{"id":5286,"date":"2016-01-12T11:38:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T11:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=5286"},"modified":"2020-01-30T21:39:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T21:39:32","slug":"5286","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=5286","title":{"rendered":"Bookshelved"},"content":{"rendered":"

What home library would complete without the Bible? I’ve even read it, if speed reading counts. This is what I remember.
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OLD TESTAMENT
\nGod clapped his hands and there was light. A few more claps took care of everything else under the sun. Man was given dominion over all the animals except cats. A snake got into the garden and tricksied Eve, the first scapegoat. Everybody moved away because you can’t go home again.<\/p>\n

The birds and the bees begat. There were giants in those days, and X-men. Also prophets like Nostradamus, who predicted Hitler before spellcheck.<\/p>\n

The world quickly became overpopulated with ne’er-do-wells so there was a flood. Only Noah had bought flood insurance.<\/p>\n

Joseph got a nice coat for Christmas: too nice. This angered his brothers, as did the fact that he never had dreams about falling like normal people.<\/p>\n

Baby Moses was set adrift in a model boat then grew up to part the waters. Unfortunately he later missed the boat to the Promised Land. First he passed along the X Commandments as chiseled by God, who was pretty high on himself even though things never seemed to go according to plan.<\/p>\n

Abraham nearly killed his prodigal son because of voices in his head, but relented and turned him into a pillar of salt instead.<\/p>\n

God made Job suffer terribly. The devil made him do it. Job’s response was to say “Thank you Sir may I have another,” so God gave him 14000 sheep and more asses than one man can covet in a lifetime as a kind of apology for being a good sport.<\/p>\n

David killed Goliath to show he wasn’t going to be anybody’s bitch.<\/p>\n

Moby Dick swallowed Jonah but spat him out again because he preferred plankton.<\/p>\n

Angels dance on pins. Because they can. They also leave messages.<\/a><\/p>\n

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NEW TESTAMENT
\nJoseph believed Mary, bless.
\nAll you need is love, loaves and fishes.
\nMatthew Mark Luke and John weren’t always on the same page.
\nThe committee of three is making a list and checking it twice.
\nHell is other people going around in circles.<\/a> If you’re going there you probably haven’t been bad enough to meet Hister, but you might be bumping into a few peeps from work.<\/p>\n

APOCRYPHA
\nThere are no original sins because they’ve all been done before.<\/p>\n

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