Posted on 01/08/2006 10:38:55 AM PST by Panerai
After some time the rumor was shown to be false, yet people who had believed every word of it were not inclined to revise their opinions of the man.
Later the couple who had spread the false report were convicted and came to the pastor to ask his forgiveness.
"Of course I forgive you," said the pastor. "I, too, have been forgiven much. Could I ask you to do something for me now? It may seem strange, but please hear me out."
"Of course," said the couple.
"Okay," said the pastor, "I'd like you to go home and butcher one of your chickens. Pluck out all the feathers and put them in a bag. Will you do that for me?"
As strange as they found the request, the couple agreed.
"After that I'd like you to walk around town scattering the feathers on all the streetcorners. Before the bag is empty take it up to the water tower and pour out the remaining contents to the wind. Will you do this for me?"
Perplexed, but willing, the couple said they would do it and turned to leave the pastor's office.
"Just one more thing," he called after them. "Just one last thing: After you come down from the water tower take your bag with you and go back through town, collecting all the feathers. When you've gathered every one - make sure you find them all and put every single feather back in the bag - bring the bag here to me." He paused. "Can you do this for me?"
Forgot the line about "why buy the cow when you can have the milk for free"!
Yes, I did. Thanks, I'll add this. I also forgot the lines about, "This is all Hugh Hefner's fault" and "This is all Gloria Steinem's fault."
LOL!!!
Brilliant!
Add "Where were women/teachers like that when "I" was a boy!"
"All you Protestants are going to hell."
"No, all you Catholics are going to hell."
This can go on for a couple of thousand posts.
Another perennial favorite: if anything bad ever happens in any way to any child, someone will be sure to post these brilliant observations:
"It's the parents' fault for allowing [this accident to take place] [this illness to develop] [this misbehavior on the part of the child]. They ought to be put up against a wall and shot!"
"What 'parents'? This doubtless happened because there is probably no father around."
"If I have children I will never make any mistakes in their upbringing or allow them to be hurt."
"If you've never had children you don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes, I do, because I take care of my five-year-old cousin a few hours a month, and I say you're all bad parents!"
Maybe I ought to number these posts and then Freepers could save a lot of time, aggravation, and bandwidth by referring to the post numbers instead of having to write out their arguments. They could just write,
"Post 7!"
"I disagree. Posts 38, 216, 84."
"Oh, yeah? Well, 93 and 12 to you, you socialist!"
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