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Category Archives: Humour
Pic of the day: Latest image beamed back from Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
More Mars images here.
Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged Curiosity Rover, Mars, NASA
Pic of the day: Irrefutable evidence for the existence of God
Posted in Atheism, Humour, Philosophy, Visual Arts
Tagged Birds, Cartography, Chick-Fil-A, Chicken, Hens, Poultry
Pic of the day: Great new fragrance for Presbyterian men
From here.
Posted in Humour, Presbyterian, Reformed, Visual Arts
Tagged Calvinism, Calvinists
Writers’ quote of the day: Snoopy on rejection slips
Posted in Humour, Quote of the Day, Visual Arts, Writing
Pic of the day: Please, no explanations inside the church — after all, we’re Christians!
From here.
Posted in Christian Churches, Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged Garden of Gethsemane, Israel
Pic of the day: There is no escape from God, no matter how hard you run!
From here.
Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Pic of the day: The most unnecessary sign ever?
Click on the image to enlarge it.
Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged England, Flowers, Lions, Longleat Safari Park, Wildlife, Wiltshire, Zoology, Zoos
Separated at birth: Pope Gregory IX and Sylvester Stallone
Here’s the proof: Pope Gregory IX painted by Raphael, and Sylvester Stallone in his ‘Rocky’ role. I rest my case. Hat-tip to Creative Minority Report for spotting this eerie similarity! Another great separated-at-birth: Separated at birth: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged 'Rocky Balboa', Pope Gregory IX, Raphael, Religion, Separated at Birth, Sylvester Stallone
Pic of the day: Pub comes up with a novel approach to tempt male customers in
Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Pic of the day: Sign of the (fundamentalist) times
From: Stuff Fundies Like
Posted in Fundamentalism, Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged Fundamentalists, Fundies, Religion, Southern Baptists
Pic of the day: The limitations of Google, and the real reason for Presbyterian church services!
Posted in Humour, Presbyterian, Reformed, Visual Arts
Tagged Google, Religion
Pic of the day: A very useful sign, at least for aliens in flying saucers
Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged Signs
Fascinating marginal notes in manuscripts and colophons made by medieval scribes and copyists
From: Lapham’s Quarterly
Posted in History, Humour, Visual Arts, Writing
Tagged Colophons, Copyists, Manuscripts, Marginal Notes, Medieval, Scribes
For the woman who has everything: pants with a built-in picnic table
Posted in Humour
Tagged Clothes, Fashions, Gifts, Pants, Picnic Table, Silly Inventions, Trousers
Pic of the day: ‘John’s Weather Forecasting Stone’
Click on the image to enlarge it. More interesting images here: Visual Arts
Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
This week’s sermon: How to survive a zombie attack
More on zombies: “Many men and women who had died came back to life again” — zombies in the Bible? Is the ‘Exmoor Emperor’ stag now a zombie deer? The theology of zombies: the end of the world, resurrection and … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Popular Culture, Society, Visual Arts
Tagged Zombie Apocalypse, Zombies
Pic of the day: Not exactly the best translation ever . . .
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Posted in Humour, Visual Arts
Tagged Hebrew, Translation
