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June 25th, 2003, 02:12 PM
#51
Inactive Member
i think it means he took all the valuables out of the church, divided it up among the poor, and when they demanded he bring back the church treaures, he brought in the poor people, as a way of telling them they were dumb shits because the poor people are the treasures, not the valuable possessions.
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June 25th, 2003, 06:16 PM
#52
HB Forum Owner
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by JaceSan:
So instead of giving the poor people food or usable stuff they got works of art and jeweled scepters and shit?</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>
It's a little known fact that the song "I'm Henry the 8th, I am" was composed and sung ad nasuem by a peasent whose take of the treasure was one of those jeweled sceptors.
Subsequent adventurers learned the wisdom of getting cash for the treasure, and distributing that.
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June 25th, 2003, 06:30 PM
#53
HB Forum Owner
It must have been hard unloading the treasure though. They didn't have pawn shops back then, did they? Who could afford to buy the artifacts from the peasants? Did they give them full price, or did they rip them off?
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June 25th, 2003, 06:44 PM
#54
HB Forum Owner
I'm just trying to imagine someone trying to trade the gold encrusted crucifix for a cow...
"but it's a magic crucifix..."
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June 25th, 2003, 06:50 PM
#55
Inactive Member
Did the peasant that came up with the Henry VIII song come up with "Duke of Earl" too?
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June 25th, 2003, 07:02 PM
#56
HB Forum Owner
"Jolly-good! The poor are going to be absolutely thrilled...and considerably less poor."
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June 26th, 2003, 06:16 AM
#57
HB Forum Owner
Jesus said: the poor will always be with you.
Obi Wan Kenobi said: may the force be with you.
To this day, my mother can't figure out why I grew up wanting to be a Jedi...
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June 26th, 2003, 06:55 AM
#58
Inactive Member
Jesus didn't have a light saber eather.....
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June 26th, 2003, 07:55 AM
#59
HB Forum Owner
Even if he'd had a lightsabre he wouldn't have used it. Silly pacifist. That was his biggest downfall. If Jesus had kicked a little more ass they would've thought twice about crucifying the poor guy.
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June 26th, 2003, 08:08 AM
#60
Inactive Member
*gets a image of Jesus dressed all pulp fictiony like and quoting Ezekiel 25:17*
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