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Well that's gratitude for ya! (Original Post) Cartoonist Mar 2018 OP
You know what would have been really awesome? Mariana Mar 2018 #1
Fortunately, this story is a myth. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #2
You're not supposed to take these things literally. Cartoonist Mar 2018 #3
Geez, literalists. trotsky Mar 2018 #4
You could give them pizza and beer. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #5
Oh and I suppose it has to be *literal* pizza and beer too, huh? trotsky Mar 2018 #6
What sort of moral monster would give a man figurative pizza and beer? Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #7

Mariana

(14,849 posts)
1. You know what would have been really awesome?
Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:43 PM
Mar 2018

If Jesus had restored the man's sight. But he didn't. Oh, well.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
2. Fortunately, this story is a myth.
Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:49 PM
Mar 2018

Postnik Yakovlev wasn't blinded by Ivan Grozny. He actually went on to design more churches after St. Basil's Cathedral.

Ivan Grozny did beat his son to death, though. But that's another story for another day.

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