In a message dated 12/16/2008 4:50:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sharon_b...@yahoo.com writes:
You watch too much TV! Hair shirt, huh? I've bought toys for Blue... --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, marioa...@... wrote: ...is more humane and a technological improvement over the pain of self-flagellation or the discomfort in wearing a hair shirt in Press Plaza. It's also more effective than saying three Hail Marys. ;-) ==================== Nah, learned about hair shirts way before the "500 channels, but nothing on them": in parochial school when they taught about the "mendicant orders." We used to goof on the idea and suggest that's why vocations fell off. Years later, it came up again when I taught The Canterbury Tales. Kids still laughed at the idea. Might be a good time now to resurrect all those old kinds of penance--for all the malfeasance being exposed in the public and private sectors. :-) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
