Absolutely brilliant.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Given the exchanges lately, I thought this to be quite appropriate:
> >
> > http://politicalirony.com/2010/04/13/john-cleese-explains-extremism/
>
> I love John Cleese.
>
> I've always found Emo Phillips's version good too:
>
> "I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on
> the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said "Stop! don't do
> it!" "Why shouldn't I?" he said. I said, "Well, there's so much to
> live for!" He said, "Like what?" I said, "Well...are you religious or
> atheist?" He said, "Religious." I said, "Me too! Are you Christian or
> Buddhist?" He said, "Christian." I said, "Me too! Are you Catholic or
> Protestant?" He said, "Protestant." I said, "Me too! Are you
> episcopalian or baptist?" He said, "Baptist!" I said,"Wow! Me too! Are
> you baptist church of god or baptist church of the lord?" He said,
> "Baptist church of god!" I said, "Me too! Are you original baptist
> church of god, or are you reformed baptist church of god?" He
> said,"Reformed Baptist church of god!" I said, "Me too! Are you
> reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1879, or reformed
> baptist church of god, reformation of 1915?" He said, "Reformed
> baptist church of god, reformation of 1915!" I said, "Die, heretic
> scum", and pushed him off." -- Emo Phillips
>
> 

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