Contributing to this blog:
- "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.
- "judi" is Judi Smith, who is Dave's Research Department, as well as being interested in men.
- "Walter" is Walter, a bone from the penis of a walrus.
fud: no, that's not bad, that's an excellent movie.
Everybody: go back and look closely a the boy's facial expression. Tell me he wasn't forced by mom to pose for that picture. He looks like he's just thought of the next fart-oriented practical joke he can loose on his sister.
SN - never-you-mind that will fella! You are so on the mark. I can't tell you how many God-fearing, bible thumping men Mr 24 has cuffed for that very thing!
Yes, but 24, when you believe its all predestined anyway, hey, you mess with children, well G*d predestined you that way so you're going to heaven anyway.
SN - only my opinion - but I do not believe God pre-destines people to do horrible things, it is their free will to choose to do those things. They will pay the price for their choices.
Do not for a moment think that I defend pedophiles. I despise them, and I particularly despise those that use their trusted status as a minister, teacher, doctor, or whatever to prey on children.
I merely object to this assumption that all "God-fearing men" or what-not are evil hypocrites. There are good Christians and bad. Just like there are good and evil cops, athiests, teachers, plumbers and so forth.
Well, since this thread got real serious I'll throw in my 2 cents.
Am I the only parent in the world who taught his children NOT to be afraid of the dark. I told my daughter from the day she was old enough to understand there's nothing there in the dark that isn't there in the daylight.
Just doesn't sound like 24 there is a good Calvinist, SN.
As for the PJ's, the head gear looks kinda dangerous to me. "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the lo*** aaaghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Do bad kids get non-flame retardant PJs?
Blurk, both my kids won't go to sleep without their light on and then when they fall asleep, I have to make sure a night light is on. If the 2 year old wakes up to a dark room, she yells at us until we turn the light on. A peaceful night's rest is preferable to one of her exorcist-like tantrums.
My little 3 year old niece called out to her mom in the dark the other night. My sister stumbles into her room and her little daughter looks up from her bed and says calmly "I'm scared. What can you do for me?" My sister said she felt like she was being interviewed for her job as mom, Protector of all Small Children.
SN - I am routinely interviewed and often fall short of the expected goal. My daughter is so contrary that the other day when I praised her for putting her shoes on the right foot, she pointed at me and said "don't say good job!" She's only 2. I am very scared.
So, do you think if JonBenet had these jammies, she'd be alive today? NO. No she wouldn't. No matter WHAT her parents told her before she went to bed. "And sleep tight, sweetie. You are safe in your loving God armor."
cross, your cat must be related to mine. I had to give up peeing standing up in the middle of the night. Never even saw the monster coming 'til it was too late.
You never know, SN and 24. You both may be predestined. That's the tricky thing....you never really can tell about predestination. One minute, you're sleeping peacefully in your Armor of God PJs confident that you'll be seeing the streets of gold and next thing you're with Snoop Dogg in a room of gossipy old women. The wretch next door, on the other hand, has his 40 virgins (or Paris Hilton wannabes). Ooops. Sorry. Got my visions of heaven and hell reversed.
Every so often the blog gets caught as if in an eddie and circles around a topic that doesn't belong next to boogers, severed penises and fart jokes.
The thread twists and writhes like live bait as each commentor tries to make a point, feelings are piqued, and nobody changes their mind.
I really try to stay away from these types of threads, as I have in the past drawn fire from my fellow bloglits, and I'm not here to piss any body off.
Having said that, I can't help but comment on this:
"Reality is not contingent upon any of our beliefs. What is, is, no matter what we choose to believe."
Hoop! There it is!
Hoop! There it is!
Wyo's got the ball, drives the lane, does a 360 in mid-air and slam dunks it!
oh duh - I just figured out it's Preysbiterian (sp?) - that's the church I was raised in...LOL
When I asked questions the Sunday School teacher couldn't answer, that's when I decided to venture out on my own. To think I was so clueless :-P
look everyone--something shiny!
I thought Judi said she was going to post something I sent in--or maybe it was Dave--that would be a good distracter right about now (if that's a word)
I gave up on organized religion in the mid 80's. When a fellow sunday school classmate told me he would beat me up every sunday if I didnt join the 700 club and become a born again christian. I was fourteen.
Yeah.....for me, I was about 8 when my family ran into one of the church youth group leaders. He was a rude, obnoxious a$$. Yelled at his kids, belittled his wife....it was then I understood the meaning of hypocrit.
I avoided organized religion until I realized I just needed to find one that didn’t destroy my beliefs. Now I just go without any preconceived expectations of how it should be.
And since this was a semi-serious post, I'll just end by saying: God's PJs MBAGNFARB (Did someone already say that? Oh, well booger!)
very scary. verrrry scary. bet the lil darlins are home schooled, too. sorry, dont mean to offend, but these kinda folk are one click away from.. nutland.
I'm scared. But FIRST, let's finish that Excessively Pedantic drink...
Posted by: Clean Hands | August 22, 2006 at 02:06 PM
Wow. Just wow.
Posted by: sthnbelle | August 22, 2006 at 02:06 PM
Is is bad that all I can think of is Jackie Chan here?
Posted by: fudtheman | August 22, 2006 at 02:07 PM
You sharing, CH?
Posted by: sthnbelle | August 22, 2006 at 02:07 PM
Will these PJs protect you from the pedophile priest/minister etc? Then they just might be worth it.
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 02:08 PM
I always knew that the truth was down around my belt.
Posted by: BillyJoeJimBob | August 22, 2006 at 02:09 PM
bet they don't come with a matching thong.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 02:09 PM
Just about choked on an ice cube with that one, Wyo!
Posted by: sthnbelle | August 22, 2006 at 02:11 PM
I'll just stay out of this thread. Either a lightning bolt or Pat Robertson would strike me.
Posted by: pogo | August 22, 2006 at 02:11 PM
Wyo, I beg to differ
Posted by: fudtheman | August 22, 2006 at 02:12 PM
fud: no, that's not bad, that's an excellent movie.
Everybody: go back and look closely a the boy's facial expression. Tell me he wasn't forced by mom to pose for that picture. He looks like he's just thought of the next fart-oriented practical joke he can loose on his sister.
Posted by: mudstuffin | August 22, 2006 at 02:14 PM
Thou shalt not worship PJs. (I think that's one of the Commandments.)
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | August 22, 2006 at 02:15 PM
haha, i saw this but didn't send it in!
Posted by: Betsi | August 22, 2006 at 02:16 PM
mud - from the expression on the girls face, I think she beat him to it...
Posted by: fivver | August 22, 2006 at 02:16 PM
Congratulations Somewhere North, you've just earned an
anti-snork.
Posted by: will | August 22, 2006 at 02:18 PM
I wonder what the set bonus is for this pally armor?
/WoW ftw
Posted by: hennessy | August 22, 2006 at 02:18 PM
Yeah, I'm going to h*ll. Mind you I've always prefered a warmer climate.
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 02:19 PM
I would be going to ache eee double toothpicks if I believed in it, but I dont.
That having been said. These pyjamas make me sick to my stomach.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | August 22, 2006 at 02:20 PM
OMGWTFBBQ!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 22, 2006 at 02:23 PM
SN - never-you-mind that will fella! You are so on the mark. I can't tell you how many God-fearing, bible thumping men Mr 24 has cuffed for that very thing!
Posted by: 24 | August 22, 2006 at 02:23 PM
Yes, but 24, when you believe its all predestined anyway, hey, you mess with children, well G*d predestined you that way so you're going to heaven anyway.
Its a win-win situation.
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 02:26 PM
Lisa Bisa, actually it was "Thou shalt not worship in PJ's"
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 02:27 PM
SN - only my opinion - but I do not believe God pre-destines people to do horrible things, it is their free will to choose to do those things. They will pay the price for their choices.
Posted by: 24 | August 22, 2006 at 02:32 PM
So, Wyo, does that mean that the First Nudist Church of Springfield is good to go? ;-)
Posted by: Clean Hands | August 22, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Do not for a moment think that I defend pedophiles. I despise them, and I particularly despise those that use their trusted status as a minister, teacher, doctor, or whatever to prey on children.
I merely object to this assumption that all "God-fearing men" or what-not are evil hypocrites. There are good Christians and bad. Just like there are good and evil cops, athiests, teachers, plumbers and so forth.
Posted by: will | August 22, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Reality is not contingent upon any of our beliefs. What is, is, no matter what we choose to believe.
Finding out what is, is part of the joy of life.
That is all.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 02:35 PM
If we're going to have Bible verse-inspired sleepwear, what would Exodus 14:21 look like?
Posted by: Mike Antonucci | August 22, 2006 at 02:35 PM
This was inspired by a mother to give her daughter a safe a secure feeling in the dark.
Two words: night light.
Posted by: slyeyes | August 22, 2006 at 02:36 PM
Well, since this thread got real serious I'll throw in my 2 cents.
Am I the only parent in the world who taught his children NOT to be afraid of the dark. I told my daughter from the day she was old enough to understand there's nothing there in the dark that isn't there in the daylight.
Posted by: blurk | August 22, 2006 at 02:36 PM
Clearly, since these were inspired by a Biblical verse, they must be sanctioned by the Lord Himself.
Posted by: Clean Hands | August 22, 2006 at 02:36 PM
And, BTW, she routinely walks her scared-to-death friends home at night.
Posted by: blurk | August 22, 2006 at 02:38 PM
Just doesn't sound like 24 there is a good Calvinist, SN.
As for the PJ's, the head gear looks kinda dangerous to me. "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the lo*** aaaghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Do bad kids get non-flame retardant PJs?
Posted by: GoatThumper | August 22, 2006 at 02:40 PM
And she don't need any God pajamas!!
end rant
Posted by: blurk | August 22, 2006 at 02:40 PM
Camping with your kids, either in the back yard or in the woods, tends to quickly eradicate any fears of the dark.
My boys wore Superman and Spiderman jammies, and everyone knows those guys could take on any knight.
Posted by: Olo Baggins of Bywater | August 22, 2006 at 02:40 PM
Exodus 14:21 conjures pictures of Marilyn Monroe and the wind gust, or dreams occurring when one's really gotta pee.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 02:41 PM
Oh, and why is Metallica's Sandman playing in my head.
Posted by: Olo Baggins of Bywater | August 22, 2006 at 02:41 PM
Blurk, both my kids won't go to sleep without their light on and then when they fall asleep, I have to make sure a night light is on. If the 2 year old wakes up to a dark room, she yells at us until we turn the light on. A peaceful night's rest is preferable to one of her exorcist-like tantrums.
Posted by: 24 | August 22, 2006 at 02:42 PM
Trust me 24, I believe that too.
My little 3 year old niece called out to her mom in the dark the other night. My sister stumbles into her room and her little daughter looks up from her bed and says calmly "I'm scared. What can you do for me?" My sister said she felt like she was being interviewed for her job as mom, Protector of all Small Children.
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 02:44 PM
Just doesn't sound like 24 there is a good Calvinist, SN
What are you saying?
Posted by: 24 | August 22, 2006 at 02:47 PM
my littlest is terrified of the dark with good reason, that's when the cat chooses to attack him. i'm pretty sure these pj's would be ribbons.
Posted by: crossgirl | August 22, 2006 at 02:48 PM
SN - I am routinely interviewed and often fall short of the expected goal. My daughter is so contrary that the other day when I praised her for putting her shoes on the right foot, she pointed at me and said "don't say good job!" She's only 2. I am very scared.
Posted by: 24 | August 22, 2006 at 02:50 PM
CAUTION: DISTASTEFUL ALERT!
So, do you think if JonBenet had these jammies, she'd be alive today? NO. No she wouldn't. No matter WHAT her parents told her before she went to bed. "And sleep tight, sweetie. You are safe in your loving God armor."
BULLSH!T
Posted by: Punkin Poo | August 22, 2006 at 02:50 PM
Hmm... that's tricky 24 but my guess is he's trying to say you're probably not a Calvinist.
On the up side, that probably means you aren't condemned to h*ll alongside me (who is also a non Calvanist). So there's a plus.
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 02:51 PM
cross, your cat must be related to mine. I had to give up peeing standing up in the middle of the night. Never even saw the monster coming 'til it was too late.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 02:52 PM
Punkin, how do you really feel? It is hard to read through the lines that way. We're an open blog, just come right out and say it.
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 02:52 PM
If I remember correctly, those should come with a sword, too. Why is there no sword pictured?
Posted by: reneviht | August 22, 2006 at 02:52 PM
(psst) 24! let it lie.
Posted by: mudstuffin | August 22, 2006 at 02:57 PM
yes, sir, mud
Posted by: 24 | August 22, 2006 at 02:57 PM
*breaks resolution to stay out of thread*
If I were looking for night wear design for the mature, I understand "Song of Solomon" has some inspiration.
Posted by: pogo | August 22, 2006 at 02:57 PM
*snork* pogo.
"like two does"
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 02:59 PM
Mud, really. Can you actually ask 24 to lie with you on a thread about God's pjs? Isn't that sacrilegious?
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 02:59 PM
I give up - who's Calvin and do I want to be associate with him?
Sincerely, your local spiritual, not a believer of any organized religion,
Gypsy
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 02:59 PM
*sets tranquilizer dart gun to full auto and lets rip*
Posted by: fivver | August 22, 2006 at 03:00 PM
tosses a "d" to associate
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:00 PM
"He was my brother, and I took him in. To the tune of fifty bucks or more!"
Posted by: Beppie | August 22, 2006 at 03:01 PM
John Calvin, Gypsy. Try Wikipedia.com
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 03:02 PM
here, Gypsy
Posted by: kitten | August 22, 2006 at 03:02 PM
Don't they make hot dogs too?
Posted by: Sean | August 22, 2006 at 03:04 PM
You never know, SN and 24. You both may be predestined. That's the tricky thing....you never really can tell about predestination. One minute, you're sleeping peacefully in your Armor of God PJs confident that you'll be seeing the streets of gold and next thing you're with Snoop Dogg in a room of gossipy old women. The wretch next door, on the other hand, has his 40 virgins (or Paris Hilton wannabes). Ooops. Sorry. Got my visions of heaven and hell reversed.
Posted by: GoatThumper | August 22, 2006 at 03:04 PM
kitten, you're a lotta help.
"He was my brother, and I took him in. To the tune of fifty bucks or more!"
Beppie, remember the "Bad Idea" jeans commercials on Sat. Night Live?
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 03:05 PM
ohhhh... Calvinism = no free will - gotcha
whatever :-)
*is very glad she is not religious and will now proceed to stay out of the debate*
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:05 PM
wyo, whatever do you mean?
*bats eyelashes innocently*
Posted by: kitten | August 22, 2006 at 03:06 PM
*likes Kitten's Calvin much better*
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:06 PM
Thanks, Gypsy! He makes more sense.
pffffttt, wyo :)
Posted by: kitten | August 22, 2006 at 03:08 PM
Gypsy, I don't think you and I should simul on this thread
NTTAWWT on any other thread
Posted by: kitten | August 22, 2006 at 03:09 PM
*snork* @ goatthumper
Wyo-I've been thinking about responding to your "clarification" above, but have decided against it in the interest of not going to hell.
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | August 22, 2006 at 03:10 PM
kitten??? Araid of being struck down?
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:11 PM
Every so often the blog gets caught as if in an eddie and circles around a topic that doesn't belong next to boogers, severed penises and fart jokes.
The thread twists and writhes like live bait as each commentor tries to make a point, feelings are piqued, and nobody changes their mind.
I really try to stay away from these types of threads, as I have in the past drawn fire from my fellow bloglits, and I'm not here to piss any body off.
Having said that, I can't help but comment on this:
"Reality is not contingent upon any of our beliefs. What is, is, no matter what we choose to believe."
Hoop! There it is!
Hoop! There it is!
Wyo's got the ball, drives the lane, does a 360 in mid-air and slam dunks it!
Posted by: mudstuffin | August 22, 2006 at 03:11 PM
Gypsy - the guys don't like hairy palms...
Posted by: kitten | August 22, 2006 at 03:11 PM
Lisa, live dangerously. Most of the rest of us are well on our way there. I believe there just may be a bar down there with reserved seating.
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 03:13 PM
whoa - TMI Wikipedia - sheesh.
I have a headache now.
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:14 PM
1. I love Calvin and Hobbes, Watterson's the best there ever was.
2. I disagree with some of John Calvin, but nobody here cares, and that's just fine.
3. LBFF, Discretion is the better part of valor, after all. ;)
4. Thanks, mud.
gotta go back to work.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 03:15 PM
*SNORK* @ Kitten
*wiping up coffee which just made a violent reappearance - hack*
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:15 PM
5. Gypsy, that's why I just referred you instead o' tryin' to answer.
Y'all have a great day.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 03:17 PM
reminds me of Monsters, Inc....the movie....
Mike Gerbowski
Posted by: Chaz | August 22, 2006 at 03:17 PM
Thanks Wyo
have a good afternoon
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:18 PM
Gypsy - notice how Wyo scampered as soon as you said you have a headache? The classics work every time.
Posted by: kitten | August 22, 2006 at 03:18 PM
*snork* kitten
ok, i'm really, really gone now.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 22, 2006 at 03:19 PM
oh stop Kitten - my attorneys are going to think I've gone nuts (not that it would be far to go)
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:20 PM
Mike Wazowski
Posted by: kitten | August 22, 2006 at 03:20 PM
oops
Posted by: kitten | August 22, 2006 at 03:21 PM
oh duh - I just figured out it's Preysbiterian (sp?) - that's the church I was raised in...LOL
When I asked questions the Sunday School teacher couldn't answer, that's when I decided to venture out on my own. To think I was so clueless :-P
Posted by: Gypsysoul66 | August 22, 2006 at 03:29 PM
Always go to bed with protection.
Posted by: Stevie W | August 22, 2006 at 03:35 PM
Okay, I just got back and read through this thread. I have no earthly idea what anyone is talking about.
Posted by: blurk | August 22, 2006 at 03:41 PM
Gyps - my brother is a Presbyterian minister. He's sort of the "black sheep" of the family. We don't know where we went wrong with him.
To keep peace in the family I have to be careful not to say what I'm thinking a lot. There would be no point.
But FYI, the Presbyterians are from the Calvinist "family of Protestants"
Posted by: pogo | August 22, 2006 at 03:46 PM
look everyone--something shiny!
I thought Judi said she was going to post something I sent in--or maybe it was Dave--that would be a good distracter right about now (if that's a word)
Posted by: Betsi | August 22, 2006 at 03:49 PM
Somewhere-I just can't do it. ;-)
pogo-Your brother, the Presbyterian minister, is also the black sheep? Mmm. Interesting.
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | August 22, 2006 at 03:49 PM
Yeah, my other brother and I came out to be good, beer drinkin', hard cases.
Posted by: pogo | August 22, 2006 at 03:53 PM
Great but what do I do if I am not Christian?
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | August 22, 2006 at 03:57 PM
Addicted - we have a special on Zoroaster and Zarathustra jammies this week.
Posted by: pogo | August 22, 2006 at 03:59 PM
I'm not sure if I remember that Wyo, how did it go? It sounds hilarious!
Posted by: Beppie | August 22, 2006 at 04:00 PM
Ok ok ok ok ok.....*deep breath*
Hi y'all, how the hell ya doin'?
*ducks flying bible*
Posted by: Punkin Poo | August 22, 2006 at 04:00 PM
Snork @ Punkin.
I gave up on organized religion in the mid 80's. When a fellow sunday school classmate told me he would beat me up every sunday if I didnt join the 700 club and become a born again christian. I was fourteen.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | August 22, 2006 at 04:06 PM
Yeah.....for me, I was about 8 when my family ran into one of the church youth group leaders. He was a rude, obnoxious a$$. Yelled at his kids, belittled his wife....it was then I understood the meaning of hypocrit.
Posted by: Punkin Poo | August 22, 2006 at 04:09 PM
I'm religious. But I'm not religious enough to wear God Jammies. And I still maintain a good sense of humour about the whole thing...
Posted by: Somewhere North | August 22, 2006 at 04:22 PM
I avoided organized religion until I realized I just needed to find one that didn’t destroy my beliefs. Now I just go without any preconceived expectations of how it should be.
And since this was a semi-serious post, I'll just end by saying: God's PJs MBAGNFARB (Did someone already say that? Oh, well booger!)
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | August 22, 2006 at 04:29 PM
very scary. verrrry scary. bet the lil darlins are home schooled, too. sorry, dont mean to offend, but these kinda folk are one click away from.. nutland.
Posted by: queensbee | August 22, 2006 at 04:36 PM
I bet Rod & Todd Flanders have a set for every day of the week.
Posted by: Punkin Poo | August 22, 2006 at 04:38 PM
A friend and his wife attend meetings at an Aetheist center.
It struck me as odd that this would be a group of people united only by a commom disbelief.
Wouldn't that be a lot like a club for people who don't drive buicks?
I belong to the Georgia Stock Dog Association. There is no corresponding group for people who are not interested in herding dogs.
Posted by: pogo | August 22, 2006 at 04:40 PM
*snork* @ pogo
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | August 22, 2006 at 04:41 PM