Wordie: Religion: Comments

Comment by Tedel, 5 months ago

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:53:44 +0000

"Religion is a mysterious word. It can save some lives, and it can really ruin others."

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:39:14 +0000

*barfing*

Comment by trivet, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:17:57 +0000

ew, eew, EEEEW!

An oyster is a most unappetizing blob of glup.

You and Gollum are welcome all of my share, yarb.

Comment by mollusque, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:43:58 +0000

Is there a gastroetymologist in the house?

Comment by yarb, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:16:54 +0000

I think of it more affectionately, like swallowing a sneeze.

Comment by chained_bear, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:05:40 +0000

Yarb, the answer is: because eating a raw oyster is much like swallowing someone else's loogie. (Sorry reesetee--you must be barfing by now.)

Comment by yarb, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:49:44 +0000

Bleurggh, cb. I could never understand why people would want to ruin a lovely cold slimy oyster by cooking it.

I was watching the Lord of the Rings movie last night and at the scene where Sam is lambasting Gollum for wanting to eat his rabbit raw, I found myself taking Gollum's side.

skipvia, the live baby octopi sound like fun. I've only eaten them cooked but I do like the texture.

Comment by skipvia, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:27:15 +0000

My cousin described a south seas delicacy he once tried--live baby octopi dipped in some sort of sauce and swallowed whole. The sensation going down was supposed to be the attraction to the dish. I've never been able to shake the mental image.

I figured that as long as we were talking about oysters on the religion page I could toss that in...

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:10:20 +0000

Correct. I should have specified that. Anyway, I don't eat them noways, nohow.

Comment by chained_bear, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:52:06 +0000

reesetee, they are only (supposed to be) alive when you eat them raw. I never eat them raw; I prefer them steamed. They're certainly not alive after that.

*fingers crossed*

Comment by reesetee, 9 months ago

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:45:46 +0000

Not to mention they are usually alive when one eats them. (Or so I learned from reading The Big Oyster.)

Comment by yarb, 9 months ago

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:52:57 +0000

I agree with Saki. Give me oysters over religion any day. Certainly (to misquote Larkin),

"If I were called in
To construct a religion
I should make use of oysters."

Comment by mollusque, 9 months ago

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:37:47 +0000

I think oysters are more beautiful than any religion...They not only forgive our unkindness to them; they justify it, they incite us to go on being perfectly horrid to them. Once they arrive at the supper table they seem to enter thoroughly into the spirit of the thing. There's nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster.
--Saki, 1911, The Chronicles of Clovis