Atheists & Agnostics

TygrBright

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2. Well, there's always the wonderful story about Tallulah Bankhead...

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:57 PM

Apr 2018

...visiting a Catholic Church on one of the big feast days.

There she sits in an aisle seat, done up to the nines, watching the procession pass on the way to the altar. First the deacon carrying the cross, then more deacons with the book and the chalice, then altar boys with candles, then concelebrants in their fancy colored cassocks with embroidered chasubles, then the celebrant himself, in full regalia, swinging a censer full of incense.

They reach her pew, and she nods as each one passes. But as the celebrant comes level with her she leans out and growls "Your dress is DIVINE, darling. But your purse is on fire!"

helpfully,
Bright

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Dressing Divinely [View all] Brainstormy Apr 2018 OP

hmmmm..........here are a few Glorfindel Apr 2018 #1

Oh dear. I am speechless... Marie Marie Apr 2018 #4

Apparently a puppet...and a behive-hive hairdo...? Merlot Apr 2018 #6

Priceless!! mountain grammy Apr 2018 #7

The clothes are truly dreadful... 3catwoman3 Apr 2018 #8

there's something about the hairdos Brainstormy Apr 2018 #14

That was truly hilarious The Genealogist Apr 2018 #17

Well, there's always the wonderful story about Tallulah Bankhead... TygrBright Apr 2018 #2

Hilarious! Never heard that! Brainstormy Apr 2018 #13

A cross made from palm ashes on a person's forehead BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #3

Numerous examples from all over the world prove that god only loves you if you wear a funny hat. nt Binkie The Clown Apr 2018 #5

Hats are important! Brainstormy Apr 2018 #12

This is what happens when you ban gays from the crew of your televangelist tv show... progressoid Apr 2018 #9

Boy, that's hard to unsee! n/t Brainstormy Apr 2018 #11

Okay. Why is it that religions make women dress wierder than men? Freelancer Apr 2018 #10

I'm interested in the Brainstormy Apr 2018 #20

Maybe. I've never researched it. Here's what I know... Freelancer Apr 2018 #21

We have a fair amount of Hutterites around here. progressoid Apr 2018 #15

That is SO interesting! Brainstormy Apr 2018 #18

Fascinating! Brainstormy Apr 2018 #23

The fundamentalist baptist sect I was raised in OriginalGeek Apr 2018 #16

very similar to my upbringing Brainstormy Apr 2018 #19

i don't think we ever got to go swimming lol OriginalGeek Apr 2018 #22

Oh, I know Brainstormy Apr 2018 #24