1. Comment #397636 by cam9976 on July 17, 2009 at 7:35 pm

lol

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2. Comment #397640 by kram50 on July 17, 2009 at 7:52 pm

Still waiting for the next Big Idea!!!

And, how do we know it wasn't Abraham testing Gawd?

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3. Comment #397644 by NewEnglandBob on July 17, 2009 at 8:09 pm

Hilarious!

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4. Comment #397648 by prolibertas on July 17, 2009 at 8:31 pm

'I am your bitch!' Bwahahaha

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5. Comment #397651 by Fil on July 17, 2009 at 9:13 pm

Was dopey Abe Hugh Laurie by any chance?

OT How anybody can believe all that rubbish is beyond me.

I sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that religious peeps are just naturally stupid, but of course they are not necessarily so, it's just the power of indoctrination, I guess.

Then again... ;-)

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6. Comment #397654 by 100meters on July 17, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Wasn't this fable re-told just a few hundred years ago.......hmmmm......what was the name.....it's on the tip (oops, poor word choice, that) of my tongue...oh, got it...it was

"Rumpled Foreskin"

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7. Comment #397657 by critica on July 17, 2009 at 10:09 pm

The non-embellished version. It just seems so much more likely than the biblical account....

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8. Comment #397671 by weavehole on July 17, 2009 at 11:46 pm

Oh god said to Abraham "kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be putting me on"
god say, "No". Abe say "What?"
god say, " You can do what you want Abe but the next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin done?"
god says, "Out on Highway 61."

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9. Comment #397684 by zengardener on July 18, 2009 at 12:44 am

I can't believe this story got past the editors. Didn't someone say,

"Wait, this is a horrible tale of God giving a devoted follower a serious mind-fuck. No one should ever hear this tale again."

I suppose that particular editor was stoned to death for blasphemy.

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10. Comment #397686 by Fil on July 18, 2009 at 12:57 am

Oi vey, you want mind fuck, read the Book of Job already...

And the Lord moves in mysterious ways, because he's batshit crazy.

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11. Comment #397689 by Flapjack on July 18, 2009 at 1:07 am

@ Fil - No, not Hugh Laurie... that's Robert Webb doing god's bidding there!
Love the way Abraham and Isaac are so mindlessly compliant and happy about it!
"...you're certainly not tinkering with an already perfect creation like some giant see-through George Lucas!"
LOL

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12. Comment #397691 by Flapjack on July 18, 2009 at 1:24 am

Just wanted to show some other irreverent skits borrowed from the comments page on PZ's site... Here's a couple of Lee and Herring's fantastic "Sunday Heroes" sketches...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_1RFAcjMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70IAwHTzrHI&feature=related

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13. Comment #397694 by Flapjack on July 18, 2009 at 1:44 am

Oh, and had to include this one too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBzavvUIAR4&feature=related

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14. Comment #397696 by Fil on July 18, 2009 at 2:01 am

@ Flapjack. Thanks for that. Webb's voice and mannerisms certainly reminded me of Laurie (especially of his silly compliance to authority in the WW1 Blackadder series) but I couldn't tell under all that hair in the Abraham skit.

How strange that Hugh is now the sexiest non-doctor alive in House (I actually watched an episode the other night and he was VERY good, I must say).

Also, thanks for the other links....many lols.

Speaking of which...isn't it comforting to know that Life of Brian is considered by many public polls to be one of the best comedy films of all time?

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15. Comment #397703 by Flapjack on July 18, 2009 at 2:55 am

@Fil - I think the Radio Times put "Life of Brian" at the top of a reader's poll of best British films of all time a couple of years back.
There aren't many comedies out there that make me laugh on repeated viewings but that's certainly one of them.
As someone said on another thread, it's the movie I like to put on my DVD player around Xmas and Easter time as an antidote to listening to the hundreth sanctimonious "Thought for the day".

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16. Comment #397706 by phatbat on July 18, 2009 at 3:11 am

Here's another couple of classic Mitchell and Webb sketches:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWXMJP1J-3Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnD6umhOGw

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17. Comment #397708 by stevenLagnew on July 18, 2009 at 3:16 am

Ahhh Britain is far more liberal than the U.S it rocks

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18. Comment #397709 by Fil on July 18, 2009 at 3:18 am

@ Flapjack.

Oh, agreed. There is always something in LOB that will pop up and be werry rrisible on a replay.
The temptation of course is to ape the tragics and resort to quotes...
Oh, bugger it,
BORING PROPHET: Yea, verily, at that time, it is written in the book of Obadiah. A man shall strike his donkey and his nephew's donkey and anyone...
knock
...in the vicinity...
knock knock
...of his nephew or the donkey.....
MATTHIAS: "My eyes are poor. My nose is knackered."

(tragics will spot the error here and so I drive them nuts, verily, me being a SPLITTER and all ;-)

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19. Comment #397722 by Crazycharlie on July 18, 2009 at 4:35 am

Mitchell and Webb are my new heroes!--- AH-HAHAHA! " Another great idea lord!"

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20. Comment #397729 by eno on July 18, 2009 at 5:19 am

If you like that sketch then check out their Homeopathic A&E sketch http://tinyurl.com/lwxjmw Its brilliant!

reno

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21. Comment #397731 by adrrrian on July 18, 2009 at 5:35 am

Witness also the atheist miracle!!!!

Godless Comedy from That Mitchell and Webb Look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfqht0LEOWQ

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22. Comment #397733 by the great teapot on July 18, 2009 at 5:56 am

Slight change of subject on the first page, sorry Josh, but I was listening to "the now show" today and couldn't believe my ears. Marcus Brigstock having a dig at Richard for being argumentative and smug, how rich is that and this coming from a man who bases one of his routines on the god delusion. Dirty turncoat. It's kinda Richards job Marcus like yours is trying to make people laugh, alledgedly.

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23. Comment #397736 by Cartomancer on July 18, 2009 at 6:02 am

I heard Brigstocke on the Now Show as well. To be honest I wasn't too upset - considering the excoriation he gives to religion I think a little light teasing of Richard can be forgiven. After all, "argumentative and a bit smug" is hardly on the scale compared with Marcus's usual withering put-downs. And he nowhere said that Richard was actually wrong about anything - not that this would have been a crime either of course, Richard is not some idol we must follow unquestioningly, my word no. I didn't find that routine tremendously funny to be honest though.

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24. Comment #397737 by the great teapot on July 18, 2009 at 6:06 am

True enough cartomancer, I suppose tame and lame sums it up.

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25. Comment #397739 by Coppo on July 18, 2009 at 6:20 am

Richard is not some idol we must follow unquestioningly, my word no

No, we must follow the shoe!
:-)

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26. Comment #397752 by Flapjack on July 18, 2009 at 8:11 am

No follow the gourd... the holy gourd of Jerusalem!

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27. Comment #397753 by zane9 on July 18, 2009 at 8:14 am

The homeopathy sketch was fabulous! "extending the life line" was particularly clever.

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28. Comment #397760 by Flapjack on July 18, 2009 at 8:39 am

Here's another Lee and Herring skit... the second coming... Christmas panto style!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TQYdtGB2-s&feature=related

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29. Comment #397775 by DamnDirtyApe on July 18, 2009 at 9:52 am

Richard Dawkins dot net:

A clear thinking oasis.
(sub-subtitle: And source of lolz on the internets)

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30. Comment #397777 by antcowan on July 18, 2009 at 9:57 am

I like this sketch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqC73omSk4o

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31. Comment #397779 by Steve Zara on July 18, 2009 at 10:16 am

People in the UK might like to know that David Mitchell is on Desert Island Discs on BBC R4 tomorrow morning.

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32. Comment #397782 by bendigeidfran on July 18, 2009 at 10:23 am

Comment #397779 by Steve Zara

Steve, we all heard him today on TMS during lunch at Lords.

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33. Comment #397785 by Steve Zara on July 18, 2009 at 10:28 am

Comment #397782 by bendigeidfran

Cricket is too complex to have been designed by God.

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34. Comment #397786 by the great teapot on July 18, 2009 at 10:30 am

Come on Steve, Australians can play it!

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35. Comment #397789 by Steve Zara on July 18, 2009 at 10:36 am

Comment #397786 by the great teapot

That is not true cricket. True cricket is beyond time and space. Or at least beyond tea-time.

It is said that some have encounted the three stumps covered in frost and have been converted to Christianity.

...............
I really enjoy Mitchell and Webb. I think they could become the new Morecambe and Wise of comedy.

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36. Comment #397790 by Quetzalcoatl on July 18, 2009 at 10:38 am

Steve Zara-

It is said that some have encounted the three stumps covered in frost and have been converted to Christianity.

A few have encountered the three stumps with the two bales on top, and immediately became followers of Mithras.

Then they realised that was stupid, and went home.

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37. Comment #397791 by teapotbishop on July 18, 2009 at 10:39 am

Excellent work from Mitchell and Webb .

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38. Comment #397797 by HeathenAngel on July 18, 2009 at 10:46 am

Absolutely brilliant.... and sad at the same time. I'm baffled that there are people out there that can read this kind of tripe and say, "yeah... that makes sense." How does one suspend logic long enough to even give that idea time to form?

Another funny to check out is Ricky Gervais' look at the first two chapters of Genesis. He performed it during his show "Animals"... I think. My son and I have decided that it is one of the funniest "pokes" at the buybull we've ever seen.

OH... and Fil... I happen to agree with your praise of Hugh Laurie... as my AV might hint. ;)

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39. Comment #397798 by bendigeidfran on July 18, 2009 at 10:46 am

He's very good without a script too:-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkObvXY24tk&feature=related

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40. Comment #397802 by Misc on July 18, 2009 at 11:00 am

Here's a picture - doesn't come from Mitchell and Webb, though.
"Theological Humor"

The artist's blog is here:
http://bizarrocomic.blogspot.com/

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41. Comment #397815 by bendigeidfran on July 18, 2009 at 11:56 am

Comment #397802 by Misc

Michelangelo made that joke 500 years ago.

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42. Comment #397818 by Misc on July 18, 2009 at 12:05 pm

Comment #397815 by bendigeidfran

And yet he still doesn't want it back.

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43. Comment #397825 by Quine on July 18, 2009 at 12:48 pm

Abraham quoting Genesis, well let's see. Genesis supposedly came from Moses who supposedly came well after Abraham. ?? Wonder if Abraham went with the creation story of G:1 or G:2?

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44. Comment #397861 by sbooder on July 18, 2009 at 4:35 pm

Another bit of M&W

The Good Samaritan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS_Uvg56U_o

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45. Comment #397864 by MaxD on July 18, 2009 at 5:05 pm

Too right about George Lucas. Too right indeed.

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46. Comment #397869 by j.mills on July 18, 2009 at 5:41 pm

Quine, don't forget that Moses dies in the closing passages of the books he supposedly wrote. Clearly there's some metatextual confabulation involved, possibly using time travel, so at some specific level of improbability it's inevitable that Abraham would have read the book he was in. (Like Don Quixote.) Eddies in the space-time continuum.

"Is he? And this is his sofa, is it?"

- Which brings us back to cricket. I hope you're following, there'll be a 'test' later! :)

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47. Comment #397878 by Fil on July 18, 2009 at 8:07 pm

Ah me, cricket. I loved the game until about two days ago. Where's that crap English weather when we need it?

*Fil continues rain dance in Australia*

Btw, for shits and giggles, do have a read of Stephen Fry's speech at Lords before the second test... many lulz.

http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/2009/07/16/cricket-speech-presented-at-lords-14th-july-2009/

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48. Comment #397938 by SpammersAreScummy on July 19, 2009 at 9:05 am

Great stuff - thanks for sharing. As Brit who now lives in in the Bible Belt, I miss this kind of free thinking comedy. Thankfully, YouTube and other things on the web are not censored so I can still get my fix!

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49. Comment #397942 by Quine on July 19, 2009 at 9:41 am

Comment #397869 by j.mills:

Quine, don't forget that Moses dies in the closing passages of the books he supposedly wrote.

Yes, I always liked that part, and that Moses wrote in a far away third person view of stories in which he was the main character.

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50. Comment #397984 by Flapjack on July 19, 2009 at 4:16 pm

J.Mills and Quine - I seem to remember a number of movies which use this device where the narrator is already dead prior to doing the voiceover. "Sunset Boulevard" is one, and is it "Casino" or "Goodfellas" where Joe Pesci is providing a voiceover silmultaneous to a scene where his character gets beaten to death halfway through his dialogue and the voiceover tails of in "aaaargh, oomph euuuurrghh" as he crumples in a bloody heap on screen.
Something like the castle of Aaaargh sequence in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where the inscription reads "you will find the grail in the castle of Aaaaaaaargh" and the knights of the round table are left to speculate on whether Joseph of Aramatheia died while carving it.
So there we have it, if what you say about Moses is correct, the bible is the world's first example of postmodern fiction!

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