Random thoughts

[bacon]

That is true.

I now accept the tarantula on my face because GregM posts here.

 

[Mudcat]

You know what pisses me off? That story about the Judgment of King Solomon. Supposed to prove his extreme wisdom and whatnot.

Lemme see if I can find a nice brief version . . .



Two prostitutes who lived in the same house and who both recently had given birth to a son came to Solomon for a judgment. One of the women claimed that the other, after accidentally smothering her own son while sleeping, had exchanged the two children to make it appear that the living child was hers. The other woman denied this and so both women claimed to be the mother of the living son and said that the dead boy belonged to the other.

After some deliberation, King Solomon called for a sword to be brought before him. He declared that there was only one fair solution: the live son must be split in two, each woman receiving half of the child. Upon hearing this terrible verdict, the boy's true mother cried out, "Oh Lord, give the baby to her, just don't kill him!" The liar, in her bitter jealousy, exclaimed, "It shall be neither mine nor yoursdivide it!"

The king declared the first mother as the true mother, as a true, loving mother would rather surrender her baby to another than hurt him, and gave her the baby. King Solomon's judgment became known throughout all of Israel and was considered an example of profound wisdom.

 

[Mudcat]

What a crock. I'm all like pfft.

 

[sadcat]

What a crock. I'm all like pfft.

Why are you all pfft? Why do you allow Bible stories to piss you off?


And it is a serious question...I'm not being snarky.

 

[Mudcat]

I believe that it is a serious question, however unfortunately it is about a completely non-serious comment - i.e. I am not pissed off in any way - so there is no proper answer.

My sense of irony can be a subtle thing. No harm, no foul.

 

[Cami]

I remember that story, I like it I guess.

 

[Mudcat]

Ho #2 should have known she was toadally giving herself away.

 

[Saulty]

I'd bet Mudcat is pissed at Alexander for cutting the Gordian knot.

 

[Mudcat]

I don't deny it. It was a sweet knot.

 

[roguejuror]

I never knew they were prostitutes. What does that add to the story?

 

[betplom]

I never knew they were prostitutes. What does that add to the story?

The babies were bastards.

 

[roguejuror]

besides blueberries we don't really have blue foods

 

[reno cool]

Those blue corn chips. I don't really know what those are

 

[Mudcat]

Some people have arbitrarily decided that raspberry can be blue.

Like blue raspberry. Drinks usually. Maybe popsicles. I have seen that. Blue raspberry.

It's kinda crazy. I think everyone knows what color raspberries are. But maybe people are aware and concerned about the strange lack of blue food in the world so they try to shoehorn stuff in there.

 

[housepicks]

I like salsa verde and chilli rojo very much.

 

[MrMonkey]

I like salsa verde and chilli rojo very much.

Eat it every day for the next 2-3 weeks and tell us how you feel? :

 

[Matty]

Why are Taylor Swift and Hillary Duff two different persons? Does it really have to be this way? Can't we just merge them into one, make life simpler for everyone?

 

[Mudcat]

Hillary Duff. I remember her. Last I remember she seemed partway to becoming a horse.

I see no reason she couldn't be absorbed into Taylor Swift at this point.