Comments | tim_maroney: the best thing about being priest...

tim_maroney

the best thing about being priest...

May 18, 2003 12:12

... is not having to say the Creed. What a load of old cobblers that thing is.

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Funny that... igniprimum May 18 2003, 12:50:36 UTC

I was thinking one of the best things about being a Deacon is having the opportunity to lead the People in recitation of the Creed...

Could just be essay decompression though.

Sorry Tim, I can't resist. . . peripsol93 May 18 2003, 13:53:59 UTC

Cobblers? I don't see any reference to shoe makers in the Creed. Are we reading the same ritual?

:D

Re: Sorry Tim, I can't resist. . . tim_maroney May 18 2003, 13:58:31 UTC

"Load of old cobblers" is derived from "cobbler's awls," English rhyming slang for "balls." So you see it is germane to the Mass...

Re: Sorry Tim, I can't resist. . . lassiter May 19 2003, 06:30:35 UTC

I'd gladly take two creeds over one anthem any day.

Re: Sorry Tim, I can't resist. . . azael93 May 19 2003, 08:36:10 UTC

O cobbler! mend me this shoe, that I may walk. O king! if I be thy son, let us
speak of the Embassy to the King thy Brother.

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aq777 May 19 2003, 20:06:08 UTC

I have never told anyone this before, but I have always secretly thought that "wonder tree" is the superhero of all trees. When no one is looking, it can fly through the air, and routinely saves small children from evil villains. By day, it just looks like a tree. You never know which tree might really be a wonder tree.

tim_maroney May 19 2003, 20:46:48 UTC

Gnarled oak of God! In thy branches is the lightning nested.

But that's the Anthem. I actually quite like the Priest part of the anthem, barring the eye-rhyme. It's the audience participation section where it falls apart....