The Real Riddle of the Sphinx
How many Egyptians does it take to change a light bulb?
6
2 to argue how it should be done.
1 to reminesce about how light bulbs were changed in Egypt in the old days.
1 to complain about how the job is being done
1 to actually change it.
1 to make tea for everyone involved.
Who’s Crazy?
People who talk to themselves can’t find intelligent conversation elsewhere.
If You Water It, It May Grow
Watch at the end of the liturgy when Abouna sprays the water, there will be several bald men who will rub it all over their heads, yet none with hair will.
Strange But True (Possibly)
The reason its traditional to eat kolkassia aka olass (or named malanga in market) on the feast of the Theopany is it symbolic of St. John the Baptist or more accurately his head. It is roughly round, the size of a head, and hairy; so one could see the parrallel between it and a human head. I did not make this up, it was told to me by a wise old sage (maybe the person wasn’t a sage and maybe not so wise but the person was definitely old). This sort of ties in to a traditional saying/superstition for the feast “Whoever does not eat kolkassia on the feast of the Theophany will wake up without a head” (Okay it looses something in the translation; it rhymes in Arabic)
Happy Theophany (or is it Merry Theophany)
Questions on Love, Truth and Power
church for the liturgy. This has added an hour and a half traveling time to church. I won’t believe my Teta is a liar or ignorant. But I need a solution because I can’t afford the gas required to go to church anymore.
My friend says his abouna can beat up my abouna. I say no way, my abouna is so strong he can baptise babies with with one hand. Is there a way to settle this argument. I know it is absurd to have them fight but is it possible to have a a weightlifting contest or something similar.
Random Musing
Have you ever stopped and couldn’t remember why you’re carrying around a noose in your pocket? I know I have.
She’s not that into You
When a there’s a cute girl smiling at you and giggling, make sure its not because your fly is open.
Fun with Travelers
Power of Prayer
To Dream the Impossible
The ant walked about
Minding his own buisness.
When came a human lout,
Causing the ant much distress
For upon the ant, his foot fast descending
So to God the ant prayed
Then and there his life would have been ending
Had not his prayer been answered
And the ant walked off happy
Scraping human off his foot.
-P.S.F.