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Before You Regret |
Before You Regret
HARUN YAHYA
www.harunyahya.com
Occasionally a person faces various physical and spiritual sorrows and
troubles in the world. Amongst these are feelings so intense that they
cannot be compared with any other physical pain. This feeling that
causes such great distress in the human soul is a feeling called
'regret'.
There are two completely different forms of regret, however. The regret
felt by people of faith and the regret that non-believers experience.
Believers are the people who have an absolute faith in the fact that
events take place by God's Will, and whatever befalls them does so by
God's Will. This explains their all-important distinctive attribute of
putting their unyielding trust in God, at good times, in trouble or
when they make a mistake. Upon making a mistake, a believer immediately
repents with sincerity and hopes for God's forgiveness. As a result, he
does not suffer from a distressful and long-lived feeling of regret.
The regret felt by believers urges them to ask for repentance, to
purify themselves and prevents them from repeating this error. It helps
them rectify their errors and prevents them from plunging into a
distressful and pessimistic mood. Moreover, this regret does not reduce
their enthusiasm, devotion, or religious zeal nor does it drag them
downward into a spiral of apprehension and depression.
Regret felt by disbelievers, on the other hand, is very distressing and
constant, as they do not put their trust in God when they encounter a
difficulty or commit a transgression. Throughout their lives, they
often use phrases like "I wish I had not done this..." "I wish I had
never said this...", and so on.
More importantly, they are subject to a much greater regret in the
Hereafter. Those who lived a life apart from the religion (deen) in
this world will regret every moment of their lives. They were warned
before and invited to the straight path. They had enough time to
contemplate and embrace the right way. Yet they did not listen when
they were warned, ignoring the Hereafter as if they would never die.
Then in the Hereafter, they will have no chance to get back to this
world and correct their errors. In the Qur'an, their regretful
expressions are related as follows:
We have warned you of an imminent punishment on the Day when a man will
see what he has done, and the disbeliever will say, 'Oh, if only I were
dust!' (Surat an-Naba': 40)
If only you could see when they are standing before the Fire and
saying, 'Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we would not deny the
Signs of our Lord and we would be among the believers.' (Surat
al-An'am: 27)
They will say:
They will say, 'If only we had really listened and used our intellect,
we would not have been Companions of the Blaze.' (Surat al-Mulk: 10)
Keep in mind that that day no one's regret will save him from God's
wrath. The only way to avoid this regret is to submit to God while
there is still time and to comply with the commands of God.
Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from God which cannot be turned
back. On that Day you will have no hiding-place and no means of denial.
(Surat ash-Shura: 49)
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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06 Sep 2005 02:34:55 PM |
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<harunyahya2011@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1125942656.393968.102350@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Before You Regret
Before you troll............
<snippage of nonsense>
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
Science doesn't burn people at the stake for disagreeing - Vic Sagerquist
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| User: "Ron Baker, Pluralitas!" |
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05 Sep 2005 06:00:11 PM |
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<harunyahya2011@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1125942656.393968.102350@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
<snip>
Why would God care whether we believed in him?
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rb #2187
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| User: "Santolina chamaecyparissus" |
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06 Sep 2005 02:44:23 AM |
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wrote:
There are two completely different forms of regret, however. The regret
felt by people of faith and the regret that non-believers experience.
True. Believers regret those couple of times they didn't go to church
because they didn't feel like going, and I regret all the potential
fucking I missed when I was younger. Believers regret voting for a
democrat once, I regret not putting $1000 on the Derby trifecta.
Believers regret getting drunk once back in college and blaspheming the
Holy Ghost, I regret not getting drunk earlier in my life and
blaspheming the Holy Ghost more times than I already have.
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| User: "Ben Goren" |
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06 Sep 2005 04:18:42 AM |
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Santolina chamaecyparissus wrote:
harunyahya2011@yahoo.com wrote:
There are two completely different forms of regret,
however. The regret felt by people of faith and the regret that
non-believers experience.
True. Believers regret those couple of times they didn't go to
church because they didn't feel like going, and I regret all the
potential fucking I missed when I was younger. Believers regret
voting for a democrat once, I regret not putting $1000 on the
Derby trifecta. Believers regret getting drunk once back in
college and blaspheming the Holy Ghost, I regret not getting
drunk earlier in my life and blaspheming the Holy Ghost more
times than I already have.
Hmmm...good point. It /has/ been a while, hasn't it? So,
okay. Here goes.
***** Jesus, ***** the Father, ***** the Son...and, /most/
especially, ***** the Holy Ghost. ***** it with a rusty chainsaw. On
low speed. Sideways. And NO LUBE!
Cheers,
b&
P.S. Afterwards, pour a bunch of that ``Blood of Christ''
communion wine into its bleeding *****...and then light it on fire.
b&
--
BAAWA Knight of Blasphemy
All but God can prove this sentence true.
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| User: "Vivapadrepios personal Cthulhu" |
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06 Sep 2005 05:42:48 AM |
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Cometh the hour, cometh
who, with imperceptibly subtle footwork in alt.atheism, gave us this:
Occasionally a person faces various physical and spiritual sorrows and
troubles in the world. Amongst these are feelings so intense that they
cannot be compared with any other physical pain. This feeling that
causes such great distress in the human soul is a feeling called
'regret'.
If guilt is your strongest emotion, you are, by definition, completely
fucked up.
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David Silverman F.L.A.H.N. aa #2208
Either religion goes or civilisation does. It's that simple.
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| User: "Vivapadrepios personal Cthulhu" |
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06 Sep 2005 05:46:25 AM |
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Cometh the hour, cometh
who, with imperceptibly subtle footwork in alt.atheism, gave us this:
There are two completely different forms of regret, however. The regret
felt by people of faith and the regret that non-believers experience.
Yeah, non-believers have regrets too. Like, for example, not having
done enough to make others see sense. Tell me, if you're bothering to
read the replies o paste and run troll, what evidence do you have that
there are any gods?
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David Silverman F.L.A.H.N. aa #2208
Either religion goes or civilisation does. It's that simple.
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| User: "Enkidu the Atheist" |
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05 Sep 2005 06:37:43 PM |
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I only regret not plonking your sorry ***** sooner.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
PGP ID: 0xC4CE8CF0
These televangelists say they don't favor any particular denomination, but
I think
we've all seen their eyes light up at tens and twenties...
-- Dennis Miller
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| User: "Josef Balluch" |
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05 Sep 2005 09:49:50 PM |
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In a message sent 'round the world, poured fuel
on the fire with the following:
Before You Regret ...
.... you will have gretted.
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| User: "Steve Knight" |
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06 Sep 2005 12:22:20 AM |
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:49:50 -0400, Josef Balluch
<josef.balluch@sympatico.can> wrote:
In a message sent 'round the world, poured fuel
on the fire with the following:
Before You Regret ...
... you will have gretted.
Time out....
I don't think that's right. I think it's Pregretted. How can you
regret something if you don't pregret it first? It makes perfect
sense.
Warlord Steve
BAAWA
www.sonic.net/~wooly
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| User: "Josef Balluch" |
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06 Sep 2005 12:47:55 AM |
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In a message sent 'round the world, Steve Knight poured fuel on the fire
with the following:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:49:50 -0400, Josef Balluch
<josef.balluch@sympatico.can> wrote:
In a message sent 'round the world, poured fuel
on the fire with the following:
Before You Regret ...
... you will have gretted.
Time out....
I don't think that's right. I think it's Pregretted. How can you
regret something if you don't pregret it first? It makes perfect
sense.
I quite agree that a pregret would precede a regret. But one should not
make the mistake of equating a gret with a pregret. IOW, a pregret
precedes a gret, which precedes a regret.
Hope that helps!
Josef
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| User: "stoney" |
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11 Sep 2005 05:59:47 PM |
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 20:47:55 -0400, Josef Balluch
<josef.balluch@sympatico.can> wrote:
In a message sent 'round the world, Steve Knight poured fuel on the fire
with the following:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:49:50 -0400, Josef Balluch
<josef.balluch@sympatico.can> wrote:
In a message sent 'round the world, poured fuel
on the fire with the following:
Before You Regret ...
... you will have gretted.
Time out....
I don't think that's right. I think it's Pregretted. How can you
regret something if you don't pregret it first? It makes perfect
sense.
I quite agree that a pregret would precede a regret. But one should not
make the mistake of equating a gret with a pregret. IOW, a pregret
precedes a gret, which precedes a regret.
OUCH! [mind-pretzeling 101]
Hope that helps!
Josef
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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06 Sep 2005 06:09:01 AM |
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 19:22:20 -0500, Steve Knight wrote
(in article <3aoph15crfrp0o8fe14ktfbv13mfnotcr5@4ax.com>):
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:49:50 -0400, Josef Balluch
<josef.balluch@sympatico.can> wrote:
In a message sent 'round the world, poured fuel
on the fire with the following:
Before You Regret ...
... you will have gretted.
Time out....
I don't think that's right. I think it's Pregretted. How can you
regret something if you don't pregret it first? It makes perfect
sense.
To hell with the gretting, the pregretting, or even the regretting, let us go
straight to the gutting.
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
³Fillin' in the biblical cracks with the spackle of speculation, I
see.³-GlennGlenn
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| User: "stoney" |
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11 Sep 2005 05:59:04 PM |
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On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:22:20 GMT, Steve Knight <wooly@sonic.net>
wrote:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:49:50 -0400, Josef Balluch
<josef.balluch@sympatico.can> wrote:
In a message sent 'round the world, poured fuel
on the fire with the following:
Before You Regret ...
... you will have gretted.
Time out....
I don't think that's right. I think it's Pregretted. How can you
regret something if you don't pregret it first? It makes perfect
sense.
Pregrettion is only authorized if you've greased the right palms and
gotten the right stamps on your paper work.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "JTEM" |
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12 Sep 2005 04:19:26 AM |
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"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote
Pregrettion is only authorized if you've greased the right
palms and gotten the right stamps on your paper work.
That sounds dirty, almost vulgar.
Say it again, please.
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| User: "stoney" |
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14 Sep 2005 03:22:32 AM |
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:19:26 -0400, "JTEM" <gymraven@hotmail.com>
wrote:
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote
Pregrettion is only authorized if you've greased the right
palms and gotten the right stamps on your paper work.
That sounds dirty, almost vulgar.
LOL!!!
Say it again, please.
Pregrettion is only authorized if you've greased the right
palms and gotten the right stamps on your paper work.
;)
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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06 Sep 2005 03:05:02 AM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Steve Knight
(wooly@sonic.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:49:50 -0400, Josef Balluch
<josef.balluch@sympatico.can> wrote:
In a message sent 'round the world, poured
fuel on the fire with the following:
Before You Regret ...
... you will have gretted.
Time out....
I don't think that's right. I think it's Pregretted. How can you
regret something if you don't pregret it first? It makes perfect
sense.
Well, at some point you do have to gret. Otherwise you cannot pregret
or regret.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
Plonked by Raytard
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| User: "Enkidu the Atheist" |
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06 Sep 2005 12:29:24 AM |
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Steve Knight <wooly@sonic.net> wrote in
news:3aoph15crfrp0o8fe14ktfbv13mfnotcr5@4ax.com:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:49:50 -0400, Josef Balluch
<josef.balluch@sympatico.can> wrote:
In a message sent 'round the world, poured
fuel on the fire with the following:
Before You Regret ...
... you will have gretted.
Time out....
I don't think that's right. I think it's Pregretted. How can you
regret something if you don't pregret it first? It makes perfect
sense.
And postgret. Where does it come in? After regret? Are postregret and
repostgret the same?
--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
PGP ID: 0xC4CE8CF0
Praying is like a rocking chair -- it'll give you something to do, but
it won't get you anywhere.
-- Gypsy Rose Lee
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| User: "stoney" |
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10 Sep 2005 04:28:43 PM |
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On 5 Sep 2005 10:50:56 -0700, wrote:
Before You Regret
Go ***** youself, in-bred fuckwit.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "raven1" |
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05 Sep 2005 07:56:21 PM |
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On 5 Sep 2005 10:50:56 -0700, wrote:
Regret felt by disbelievers, on the other hand, is very distressing and
constant, as they do not put their trust in God when they encounter a
difficulty or commit a transgression. Throughout their lives, they
often use phrases like "I wish I had not done this..." "I wish I had
never said this...", and so on.
My only regret is that I bothered to waste ten seconds replying to
this crap.
---
"This is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause"
- Padme Amidala, Episode III
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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05 Sep 2005 05:53:41 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet (harunyahya2011@yahoo.com)
made the light shine upon us with this:
Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from God which cannot be turned
back. On that Day you will have no hiding-place and no means of denial.
Christerthreats carry no weight here. We do not share your idiotic
delusions.
<plonk>
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
Plonked by Raytard
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| User: "Llanzlan Klazmon" |
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06 Sep 2005 02:17:59 AM |
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Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com> wrote in news:Xns96C86EE9564D3vicman@
216.196.97.136:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet (harunyahya2011@yahoo.com)
made the light shine upon us with this:
Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from God which cannot be turned
back. On that Day you will have no hiding-place and no means of denial.
Christerthreats carry no weight here. We do not share your idiotic
delusions.
Vic, this particular loon is a moslem.
Klazmon.
<plonk>
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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06 Sep 2005 03:03:07 AM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Llanzlan Klazmon
(Klazmon@llurdiaxorb.govt) made the light shine upon us with this:
Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com> wrote in news:Xns96C86EE9564D3vicman@
216.196.97.136:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet
(harunyahya2011@yahoo.com) made the light shine upon us with this:
Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from God which cannot be
turned back. On that Day you will have no hiding-place and no means
of denial.
Christerthreats carry no weight here. We do not share your idiotic
delusions.
Vic, this particular loon is a moslem.
Klazmon.
I noticed that after I posted. Oh, well. Same thing. Notice, though how
he says "Respond to your lord". Sounds like there are several, eh?
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/
Plonked by Raytard
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