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Virgin Mary in a MRI/Mormons/Sally's reign begins/David in Condiments
HAA! I saw that last night on Keith Olbermann.I think she's looking for cash.
People are... interesting.
Why are we always looking past the very miracle of life itself just to see images that remind us of something supposedly "divine?"
Why are we always looking past the very miracle of life itself cuz you can't sell that on e-bay???
My first thought when I looked at the MRI was "vagina."What sort of person believes these things? The same sort of person who believes anything. Belief in life after death and in a diety who interacts us is very comforting. It don't have the belief anymore, but I remember the comfort of having it. That's powerful stuff.
My first thought when I looked at the MRI was "vagina."Mindy, A qualified specialist might diagnose that as a one-track mind.
*Ducks*
Lol, no need to duck, Kirk. I was totally thinking that about myself.:)
Uh ... ebay is a freakin miracle in itself.Speaking of religious beliefs and how they are reflected in commerce (I know we weren't), I discovered when I moved to Utah that the local Albertsons market had no Hellmann's mayo in stock. No, west of the Rockies it's marketed as Best Foods mayo. No, really. 'Cause hell is a very very bad word, you know. It's OK to say heck though.
Please tell me that is not why they don't call it Hellmann's.
I believe that is the case. LDS has a very large influence on commerce out west.
Mindy wrote: "My first thought when I looked at the MRI was "vagina."Ha ha! I saw the exact same thing!
Why don't they just call it Heckman's, then?
But Larry, some people's names have "hell" in them. It's not that uncommon. I would like for someone to look into this more. (Not myself 'cause I've got too much other fucking off to do today.)
Beats the hell outta me, Natalie. It's marketing, ya know? Another weird thing out there is that sticks of butter are shorter and fatter, so that they don't fit in the standard butter dish. Still 1/4 lb, but in an odd shape. I'm clueless about that one.
And of course, there was only one state owned liquor store in the entire county. Fortunately, it was only a few blocks from where I lived. :)
The butter thing really bugs me. You'd think if they made fat, squat butter, someone would make a butter dish to FIT it. But NOOOOOO, butter dishes are all biased toward east coast butter. :::mutters darkly under her breath...:::
Sometimes I buy the more expensive Land O'Lakes, just so it will fit in the butter dish correctly.
It's an eastern elitist conspiracy, methinks.I did, however, run into Robin Williams in our local Albertsons one day. That was neat. Man ... he's short!
Larry, have you seen the Utah Baby Namer?http://wesclark.com/ubn/
Can you confirm that people in Utah actually saddle their children with these atrocious, somehow legal sobriquets?
Wait .. first I had to look up sobriquets ... OK ....The answer is yes, although I have to say there are many on the lists there that I've never heard of.
Many things are done differently there. Example: street addresses are given as coordinates on a grid within the cities. It's a clever way to do it -- but it confounds the hell out of those GPS thingys to look for "400 East 200 South." The first time someone gave me one of those addresses I had no clue what she was trying to tell me.
I found it fascinating to live in that area. The people in southern Utah were very friendly -- and I can count on two fingers the number of times someone tried to "convert" me to LDS in two years of living there. Lots of hard working, honest people who just happen to have a rather quirky religion.
Re: the addressesHoly cow, Larry, is that how it works? I have a client in Salt Lake, and every time I get an address out of them I'm completely confused as to how people get around there.
Yep. It's a great system -- it's just so different from everywhere else that it confuses people who aren't familiar. It's one of those paradigm things, I guess. The GPS machine says, "That is NOT an address I can recognize. Please provide a proper address."
And Natalie -- the "holy cow" thing is for the people in India, not Utah. :)
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Albertson's is out of Idaho, so it could be. Not that it keeps them from selling caffeine and alcohol...
Yep. Well, it was started by Mormons, I think. But I don't believe it was ever owned by the church, if that's what you mean. There are plenty of other businesses that are, though.
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I thought it was Pepsi they owned.
Well, they own big pieces of a lot of companies, as do many big institutions these days. They don't publish all of their holdings, as far as I know. They do control Bonneville Communications, the major TV/radio outlet in Utah for sure, plus ZCMI, a shopping mall complex in SLC.
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Correct. Mindy.It's the Beehive State, by the way.
Utahn...Utahan? I think I like that better. Next time you're there, Larry, please let someone know, OK?
I'll be there next week, actually. M-W says Utahan is preferred over Utahn.
(Oh wait, did you mean me? I'm not M-W.)
Merriam Webster -- but you knew that. Mark Wahlburg has no preference.
Oh. Sorry. I meant no offense. You knew THAT didn't you?
When I lived in Kansas City, I was told that Mormons owned a lot of land in NW Missouri because they believed that is where the second coming would occur.
Near Branson? The second coming is going to be near Branson? Does God like Andy Williams and Yakoff Smirnoff or whoever?
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I really enjoyed this summer when David used to continually update the thread title to reflect the current subjects. Lots of work, but hilarious.
Jackie does that in TN. (Or maybe it's Donald doing it?) It's fascinating how threads meander.
It's me, inspired by David's example. I always enjoyed the updates when he did it.
I like the thread meandering, but I don't want to be too cutsey with the thread titles or have to update them every ten seconds. Plus I didn't care about the Mormon shit.:)edit: Maybe I'll delegate. Sally, why don't you take on the thread updates? You'd be better at it than me.
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Fantastical. Now there is a great word.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the talented and compassionate Sally into moderatorship...thank you, Sallers;)
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Is it people looking for signs of the divine in the everyday? Why are people looking on water towers, tortillas, whatever for signs of the divine? What kind of person believes this sort of thing, with all due respect? Is she just desperate for hope? And if she's so desperate for hope....why ebay?