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.
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14 comments:

  1. zombie rotten mcdonaldApril 29, 2010 at 9:01 AM

    Good trade, daughter.

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  2. fishApril 29, 2010 at 9:03 AM

    I agree. Definite upgrade.

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  3. J—April 29, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    Perhaps she might be interested in the Ilongots.

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

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  4. Substance McGravitasApril 29, 2010 at 11:17 AM

    It is a Siamese fighting fish named Cookie Puss.

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  5. Substance McGravitasApril 29, 2010 at 11:17 AM

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

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  6. zombie rotten mcdonaldApril 29, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    fish and zombie!! agreeing on things!!!

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  7. mikeyApril 29, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    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...

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  8. fishApril 29, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    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.

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  9. Smut ClydeApril 29, 2010 at 1:50 PM

    DO not forget Berberlangs.

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  10. Smut ClydeApril 29, 2010 at 3:56 PM

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

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  11. Substance McGravitasApril 29, 2010 at 4:03 PM

    What percentage of the man is bicycle already?

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  12. M. BouffantApril 29, 2010 at 5:29 PM

    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."

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  13. Substance McGravitasApril 29, 2010 at 5:35 PM

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

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  14. Big Bad Bald BastardMay 1, 2010 at 10:04 PM

    I hope you both ordered baluts.

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