All of which are now popular.

Strange how things work out.

Church was boring. They never had any answers to my questions, and the carpet was itchy. Although after church was fun. We used to have waterfights in the Vicaridge garden. Incited by the vicar himself. Lovely man.

Mind you, it was jampacked with JTP's. Real Jesus-freaks...(not meaning to offend you Jordan by the way, I can distinguish between a nice Christian and a bad Christian)...

Hi Saturnine .

'Me=Welshman' does not constitute an excuse.

I am sorry if you felt miffed that I referred to you as 'he'. Unless someone gives distinct clues as to their gender I tend to default to a random one (i.e. he, she, it or JtP ).

I personally don't give a monkeys as to someone's gender or any other defining characteristic, other than the quality of their mind and the openness of their heart.

Blessings,
Matholwch the Apostate /|\.

JtP is a gender, now...

'Mathy, Pathy, pudding and pie,
Kissed the Justin's and made them cry!
And when the fans come out to play,
JtP's will run away!'

Why not try using gender-free pronouns? They're incredibly useful when you don't know someone's sex...

he/she/it = sie;
him/her/it = hir;
his/hers/its = hirs;
etc...

Lucinda wrote something about it...

- Jordan

Math, I don't mind that much. I just thought it was obvious I was a delicate little girlie!

I though you were a girl - mainly because the closest figure I know to you is a girl, and she's a great person. I guessed you weren't that bothered, though I didn't say so for fear of being considered presumptuous!

Bye folks, it's definitely past my bed time now!

- Jordan

Don't forget your !

*waves*

OK, OK, I'm weak...

[Grabs and sucks thumb contentedly]

[Removes thumb from mouth and fixes eyes on Saturnine, looking quizzical]

Hey, how come your up so late?

- Jordan

Im usually up until about 4-5am these days...brain works better at this time You'll find I rant less.

Heee-heee hee... Ha ha ha... No, stop, before I pee myself!

Phew... I love being tickled, but I hate it too... It's so awful for something that feels so great - and I'm improbably tickly, so just about anything does it!

I know how you feel, my brain works best in the evening... but 4-5 am? I start to die slowly and lose all feeling in my head at around that time.

Are you also practising a nocturnal lifestyle?

[Craftily s Saturnine from behind]

- Jordan

*s Jordan back*

All the boys are tickling me in threads...heeeeeeeeeylp!!!!!

I'm about ready to go to bed now. Want to do some reading.

But I've always been nocturnal. No practising needed!!!!

Well, good luck getting to bed some time soon - I've been promising for the past four - no, how time flies, it's six now - hours!

Moah ha ha! It's a conspiracy - you're just so ticklable!

See you today. Later. Today. Later today. See you later today. Oh, brother...

- Jordanzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

See you in about 8 hours!

Bed! Let's go! Together! But...um...not...if you understand...