Son of a preacher man
Well, “We’re a little late”–words one never wants to hear from one’s girlfriend, and this comment would probably not sit well with today’s dead person—Adrian P. Rodgers, leader of the Southern Baptist Church
. Oh well, yesterday we were a bit crabby over the Vine Deloira obituary, so today we’ll take aim at a bigger target. The Southern Baptists are the largest Protestant denomination. Under Rodger’s leadership, the Southern Baptists “took controversial positions in favor of evangelizing Jews, boycotting the Walt Disney Company because of its gay-friendly policies, and asserting that women were mandated by the Bible to ‘submit’ to their husbands. Mr. Rogers helped revise the Baptist confession of faith in 2000, which said that only men could serve as pastors.” (New York Times). Sorry, these positions don’t play well with the ODDfellows who, want to eat in the best delicatessens, take multiple rides through Pirates of the Caribbean and Space Mountain, appreciate creative interior decorating, are not into submission of any kind (unless it is shaken or stirred), and could care less about pastor-gender as long as the music’s good and the sermon short.
Okay, while we’re at it, we send words of caution when approaching the baptismal pool. Zap
!
“My, my, that’s a big one.” Now, this is not something we expect to hear from the opposite sex (we be humble ODDites), but it certainly does apply to the rattlesnake whose picture is making its way around the Web
. Is it really 9 feet 1 inch long? Don’t worry. Snopes is on it.
Perhaps this has something to do with regional cuisine, but the recipe for cooking rattlesnake
only states that the snake should be dead first. A restaurateur in Shelby, Mississippi got busted for cooking illegal cottonmouth
. (“Sir, put down the snake, and step away from the deep fryer.”)
Here’s an ODDquiz, “Son of a preacher man” was featured in what movie that would curl the toenails of Southern Baptist preacher? Answer tomorrow.
We’re off to burn in hell.
