Saturday 27 February 2010

Whoever says to his brother "You Fool"...

... except we do it all the time.

When they cut us up at roundabouts.
When we are in a hurry at the supermarket and someone's paying for a flat-screen TV with 2p pieces
When two slow-moving old codgers are moving down the High St and we want to get round
When we read something we disagree with on the Internet
..... especially that
.... and indeed especially that
.... even when the people under consideration are obviously "fools"
.... or up to yesterday they were big fans of Prof Dawkins.....
.... or most vehemently of all when they're just like us, except for one minor detail.

Let's hope Hellfire is as metaphorical as they say.  Or we're all in trouble.

4 comments :

  1. We indeed are all in trouble - that's what the Church is for!

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  2. Archimandrite Simon6:45 pm, February 27, 2010

    Fortunately, despite my temper, I believe I have resisted the temptation to call my brother (or indeed sister) 'fool'. '******* ****' perhaps, but never 'fool'

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  3. The times I've scratched my hands to pieces picking gooseberries to make a fool. You can make a fool out of gooseberries but you can't make a silk purse out of a rusty nail.

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