From: gseidman@math14.math.umbc.edu (gseidman@math14.math.umbc.edu)
Newsgroups: alt.slack,alt.religion.kibology
Subject: Re: List of Deities
Date: 22 Jan 1993 12:56:30 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Academic Computing Services
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Keywords: I AM YOUR "BOB"

In <1993Jan19.165404.6663@desire.wright.edu> tmbrex@desire.wright.edu writes:

>In article <C143E6.oI@news2.cis.umn.edu>, donnell@squid.micro.umn.edu 
(BogusMan) writes:
>> In article <marc.r.stephens-190193102711@no-name-medlib.med.umich.edu> 
marc.r.stephens@um.cc.umich.edu (Marc R. Stephens) writes:
>>>In article <1993Jan19.064023.20242@netcom.com>, howard@netcom.com (Howard
>>>Berkey) wrote:.
>>>> >{ 
>>>> >{       Eris

>       "   "   < (forgot something, eh?)
>>>> >{       Bob

>>>> >{       Kibo
>>>> >{       Cthulhu
>>>> >{       The Beer Commercial Jesus
>>>> >{       Snuffle-upagus
>>>> >{       
>>>> >      The Tidy-Bowl Man
>>>> >      
>>>>  And the eighth Dwarf, 'Farty'.
>>>
>>>Of course there is always Shub-Internet.
>>>
>> And let us not forget Elvis Budanicci <the Self destructing God>, The Angel 
>> NASA, or the mightiest of all, The UberSquid.
>> 
>> Pax
>>                              --Judex--
>>
>    Elvis
>    Amy Fisher
>    Ted (Buttbiter) Bundy - for one simple reason: When they asked him if he 
>        had a last request, he replied: "I want Ricky Schroeder (sp?) to be 
>        sitting on my lap when they throw the switch."
>    Pop-n-Fresh, (the "Pils"bury Doughboy) 
>    Howard Stern
>    Roy Orbison
     ^^^^^^^^^^^ A-men, brudda!
>    Heinz Ketchup
>    Ren
>    Stimpy
>    Rhonda Schear (usa UP all night)
>    The guys that invented/designed: the chainsaw, the Marshall 100 watt 
stack,
>      the '57 chevy convertible, the PEZ dispenser (How about a Dobbshead
>      model), cordless electric drills, C4 explosives, and pull-top beer cans.


>               ArchPope Walter O.
>               Church of the Most Holy Image 
>                       of George Washington, Inc.
>    

BOKAR, God of Caffeine, He Who Keeps Us Awake And Alert In Our Time Of Need.
All Hail Bokar!  Keep sacred these things: the Seed of Bokar [coffee beans], 
the Fountain of Bokar [Braun coffeemaker], the Vessel of Bokar [coffee mug, the
bigger the better], and the Milk of Bokar [half-and-half]!  Cherish the Black 
Blood of Bokar, and shun the false god Decaf!

I also have a sailor's head carved from a coconut that is revered as the 
Official Idol of Library School Happy Hour, but this is more of an icon than an
actual deity--more animism than dynamism. (I think.)

Sore as hell that I didn't copyright the Beer Commercial Jesus,

-=-=-=-=-=-
my newsreader doesn't like me to quote.... <sigh>... Add to the deity
list Zot!!! Yes, the demon Zot. The story behind Zot's Prophet and Pope:

There once was an English class, and it was dull. Thus was an essay
assigned, and two dozen students put pen to paper. But one pen was
Guided by Zot! As the student, the revered Steve Cook, wrote on, his
mind turned off, as he had had little sleep. And Zot, in His wisdom,
watched. The sentence "The demon image is not inappropriate..." formed
in the mind of the Prophet and Zot, all-powerful but very lazy, twitched
the pen. The Prophet wrote "The demon image is zot..." and, in his
wisdom, saw the Message of Zot.

The Prophet spread the word of Zot, after a good night's rest and
finishing the essay, and came upon a friend. The Prophet Spoke of Zot
and the friend was Inspired! Having recently paid entirely too much for
a Zippo lighter, the friend went on to pay entirely too much to have "HAIL
ERIS", "ZOT", and "J'M'TH" engraved upon it. J'M'TH is a different
story.

For this inspiration, the Prophet proclaimed him Gregory I, First Pope
of Zot! Gregory I then went on to buy himself a new lighter, this time a
spiffy Doonesbury "Club Scud, Kuwait City" trench lighter. But the Holy
Zippo remains.

>>>Next Week: the Story of J'M'TH<<<

--Gregory I, First Pope of Zot
"...the demon image is zot..." --Steve Cook, Prophet of Zot
Zot guards my lighter, along with Eris and J'M'TH!
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