A LOAF OF BREAD IN AN 'UNFORTUNATE POSITION'

Australian school apologises for 'suggestive' saint statue

(Thanks to Unholy Slacker, Bill Carver, Jay Brandes and Le Petomane)

Comments

[wanderer2575]

Once again, people making the extra effort to find things to be offended about. (Oops, I ended that with a preposition; the English majors will be offended!)

[nursecindy]

I'm trying to figure out why a school would erect put up a statue of someone who is the patron saint of innkeepers, barbers, and people of mixed races. He was also a holy man who took care of a lot of sick people. I don't think he'd approve of this statue.
Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, the patron saint of teachers, would have made more sense.
This has been your Catholic lesson for the day.

[nursecindy]

wanderer, I'm too busy being offended by a sign I saw yesterday to be offended by this statue. The sign said: Happy Thank'sgiving.

[zamasama]

Keep you bread and loaves to thyself?

[fractalist]

I don't see the problem with the bread. He's just being depicted as giving it to the poor.

[PirateBoy]

Lost on a rainy Friday night, a priest stumbles into a monastery and requests shelter there. Fortunately, he's just in time for dinner and was treated to the best fish and chips he's ever had.

After dinner, he goes into the kitchen to thank the chefs. He is met by two brothers, "Hello, I'm Brother Michael, and this is Brother Francis."

"I'm very pleased to meet you. I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful dinner. The fish and chips were the best I've ever tasted. Out of curiosity, who cooked what?"

Brother Michael replied, "Well, I'm the fish friar."

Father turns to the other brother and says, "Then you must be...."

"Yes, I'm afraid I'm the chip monk..."

[moby friar]

'scuse me while I whip this out....

[normnuke]

Question for NC and/or PirateBoy: what's the difference between a Friar and a Monk?