yep... can't wait for "The Da Vinci Carp" to hit theaters.
... can't wait for "The Tortilla Code" to hit theaters.
... can't wait for "The Da Vinci Grilled Cheese Sandwich" to hit
theaters.
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:30:43 -0500
Maria Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
remember this one, from a few years ago?
Word is made flesh as God reveals himself... as a fish
Edward Helmore New York
Sunday March 16, 2003
The Observer
An obscure Jewish sect in New York has been gripped in awe by what it
believes to be a mystical visitation by a 20lb carp that was heard
shouting in Hebrew, in what many Jews worldwide are hailing as a
modern miracle.
Many of the 7,000-member Skver sect of Hasidim in New Square, 30
miles north of Manhattan, believe God has revealed himself in fish
form.
According to two fish-cutters at the New Square Fish Market, the carp
was about to be slaughtered and made into gefilte fish for Sabbath
dinner when it suddenly began shouting apocalyptic warnings in
Hebrew.
Many believe the carp was channelling the troubled soul of a revered
community elder who recently died; others say it was God. The only
witnesses to the mystical show were Zalmen Rosen, a 57-year-old Hasid
with 11 children, and his co-worker, Luis Nivelo. They say that on 28
January at 4pm they were about to club the carp on the head when it
began yelling.
Nivelo, a Gentile who does not understand Hebrew, was so shocked at
the sight of a fish talking in any language that he fell over. He ran
into the front of the store screaming: 'It's the Devil! The Devil is
here!' Then the shop owner heard it shouting warnings and commands
too.
'It said "Tzaruch shemirah" and "Hasof bah",' he told the New York
Times, 'which essentially means that everyone needs to account for
themselves because the end is near.'
The animated carp commanded Rosen to pray and study the Torah. Rosen
tried to kill the fish but injured himself. It was finally butchered
by Nivelo and sold.
However, word spread far and wide and Nivelo complains he has been
plagued by phone calls from as far away as London and Israel. The
story has since been amplified by repetition and some now believe the
fish's outburst was a warning about the dangers of the impending war
in Iraq.
Some say they fear the born-again President Bush believes he is
preparing the world for the Second Coming of Christ, and war in Iraq
is just the opening salvo in the battle of Armageddon.
Local resident Abraham Spitz said: 'Two men do not dream the same
dream. It is very rare that God reminds people he exists in this
modern world. But when he does, you cannot ignore it.'
Others in New Square discount the apocalyptic reading altogether and
suggest the notion of a talking fish is as fictional as Tony
Soprano's talking-fish dream in an episode of The Sopranos .
Stand-up comedians have already incorporated the carp into their
comedy routines at weddings. One gefilte company has considered
changing it's slogan to: 'Our fish speaks for itself.'
Still, the shouting carp corresponds with the belief of some Hasidic
sects that righteous people can be reincarnated as fish. They say
that Nivelo may have been selected because he is not Jewish, but a
weary Nivelo told the New York Times : 'I wish I never said anything
about it. I'm getting so many calls every day, I've stopped
answering. Israel, London, Miami, Brooklyn. They all want to hear
about the talking fish.'
A devout Christian, he still thinks the carp was the Devil. 'I don't
believe any of this Jewish stuff. But I heard that fish talk.'
He's grown tired of the whole thing. 'It's just a big headache for
me,' he added. 'I pull my phone out of the wall at night. I don't
sleep and I've lost weight.'
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At 12:16 PM -0700 8/18/06, Talan Memmott wrote:
The recordings are odd and interesting... but what the various sites
are really about is promoting "ryan reynolds" the budgie's owner as
the last in the bloodline of Jesus... all coming from the mouth of
his birds....
one of the transcripts
984 forward
1. You are changing all of the future
2. There is a promise with this story
3. That Jesus' crucifixion had a reason
4. It was the bloodline of His God
5. He could not continue the bloodline if Mary died
6. The bloodline of Jesus was there in Mary
7. But God was ready to let Him live to lead religion
8. And God knew if He did then He would lose Mary
9. Now times are different
10. This world is ready for Jesus
11. And the bloodline lives through Jesus
12. Religion is in all of you here
13. You carry the bloodline Ryan of Jesus
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:54:16 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I find it unbelievable simply because every parrot I know,
particularly
one African Grey, has his or her own plans for world domination and
would
never stoop to be a messenger for some odd deity or other.
-Ron
[This may be one of the most bizarre online groups I'm subscribed
to. I thought I was joining an avian intelligence group & these are
the kind of messages I'm getting. I guess my parrots talking to me
has a lot more consequence than I had assumed. ~mIEKAL]
