Tom Waits wrote "Chocolate Jesus" after his FiL (no lie) decided to sell religious themed breath mints. They were called Sacra-mints.
Nuh-uh. They were called Testa-mints.
IIRC.
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
tommyrot - Mar 30, 2007 5:03:40 am PDT #9681 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.
Toddson - Mar 30, 2007 5:05:02 am PDT #9682 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ooh ... sarameg, they did that to me once for an address in Canada. I just about went crazy. And this was AFTER I'd wrestled with their import/export documents. I was about to hand-carry a package up there.
Jessica - Mar 30, 2007 5:06:56 am PDT #9683 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fedex is not good with international shipping. I've found DHL to be much more reliable, except no US companies have DHL accounts.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 30, 2007 5:08:12 am PDT #9684 of 10001
What is even happening?
I think the chocolate Jesus statue is offensive (in a petty way, and not because he's nude -- because Jesus probably was nude on the cross) and I don't think it's at all comparable to communion, and rolled my eyes a little at that comparison. But I also think this is a tempest in a teapot. I hope I wouldn't do/haven't done anything that tacky, petty, or disrespectful of another religion, but a lot of people do a lot of things I don't do. I'm glad both that they're free to do things that don't hurt anyone (and this doesn't -- it's just tacky-petty), and that when they do them it isn't an invitation to violence. Art I find icky is not persecution.
-t - Mar 30, 2007 5:09:35 am PDT #9685 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Breakfast this morning was asparagus and swiss omelet.
That sounds astoundingly good. More appealing than chocolate Jesus, at the moment.
msbelle - Mar 30, 2007 5:10:37 am PDT #9686 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
so, the two online apps I use to do the core of my job are down. I am about to start typing in meeting notes from a spiral notebook just to keep busy.
sarameg - Mar 30, 2007 5:10:40 am PDT #9687 of 10001
Yeah, unfortunately, I dunno if we are allowed to use DHL. We used to, but I haven't seen one of their guys here in ages.
DavidS - Mar 30, 2007 5:11:27 am PDT #9688 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Nuh-uh. They were called Testa-mints.
Oop - you're correct. I saw a picture of the Testa-mints up at one his fan sites.
Jesse - Mar 30, 2007 5:11:53 am PDT #9689 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nuh-uh. They were called Testa-mints.
That is correct. I love those things! They're like Velamints, only awesome.
OMG, my boss's new assistant is going to be the death of me. For one thing, she constantly walks into my office and directly around to my side of the desk. I have it set up barrier-formation on purpose! For another thing, she asks me to help her with something and then follows up ten minutes later to see if I've done it. Sheesh! It's good that she's so aggressive with our boss, but she could totally leave me alone.
tommyrot - Mar 30, 2007 5:13:34 am PDT #9690 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.
Waits performed "Chocolate Jesus" on Letterman. I think that's where I heard the Testa-mints story.
It's funny/cool how big a Tom Waits fan David Letterman is....