What is that fish symbol all about?
Matthew 4:19: "And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 30, 2007 7:50:28 am PST #6839 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jesse - Jan 30, 2007 7:50:35 am PST #6840 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, like this?
A variant-upon-a-variant, there is also in this line the "Truth" fish in which an ichthys with the word "truth" inside is shown eating the Darwin fish. It may or may not be a Christian retaliation against the Darwin fish.
That is snotty. Sorry, evolutionistas!
tommyrot - Jan 30, 2007 7:52:33 am PST #6841 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, like this?
Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of.
Gudanov - Jan 30, 2007 7:54:11 am PST #6842 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
"Truth" fish in which an ichthys with the word "truth" inside is shown eating the Darwin fish.
I see that one all the time.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2007 7:56:20 am PST #6843 of 10001
brillig
evolution "fish with legs" one
Which lives on the back of my car.
Theodosia - Jan 30, 2007 7:58:34 am PST #6844 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Orca "tribes" actually specialize in what prey they go after -- biologists followed several groups over several years and found not only did they have different "languages" they also had seriously divergent customs and hunting protocols. And this in a very small geographic area, too.
tommyrot - Jan 30, 2007 7:59:28 am PST #6845 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This bumpersticker is wrong. But it made me laugh: [link]
Gudanov - Jan 30, 2007 8:00:02 am PST #6846 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I think about the snottiest things I see are the "In case of rapture this car will be unmanned" bumper stickers. Or in other words, "I am, in fact, holier than thou". I don't think you are supposed to be that sure of your salvation in most denominations of Christianity, but I could be wrong.
Nutty - Jan 30, 2007 8:00:04 am PST #6847 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The real history of the fishy thing is that Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, when put into acronym in Greek, spells fish.
Iesus Christos Theos Uios Soter = I/Ch/Th/U/S = fish
(The spelling-to-sounding conversions make more sense if you know Greek. Like, in Greek, "TH" is one letter.)
DebetEsse - Jan 30, 2007 8:00:15 am PST #6848 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The Greek word for fish is also the initials of the words...what was it..."Jesus Christ, Son Of God, Saviour" according to wikipedia, which gives a double-whammy of symbolism!
See, I paid attention in Confirmation class.
Or what Nutty said