WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN AN ATHEIST SNEEZES?
Why would you think you need to say anything? (Uh - please cover your face when you do that, Pig!)
The folks over at Brights.net - they think "atheist" and other labels unbelievers put on each other carry negative baggage, so they came up with a more positive-sounding (to them) - "Brights". Recently they rehashed the ages-old question - "How should you respond when you sneeze and someone says, "God bless you?"
Brights e-mailed suggestions to the Brights' website ranging from, "Thank you. And may the universe be kind to you too" to "Why, thank you. Of course, I'm much more appreciative of your blessing" and "Thanks, but I'm allergic to blessings" or "Thanks, Tiny Tim. Please pass the potatoes" . . .
Da Rev usually replies to a "God bless you" with "It won't do a damn bit of good!"
On the subject of "Gesundheit" - Most people think it is synonymous with "God Bless You". The confusion over the real meaning of the word Gesundheit, which means simply "health," probably dates back to the time of the Bubonic Plague, where sneezing was a symptom of the disease. Sneezing was supposedly the person's soul making a break for it! It was believed that sickness arose due to the lack of a soul. And so "soullessness" and ill-health became synonymous during the middle ages. Brights.Net
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How's this for OBSCENITY, Michael?
Al Casey's a helluva guitar player.
Which Al Casey?
There's Al Casey the white Dot Records session man in the '50s who played the legendary run behind Sanford Clark on "The Fool". He went on to fairly define the sound of '60s surf guitar. These days, he lives, performs and teaches guitar in Phoenix.
Then there's Al Casey, a black jazz guitarist in the style of Charlie Christian, who played for several years with Fats Waller until Fats croaked in the early 40s. He's recorded a bunch of albums through the years, including tributes to Fats. He still performs occasionally though he has to be closing in on 90. I think he lives in California.
(Update - Black Al Casey diedlater in 2005. He was in his '90s...)
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KINKY FRIEDMAN
FOR GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
"How hard can it be?"
The legendary alt. country singer-songwriter - "They Ain't Makin' jews Like Jesus Anymore!" - & prolific composer of detective fiction - latest, "Spanking Watson" * - Da Kinkster is confirmed to appear on MSNBC's 'Imus Show' on February 3rd, from 7AM to 8AM (CST), to announce his candidacy for the governorship. Billy Joe Shaver will give an invocation prior to Kinky's announcement.
The latest novel by Kinky starring Ace Detective Richard "Kinky" "Big Dick" Friedman is "Spanking Watson". Who's Watson? Kinky explains, "President Clinton is Watson. The Chinese dwarf who paints pastels on Mott Street is Watson. The world is Watson. Only Sherlock Holmes stands achingly alone on the weather-beaten, worm-eaten cross of rational thought. Sherlock Holmes, you see, is the thinking man's Jesus Christ." Thengyuhvurruhmuch!
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I'll be outta here for a few. Da pagan Baby & I are takin' a few days drive in the new GMC pick-em-up (regular cab) with both cats to Florida, where we will eat drink and pee in the ocean with relatives. Check for at least a taste of P.O.E.T.S. Saturday . . .
Good fortune. Please spread the meme. Don't smoke in bed.
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