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Thread #59418   Message #2219353
Posted By: Amos
19-Dec-07 - 08:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
From "The Spoof", an Onion wannabe:

"WASHINGTON, DC -- Rabbi Jacob Baer stood before his congregation at Temple Sinai on Military Road yesterday morning, poised to perform a ritual that he had perfected just hours before. On a long table before him were a silver bowl, a small dark blue bottle, a lighted candle, a lockbox, and a blow dryer.

The Rabbi poured an ounce of Christian Holy Water from the bottle into the bowl. He removed from the lockbox a parchment scroll bearing a list of Jewish names and ignited it over the candle. When the scroll was entirely consumed, Baer sprinkled the ashes into the bowl, then pointed the blow dryer at it and turned the dial to full blast. Within 10 minutes, the water had evaporated.

Rabbi Baer had just performed what religion scholars believe to be the first "Reverse Baptism" in history.

"The article in yesterday's Washington Post was the last straw. I could not let this stand," he told reporters, who had been invited to witness the rite."...


(Onion wannabes are not to be confused with Wahabi rutabagas, BTW....)

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