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Feeling the L-O-V-E…

October 13th, 2006 by Marc

I remember seeing Emo Philips years ago and loving his ability to play with the English language.

Here’s one that has stuck with me:

I was in San Fransisco once, walking along the Golden Gate Bridge, and I saw this guy on the bridge about to jump. So I thought I’d try to stall and detain him, long enough for me to put the film in. I said, “Don’t jump!” and he turns… You’ve heard of the elephant man. He was kind of like that, he had a, well, you could say he had the head of a horse. And my heart went out to him. I said, “Why the long face?”
He said, “‘Cause all my life people have called me mean names like horses-head or Flicka or chess-piece or Trigger…”
I said, “Well, don’t worry about it, Ed. It can’t be that bad.”
He said, “My girlfriend’s suing me!”
I said, “For palomino?”
He said, “Why was I put on this Earth?”
I said, “My friend, anywhere else you wouldn’t stand a chance.”
He said, “Nobody loves me.”
I said, “God loves you, you silly ninny.”
He said, “How do you know there’s a God?”
I said, “Of course there’s a God. Do you think that billions of years ago a bunch of molecules floating around at random could someday have had the sense of humor to make you look like that?”
He said, “I do believe in God.”
I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?”
He said, “A Christian.”
I said, “Me too. Protestant or Catholic?”
He said, “Protestant.”
I said, “Me too! What franchise?”
He says, “Baptist.”
I said, “Me too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?”
He says, “Northern Baptist.”
I said, “Me too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”
He says, “Northern Conservative Baptist.”
I say, “Me too! Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist or Northern Conservative Reform Baptist?”
He says, “Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist.”
I say, “Me too! Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region or Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Eastern Region?”
He says, “Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region.”
I say, “Me too! Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879 or Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?”
He says, “Northern Conservative Fundamentalist Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.”
I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him over! 

 

For what it’s worth, the Baptists don’t have any corner on this type of thinking. It’s part of the human condition, isn’t it?  

Thanks to http://ttblogs.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/04/emo_phillips_on.html for having this posted in a way Google could find it!

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2 responses about “Feeling the L-O-V-E…”

  1. Jason DiPinto said:
    October 23rd, 2006 at 12:58 pm

    I remember hearing this story at a PromiseKeepers event in Los Angeles in 1995. I liked it so much that it has become part of my standard repertoire of illustrations on human beings and sense of belonging.

    Hi. I’m a member of VCF New Haven (CT), and I stumbled across your blog through a strange series of Google searches and links. I enjoy your perspective. If you’re interested, take a look at my blog at http://jmd46.blogspot.com
    It is a similar perspective on faith, also from a Vineyard perspective.

    I hope we get a chance to continue conversation one of these days.

    Grace & Peace

  2. Marc said:
    October 29th, 2006 at 11:03 pm

    Thanks Jason! I’ll check it out.

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