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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:30 AM Original message |
Speaking of Bibles - WHY do they put a Bible in every Hotel Room? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. There was an Urban Legend that some of the bibles have $100 bill in them |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. the Beatles sucked |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Well, they had some great music but not #1 on my list |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. interesting |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Didn't you share a hotel room with DS1 and WillPitt? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. WillPitt Kept Me Awake With His Snoring |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Funny, WillPitt said you kept him awake with your snoring |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. Oh bullshit |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. you do have a point |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. Oh Will - you were the party pooper that went to bed earlier |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Man, you want to talk about snoring? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. We know - remember, he shared the room with Ramsey, RBNYC and I |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Actually they were filming a gay porn video called "God, Was I Drunk" |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Bible spanking. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Naaah, let's go the full monty |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Is such a move likely to help Democrats |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. OK, I'll write this in the title page: |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. well, wasn't Ayn Rand an atheist? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Oh, yes, she was. I went specifically for someone |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Didn't you get the talking points? |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Hitler was a vegetarian |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Yes, he was, although only in his later years |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. But you didn't address my central point! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Dszcbcz. -ou |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
57. so is reading comprehension yours |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. As humor is yours |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Oh humour ar ar |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Once again, you completely fly by the point |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. You call that a ton of bricks? |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Well, you did |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. "I've learned that the world is cold. It's cruel. It's dirty. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. They're no Oasis, but saying that they sucked is going too far! |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
70. No!!!!!! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. They're just messing with you. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. And why are they sometimes chained?? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. VERY good question |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. . |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. OMFG. Have I ever said I love ya? -nt |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. !!! |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. . |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. to...suggest we shed by way enlightenment this mortal coil of blood, sweat.... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. In Britain it's the Gideons who do it |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Google Bill Hicks and Gideons |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. I'm gonna catch me a Gideon!!!! |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I carry him in my breast pocket always. From my IPOD to god's ear I suppose. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
79. Haha, first thought that came to my head as well. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. Well, I've always thought that |
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Lady Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. AHHHH!! Your go to... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. They are the Gideons, and Bible distribution is their raison d'etre |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Right- Hotels at the time were often the habitat of the lonely |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Bill Hicks had a hilarious routine about the Gideons |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
17. To give you something to do while you wait for the PPV porn to load |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. ... |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'm gonna get flamed for this but....I'm going to defend the Gideons. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. No reason you should be flamed - you're exactly correct |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. I'm an atheist and I don't mind the Gideons.. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. I'm not sure if it's a matter of the hotels being willing |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Oh, I know. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
69. Probably |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
53. In the Rocky Mountain states, you often get the Book of Mormon |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
71. I've been in many a hotel with a Book of Mormon |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. Found one in the trunk of a rental car once. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
81. When I stayed in a hotel in Salt Lake City several years ago, |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
58. There's something singular about the experience |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
29. lotsa suicide in hotel rooms, they were trying to reach them. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
33. So you can look out the window... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. I've stayed in motels like that. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. They can't afford to put a bottle of Jack in every room. I started to say |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
35. I last used it to hold back the curtain over the air conditioner |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. so if you forget the rolling papers |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Nothing quite like a Genesis Joint |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
77. lol |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
80. A Revelation joint would probably be a bit of a buzzkill though... |
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Lowell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
39. They're great when |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
44. Surveillance |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
51. bibles |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
55. 'Bible' is an Esperanto word meaning 'No Baby-Making allowed' |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Maybe free condoms would work better??? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
66. hotel bibles are for emergency only |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
72. For when you run out of rolling papers. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
76. I was just in a room that didn't have one |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. They used to encourage people to take them. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
83. I have quite the collection of hotel bibles |
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