Thursday, April 29, 2010

Religion

Daughter: What culture are you from?
Clerk: I am Filipino.
D: What are the Filipino gods?
C: ???
Me: She means before Catholicism.
C: Oh. There weren't any. I am a Catholic. What religion are you?
M: Do you have a religion?
D: I'm Jewish.
C: So we have the same god?
D: I used to have a god but now I have a fish.

14 comments:

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Good trade, daughter.

fish said...

I agree. Definite upgrade.

J— said...

Perhaps she might be interested in the Ilongots.

Super Positive Clueless Evangelical says, "Oh, that fish is the Jesus fish, I just know it!"

Substance McGravitas said...

It is a Siamese fighting fish named Cookie Puss.

Substance McGravitas said...

Oh, and thanks for the Ilongo stuff. I will pass it to the lovely daughter ASAP.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

fish and zombie!! agreeing on things!!!

mikey said...

I used to have a god, but then I got a fish too. But the fish died. Perhaps god killed him out of some kind of jealous tantrum. But I dug in my heels and left the corpus delicti in the fishbowl, and sure enough, now I have a zombie fish...

fish said...

It is a Siamese fighting fish named Cookie Puss.

Fudgie the Whale can kick Cookie O'Puss' ass. Even if Fudgie isn't really a fish. Although Melville would disagree.

Smut Clyde said...

DO not forget Berberlangs.

Smut Clyde said...

Trading a god for a fish is like trading a man for a bicycle.

Substance McGravitas said...

What percentage of the man is bicycle already?

M. Bouffant said...

D: What are the Filipino gods?
C: ???
Me: She means before Catholicism.
C: Oh. There weren't any.


Fuck, an atheist paradise ruined by Popery.

My favorite take on what the Filipinos have had to put up w/, from a WWII movie:

"400 yrs. in the convent, & 50 yrs. of Hollywood."

Substance McGravitas said...

They're still in the convent, duly producing bunches of little Catholics in the approved manner. And to say "hi" you say "¿Cómo estás?"

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

I hope you both ordered baluts.