One has to admire the, ah, expansiveness, of a thread that
starts off sniffing at botta-binglish, then stirs up the Irish, &
finishes with abandoned outposts of the Empire trading in-
comprehensible appreciations of each other's argot.

Sho 'nuff.

Jack

On 3/16/08, Jinx <joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> > > because God wouldn't trust them in the dark :)
>
> > Supposedly this witty comeback about the empire was first used
> > by a wise but illiterate Irishman (whose name I cannot remember).
> > He also supposedly had this conversation with a Church of England
> > member who visited his (Catholic) church:
> >
> > Protestant man: I must say that your church looks very cluttered
> > with statues and paintings and such
> >
> > Catholic man: Well, sir, the oldest housekeeper has the most
> > decorations!
>
> -------------------
> How many [insert denomination here] does it take to change a
> light bulb ?
>
> None, because they like living in the dark
> -------------------
>
> Ah, religious bigotry ........  Jesus would be spinning in his grave
> if it weren't for that Easter thing
>
> (heading dangerously towards forbidden content)
>
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