From: "ken.and.alison.adams" Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [rec.humor.oracle.d] Re: Who is this Dore? Date: 27 Dec 1999 12:25:49 +0100 Subject: Re: Who is this Dore? From: tph@acm.org (Tom "Tom" Harrington) Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d In article <38602a2e.8178101@news.mindspring.com>, Paul L. Kelly wrote: >st@ferd2.thristian.org (Screwtape) attempted to infuriate me by >saying: > >>Jason Willoughby schrieb: >>>Pooglian, a beast of pure hatred with purpose malign, wrote: >>>> Hmmm... alt.bible.prophecy, alt.atheism, alt.bible, >>>> alt.flame.jesus.christ... I just wonder how we got selected for >>>> this... >>> >>>Well, Orrie *is* a diety. I suppose the occasional Holy War is >>>necessary to keep up appearances. >> >>Is there a *reason* that every single person I've seen mention the word recently >>spells it "diety" instead of "deity"? Is this some gigantic injoke and nobody >>invited me? Is the Internet Cabal out to get me again? > >Diety: a low-cal, lowfat alternative to original flavor God. Yesterday I went to Walgreen's [ObTWIAVBP: discount drugstore-type place, similar to "Boots" in the UK] to stock up on seasonal symptom suppressants. I picked out the generic equivalent of Tylenol's non-drowsy decongestant, and the generic equivalent of Actifed, my antihistamine of choice. By the register they were selling bibles. I had to wonder if this was the real, brand-name bible that so many people know, or some kind of generic equivalent. You know, all the same basic ingredients, but in this one god's name is "Phil" or something, and Lot's wife turns into a pilar of low-sodium salt substitute. Noah takes his pet dog on Disneyland's "Pirates of the Caribbean". Adam end Eve get evicted from their underpriced apartment. Moses leads his people on a walk down the beach, for 40 minutes. That sort of thing.