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  • From: "Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT home.com>
  • To: "Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Biblical Humor
  • Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:23:46 -0600


And what is this about the righteous Hezekiah? The man slept with his
ancestors {2 Kgs 20.21}.
Charles David Isbell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: RE: Biblical Humor


> Well, the priests must have had wave ovens to roast their wave offerings
> before eating them (Lev 7:30-31). Perhaps the micro part came later. And
> Deborah's computer was obviously a Palm, but they must also have been
bigger
> in those days if she could sit under it.
>
> Jehu may have been poor by French standards, but he could afford a car as
we
> know he drove like a maniac (2 Kings 9:20 NRSV).
>
> Peter Kirk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond de Hoop [mailto:rdehoop AT keyaccess.nl]
> Sent: 24 February 2001 13:24
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: Biblical Humor
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm glad that after my feeble attempt at humor, many collegues supported
me
> in various ways showing that humor is still among us. Moreover I'm glad
that
> certain jokes on this male dominated list have been "written by women"!
>
> However, now it has been demonstrated (against what I had expected) that
> cars are to be found in the Bible by their very names (Triumph and of
course
> the famous Chevy), I started looking whether the computers could be found
> also.
> Regrettably not, but tradition may help us! As we all know, sin came in
the
> world by Adam and Eve eating from the forbidden fruit: an Apple! Because
> this is still symbolized in the icon of this fatally attractive computer,
it
> must be historically reliable tradition. So, existing from the Big Inning,
I
> suppose that Deborah must have been working on an Apple too, and in her
case
> (sitting under her palm) I suppose it was instead of an iBook something
like
> an iTablet!
>
> Well, I'm waiting till someone is gonna demonstrate that the microwave
oven
> did exist!
>
> Greetings,
> Raymond
>
>
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