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"Les Hemmings" |
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19 Jan 2008 09:59:55 PM |
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Triple Seven "touched by God" |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by the
captain - he did a textbook crash land."
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this sort
of twaddle.
L
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Remove Frontal Lobes to reply direct.
http://armsofmorpheus.blogspot.com/
Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA
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20 Jan 2008 03:02:20 AM |
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"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in
news:5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net to alt.atheism on 20 Jan 2008:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this
sort of twaddle.
L
Generally, we are. Where I live, however, things are dire. Yesterday I
had to run a gauntlet of god-botherers practically from my front door
into the centre of town. One conversation went like this:
"Hello"
"Is this about religion?"
"No"
"So, it's not about religion, or are you just splitting hairs?"
"We just want to talk to you about Jesus -"
"So you _are_ splitting hairs, it is about religion, and the answer's 'no
thanks'. *Goodbye*".
We used to have a decent bookshop and two university campuses that were
closed down a couple of years ago because the local "university", which
used to be a polytechnic, upped sticks and moved to more prestigious
accommodation.
This they call "regeneration". Every local business park is infested with
"redeemed church of this" and "That Ministry".
--
David Silverman D.B.E.
aa #2208
Lord Mayor of Dis
Lawful copyright holder of the term "Earthquack".
The monkeys are loose in the library again. They're gibbbering something
about "Answers In Genesis".
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| User: "Mr D. Mr" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
20 Jan 2008 02:20:19 AM |
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"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by
the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this
sort of twaddle.
Make a complaint:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/make_complaint_step1.shtml
The quote is used as a title -- and completely misrepresents the tone and
content of the item...
M.
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| User: "DanielSan" |
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20 Jan 2008 03:32:37 AM |
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Les Hemmings said the following on 1/19/2008 7:59 PM:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by the
captain - he did a textbook crash land."
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this sort
of twaddle.
From the quote, I'd say that, if I were to fly in a plane, I certainly
wouldn't want to be "touched by God"...
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* DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226 *
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* "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act *
* of the whole American people which declared that *
* their legislature should make no law respecting *
* an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the *
* free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of *
* separation between church and state." *
* --Thomas Jefferson, 1802 *
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| User: "Opus-" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
20 Jan 2008 11:31:48 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:32:37 -0800, DanielSan
<danielsan1977@gmail.com> spake thusly:
Les Hemmings said the following on 1/19/2008 7:59 PM:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by the
captain - he did a textbook crash land."
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this sort
of twaddle.
From the quote, I'd say that, if I were to fly in a plane, I certainly
wouldn't want to be "touched by God"...
Wouldn't it have been easier for gawd to simply keep the engines
running?
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jbuchy@hotmail.com
(Jim, daddy to Lesleigh [Autistic] 04/20/94)
"With God, all atrocities are acceptable and embraced"
Please note: All unsolicited e-mail sent to me may, at
my discretion, be posted in this newsgroup verbatim.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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21 Jan 2008 01:11:32 AM |
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:31:48 GMT, Opus- <jbuchy@shaw.ca> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:32:37 -0800, DanielSan
<danielsan1977@gmail.com> spake thusly:
Les Hemmings said the following on 1/19/2008 7:59 PM:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by the
captain - he did a textbook crash land."
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this sort
of twaddle.
From the quote, I'd say that, if I were to fly in a plane, I certainly
wouldn't want to be "touched by God"...
Wouldn't it have been easier for gawd to simply keep the engines
running?
That would not have been a test of faith in technology.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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20 Jan 2008 04:28:47 AM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:32:37 -0800, DanielSan
<danielsan1977@gmail.com> wrote:
Les Hemmings said the following on 1/19/2008 7:59 PM:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by the
captain - he did a textbook crash land."
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this sort
of twaddle.
From the quote, I'd say that, if I were to fly in a plane, I certainly
wouldn't want to be "touched by God"...
Especially if you were in the toilet.
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| User: "Santolina chamaecyparissus" |
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19 Jan 2008 10:08:24 PM |
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On Jan 19, 7:59=A0pm, "Les Hemmings" <les.frontalcla...@lobesvirgin.net>
wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God.
In America you can go to jail for that.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 AM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in 5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net,
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by
the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"You know, I'd get it if people were just looking for a
way to fill the holes. But they want the holes. They wanna
live in the holes. And they go nuts when someone else
pours dirt in their holes.
"Climb out of your holes people!"
- Dr. House, on faith
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| User: "johac" |
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21 Jan 2008 12:26:17 AM |
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In article <98bc65-c8h.ln1@75-104-203-43.cust.wildblue.net>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in 5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net,
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by
the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
LOL! Bravo!
--
John #1782
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| User: "SkyEyes" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
20 Jan 2008 11:11:02 AM |
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On Jan 20, 9:59=A0am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in 5vfv9fF1mo93...@mid.individual.net,
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalcla...@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by
the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
<Mopping up> Dammit, Bilbo, I don't care if you do this to me during
the work-week when it's my employer's keyboard getting gummed up, but
I'm at home using my own computer this morning! I have to pay to
replace this keyboard myself!
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes nine at cox dot net
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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20 Jan 2008 02:06:25 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:11:02 -0800 in
68e95ced-985e-4ee0-90b2-4f0bf1fcc232@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com, SkyEyes
<skyeyes9@cox.net> wrote:
On Jan 20, 9:59 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in
5vfv9fF1mo93...@mid.individual.net,
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalcla...@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
<Mopping up> Dammit, Bilbo, I don't care if you do this to me during the
work-week when it's my employer's keyboard getting gummed up, but I'm at
home using my own computer this morning! I have to pay to replace this
keyboard myself!
<twirls mustache while chuckling evilly>
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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“We move toward a lofty ideal. 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
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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20 Jan 2008 11:31:02 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in 5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net,
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by
the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
:D
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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20 Jan 2008 11:32:41 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in 5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net,
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by
the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
"Here. On my tailpipe."
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| User: "Christopher A.Lee" |
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20 Jan 2008 11:33:12 AM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in 5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net,
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by
the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
Between the tail plane.
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| User: "Don Martin" |
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20 Jan 2008 03:09:08 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in 5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net,
"Les Hemmings" <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by
the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
Brilliant, Bilbo, brilliant!
aa #2278 If you can't be a dirty old man, what is the point of being an old man?
Through a jaundiced eye darkly--rheum with a view.
The Squeeky Wheel http://home.comcast.net/~drdonmartin/
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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20 Jan 2008 06:40:41 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:09:08 -0500 in
vpd7p3ttvd9qh5ulqim907rad6vgp3sam5@4ax.com, Don Martin
<drdonmartin@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo>
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in
5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
Brilliant, Bilbo, brilliant!
If I could only claim credit.
My (now deceased) close friend Bob I talk about now and again came up
with that one. The man was one of the funniest people this planet has
known...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you.
I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate
is good... Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a
Biblical duty, we are called by God, to conquer this country.
We do not want equal time. We don't want pluralism."
- Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue.
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| User: "SkyEyes" |
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20 Jan 2008 07:33:08 PM |
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On Jan 20, 5:40=A0pm, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:09:08 -0500 in
vpd7p3ttvd9qh5ulqim907rad6vgp3s...@4ax.com, Don Martin
<drdonmar...@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo>
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in
5vfv9fF1mo93...@mid.individual.net, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalcla...@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
Brilliant, Bilbo, brilliant!
If I could only claim credit.
My (now deceased) close friend Bob I talk about now and again came up
with that one. The man was one of the funniest people this planet has
known...
Mark, why don't you write a book about him? Seriously.
Brenda
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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20 Jan 2008 08:12:09 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:33:08 -0800 in
c61007c7-f5d8-4a9b-bbd3-b95b6963002c@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com, SkyEyes
<skyeyes9@cox.net> wrote:
On Jan 20, 5:40 pm, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:09:08 -0500 in
vpd7p3ttvd9qh5ulqim907rad6vgp3s...@4ax.com, Don Martin
<drdonmar...@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in
5vfv9fF1mo93...@mid.individual.net, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalcla...@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful
work by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
Brilliant, Bilbo, brilliant!
If I could only claim credit.
My (now deceased) close friend Bob I talk about now and again came up
with that one. The man was one of the funniest people this planet has
known...
Mark, why don't you write a book about him? Seriously.
I wouldn't know where to begin. Seriously. I catch myself saying, "Like
Bob said..." a lot but it's all disjointed memories that arise by
circumstance.
It's also only been a little over two years. Still bothers me the way
things played out. It was just not *fair* that somebody that bright and
that funny had his life cut short at 46 (cripes, my current age at that).
I tell you, though, I've rarely run into such a dry, quick wit. Buncha
Jeebus freaks showed up at the door one day and said they wanted to
"share the bible" with him. He replied--very politely at that, "No
thanks, I'm not hungry" and shut the door.
(I cannot count the number of times I tried to get him to join the
newsgroup. He would have *so* fit in here. <G>)
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"When your doctrine forces you to claim that God's reactions
are identical to those of a universe without God, you have
nothing left to defend." -- Free Lunch
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| User: "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist AKA Al" |
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20 Jan 2008 07:43:50 PM |
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On Jan 21, 10:40 am, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:09:08 -0500 in
vpd7p3ttvd9qh5ulqim907rad6vgp3s...@4ax.com, Don Martin
<drdonmar...@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gm...@com.mkbilbo>
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in
5vfv9fF1mo93...@mid.individual.net, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalcla...@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
Brilliant, Bilbo, brilliant!
If I could only claim credit.
My (now deceased) close friend Bob I talk about now and again came up
with that one. The man was one of the funniest people this planet has
known...
I have an invisible friend that tells me jokes too. Usually evil
jokes.
I mostly resist retelling, esp on internationally published forums.
But then there's all these other people with an invisible friend or
three that doesn't tell them jokes. I just don't get that. They miss
out on so much.
:-)
Al
Don't worry, I'll keep taking the pills.
And I am taking the *****. Condolences on Bob, may he live in your
mind, advising you of as many dirty jokes as possible. In this way we
acheive true immortality. For a short while.
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20 Jan 2008 08:59:15 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:40:41 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:09:08 -0500 in
vpd7p3ttvd9qh5ulqim907rad6vgp3sam5@4ax.com, Don Martin
<drdonmartin@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo>
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in
5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
Brilliant, Bilbo, brilliant!
If I could only claim credit.
My (now deceased) close friend Bob I talk about now and again came up
with that one. The man was one of the funniest people this planet has
known...
I pity the fundies. First you embarrass them with (Bob's) wit, then rub it in
with your honesty. Is there no depth to which you will not stoop?
aa #2278 If you can't be a dirty old man, what is the point of being an old man?
Through a jaundiced eye darkly--rheum with a view.
The Squeeky Wheel http://home.comcast.net/~drdonmartin/
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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20 Jan 2008 09:18:29 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:59:15 -0500 in
n928p35q30iohj4qqumtng3eoqkcvgpeq7@4ax.com, Don Martin
<drdonmartin@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:40:41 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo>
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:09:08 -0500 in
vpd7p3ttvd9qh5ulqim907rad6vgp3sam5@4ax.com, Don Martin
<drdonmartin@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:59:21 -0600, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 +0000 in
5vfv9fF1mo93pU1@mid.individual.net, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
"Show us on the doll where God touched you..."
Brilliant, Bilbo, brilliant!
If I could only claim credit.
My (now deceased) close friend Bob I talk about now and again came up
with that one. The man was one of the funniest people this planet has
known...
I pity the fundies. First you embarrass them with (Bob's) wit, then rub
it in with your honesty. Is there no depth to which you will not stoop?
It's that atheist immorality you hear so much about...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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"Thus, Christian politics has as its primary intent the
conquest of the land ..."
-- George Grant, "The Changing of the Guard"
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
19 Jan 2008 10:18:02 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 -0000, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by the
captain - he did a textbook crash land."
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this sort
of twaddle.
God made the engines fail so that the atheist pilot and the atheist
co-pilot could show that they were more potent than God.
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
19 Jan 2008 11:53:23 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:55 -0000, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work by the
captain - he did a textbook crash land."
The amazing thing is that the fricking idiots who make such a claim
obviously don't realize that the two sentences above just don't play
well together. If it's a "textbook" scenario, the pilot has obviously
gone through it multiple times in a simulator as part of his training.
What possible reason is there to bring some deity into the picture to
explain his success when he had to execute it in the real world? The
passengers should spend the rest of their spared lives thanking the
captain, and the airline who trained him, before they thank some
imaginary sky fairy.
Oh dear... it's started. Thought the UK was pretty much immune to this sort
of twaddle.
*cough*
Tony Blair.
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"Faith may not move mountains, but you should see what it does to skyscrapers..."
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
20 Jan 2008 08:35:40 AM |
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One fine day in alt.atheism, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> bloodied us up with this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
I can see the god now... "Ok, all you boarding that 777, I'm going to
touch you now, so you'll have a crash landing. Then I'll make you live
through it so you can sing my praises."
--
Uncle Vic
aa Atheist #2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department.
Convicted by Earthquack.
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| User: "Opus-" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
20 Jan 2008 11:40:03 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:35:40 GMT, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com>
spake thusly:
One fine day in alt.atheism, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> bloodied us up with this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
I can see the god now... "Ok, all you boarding that 777, I'm going to
touch you now, so you'll have a crash landing. Then I'll make you live
through it so you can sing my praises."
That reminds me of something that happened here in Edmonton 20 years
ago. Back then, a tornado touched down at the north-east edge of the
city at a trailer park. A number of people were killed and it was
every bit as bad as you could imagine. As with all disasters, there
were a few survivors left with virtually nothing, yet they still
managed to thank gawd for sparing them from doom.
It struck me as rather ironic that people were thanking gawd for
saving them from an act of gawd. Imagine, if you will, getting shot in
the back by some thug and ending up a quadriplegic. Would it make
sense to give the same thug a hug & kiss and thank him for not
shooting you in the head?
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jbuchy@hotmail.com
(Jim, daddy to Lesleigh [Autistic] 04/20/94)
"With God, all atrocities are acceptable and embraced"
Please note: All unsolicited e-mail sent to me may, at
my discretion, be posted in this newsgroup verbatim.
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
21 Jan 2008 12:06:43 AM |
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One fine day in alt.atheism, Opus- <jbuchy@shaw.ca> bloodied us up with
this:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:35:40 GMT, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com>
spake thusly:
One fine day in alt.atheism, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> bloodied us up with this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
I can see the god now... "Ok, all you boarding that 777, I'm going to
touch you now, so you'll have a crash landing. Then I'll make you live
through it so you can sing my praises."
That reminds me of something that happened here in Edmonton 20 years
ago. Back then, a tornado touched down at the north-east edge of the
city at a trailer park. A number of people were killed and it was
every bit as bad as you could imagine. As with all disasters, there
were a few survivors left with virtually nothing, yet they still
managed to thank gawd for sparing them from doom.
It struck me as rather ironic that people were thanking gawd for
saving them from an act of gawd. Imagine, if you will, getting shot in
the back by some thug and ending up a quadriplegic. Would it make
sense to give the same thug a hug & kiss and thank him for not
shooting you in the head?
And this reminds me of a post a few years ago, after a rather large
asteroid missed the earth by a few hundred thousand miles. The poster
said, "Thank you God, for protecting us from that rock you threw at us."
Bwaaahahahahaha!
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Uncle Vic
aa Atheist #2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department.
Convicted by Earthquack.
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| User: "DanielSan" |
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| Title: Re: Triple Seven "touched by God" |
20 Jan 2008 01:19:58 PM |
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Uncle Vic said the following on 1/20/2008 6:35 AM:
One fine day in alt.atheism, "Les Hemmings"
<les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> bloodied us up with this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7196172.stm
"Everyone on that plane was touched by God. It was very skilful work
by the captain - he did a textbook crash land."
I can see the god now... "Ok, all you boarding that 777, I'm going to
touch you now, so you'll have a crash landing. Then I'll make you live
through it so you can sing my praises."
I'd rather have this "god" ignore me so I can land in a plane that
doesn't crash. :-)
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* "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act *
* of the whole American people which declared that *
* their legislature should make no law respecting *
* an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the *
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