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-You compliment your wife in the morning by referring to her flock-of-goat hairstyle or her ivory tower nose.

-You consistently refer to nuns as "gates sealed."

-You think a sachet of myrrh hanging around your neck is a good way to attract men.

-You buy a green sofa so your couch can be verdant.

-You wake up from dreams reciting the words, "alas, someday my prince will come."

-Your little sister doesn't have a boyfriend yet and you rub her nose in it by telling her not to stir up love before its own time.

-You think fox hunting might be a good way to get a man's attention.

-You mistakenly think that Solomon must have been a very faithful man because he's so highly spoken of (nevermind the fact that he had one new wife every month for 58 years or so).

-When you wake up next to your newlywed wife, you greet her with the words, "good morning, my sister, my bride!"

-You actually got any of these.

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lol. I once told my friend that he was leaping like a gazelle that bounds over the hills. Needless to say, I got some strange looks...
Oh, I also told my priest that his cheecks were like the halves of a pomegranate. Song of Songs is cool, especially when it describes teeth as ' flock of shorn ewes'.

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[quote name='Nadezhda' post='1377737' date='Sep 4 2007, 11:00 AM']I have yet to be told that I have hair like a flock of goats. These were funny. Thanks Raph![/quote]
Maybe yours looks like a flock of seagulls ...

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[quote name='Nadezhda' post='1377737' date='Sep 4 2007, 12:00 PM']I have yet to be told that I have hair like a flock of goats. These were funny. Thanks Raph![/quote]

that's because your hair would technically look like a drove of goats.

Or possibly a trip

But certainly not a flock

I'm sure you've heard the old pick up line "Your laugh is as lilting as a covey of Ptarmigans" Its become cliche


But I digress

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kenrockthefirst

I have a confession to make: I refer to my wife as the "wife of my youth." Really. And our wedding included a reading from Song of Songs. Maybe it's contagious.

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[quote name='beatty07' post='1377692' date='Sep 4 2007, 11:09 AM']green sofa. I am laughing unreasonably and borderline inappropriately. These are awesome.[/quote]
I tried to keep them from being inappropriate, but I think God enjoys when we can have some light-hearted humor about even the most sincere of Biblical passages.

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[quote name='beatty07' post='1377692' date='Sep 4 2007, 11:09 AM']green sofa. I am laughing unreasonably and borderline inappropriately. These are awesome.[/quote]


Peter Kreeft has some hilarious words on this passage in his book "Three Philosophies of Life"


:lol_roll:

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[quote name='kenrockthefirst' post='1377771' date='Sep 4 2007, 11:52 AM']I have a confession to make: I refer to my wife as the "wife of my youth." Really. And our wedding included a reading from Song of Songs. Maybe it's contagious.[/quote]
That is awesome!!

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[quote name='Raphael' post='1378045' date='Sep 4 2007, 03:47 PM']I tried to keep them from being inappropriate, but I think God enjoys when we can have some light-hearted humor about even the most sincere of Biblical passages.[/quote]

i couldn't agree more ^_^

someone i work with told me that laughing at Scripture is irreverent and i just thought, wow, that is so sad that you can't find the joy of laughter in the Word of God. :sadder:

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[quote name='kateri05' post='1378460' date='Sep 5 2007, 01:48 AM']i couldn't agree more ^_^

someone i work with told me that laughing at Scripture is irreverent and i just thought, wow, that is so sad that you can't find the joy of laughter in the Word of God. :sadder:[/quote]
When I was a little kid, I was a very serious child and told my parents that there wasn't enough time to laugh...we needed to be busy doing important work for God. Then I challenged them to find a passage in Scripture where Jesus was laughing.

Good intention, but wasn't I just the little Calvinist...

St. Philip Neri got it right. :) We need joy.

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