Xmas Woes and Ho's

[blue_charlotte]

The job pool is somewhat akin to the dating pool, somewhat dank and murky, with that ominous feeling that someone has urinated over in the deep end

Comments

[ferretboi]

LOL now that is a bizzare image! I actually watched a really interesting documentary on PBS last night. Of COURSE it was a pledge drive but they dated the birth of Christ using the the Magi. They were able to use the ancient Persian astrological techniques to date an event that would be the "Star of Bethlehem" which was in fact (they now believe) either a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Picese or an eclipse of Jupiter by the full moon in Aries (which they believe more likely.) Jupiter being the sign of the king and the moon symbolising something while Aries is the sign of Judeah. They then were able to aproximatly date the birth of christ to 6 B.C. and further judge the time it would have taken to arrive there. There is conjecture they may have arrived as late as two years of age (also they pointed out the two conflicting netivity stories where one Jesus was born in a house contradicted on many levels by the later gospel claiming the birth in the manger.) This then led in to the discovery of their corpses (or what is

[brokenmellcifer]

"It's like Andrew Eldritch, goths respect the fuck out of him just because he was once cool. In essence Jesus is the Andrew Eldritch of Christianity."

And, like Andrew Eldritch, Jesus would radically deny being a part of the movement he created.

[ferretboi]

exactly! :-P

[brokenmellcifer]

And then there's the hair, and the blood, and the crucifix...

By Jove! I think Jesus might have been the first Goth!

[black_arachnia]

Since when are Mrs. Claus and The Madonna dyking out? That's news to me.

Next time I pass the Strathcona Nativity, I am *so* giving Baby Jesus a Devil Moustache. Cuz it makes me feel Christmasey.

[blue_charlotte]

We used to punk various neighbour's plug-in ornaments, for a while we had a room full of santas, snowmen, one candy cane and a donkey (our prize possession)

[xxdream]

hehehe Canadians are class,

light up virgins are the only way to celebrate the season.

hohoho in Ontario

[blue_charlotte]

if you can't plug it in, why bother?

[mijbril]

Canadians are class

In the main I'd agree, but this house sounds like a nightmare. Of course, in Australia, it would be featuring on the 6pm news as the headline item.

[xxdream]

*blinks in astonishment* How do aussies find virgins if they're not all lit up?

[blue_charlotte]

Definitely should...this house was hysterical, I mean I wasn't the only one stopping and mouthing 'WTF?' when walking by

[crankmagnet76]

appendages crossed!

[blue_charlotte]

I knew YOU would ;)