Is it possible that our good friend Bishop Clumber, the bishop of the One True Diocese of Pittsburgh, may be due for spell in a refresher course in obedience at Bishop Training School? He posted on his blog, Barkings Of An old Dog, an illustrated series called "Ticks on the Body of Christ". Read all about it over there. Start with the original story and then jump to the most recent illustration in the series, and work your way backwards to see the others.
I'm not passing judgment on +Clumber, but only wondering if perhaps he has not given the proper example of discretion that one expects of a bishop. Of course, he would not be the first bishop to be guilty of a minor indiscretion, or even of a major indiscretion.
As you see above, I am one of the "Ticks", but according to the good bishop, it is a great honor to be so designated.
I leave it to you, my readers. Should we applaud +Clumber, or is it back to school for him?
Bishop Obedience Training Schools are to be required under the Covenant.
ReplyDeleteNo, no, no. Obedience Training Schools are expressly forbidden under the Arc of the Revisionist Covenant.
ReplyDelete+Clumber is occasionally a naughty pup but he is quite clever. I say we give him more treats.
This is why my picture is not available on the intertubes.
ReplyDeleteWell, that and the risk of exposure of my visage to small children. I've been warned about that. But perhaps I've said too much....
How 'bout dem pecs?
ReplyDeleteJust personally, and speaking for my whole diocese, we are not in favor of the ticks. I take a special treat pill every month just so I don't have to deal with them. I think the only option is an alternative province for the ticks, at least until they show true repentance for their past biting and agree to an endless moratorium on future biting.
ReplyDeleteNow, if you'll excuse me, I have a busy day of playing and I know you do too.
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Mimi, Mimi, Mimi... it was in accordance with the Canons of our LAFF association that I began this Tick theme, and well, you know me, if it's worth doing once, it's worth beating to death. Now if I had proposed a competition to name the part of the body that the SF crowd represents, then I should think it right and proper to get out the pinch collar and lead and take me back to obedience school...
ReplyDeleteWait a minute... that would make a good competition!
Go ahead everyone, post what body part you think the "Classic Christians" are... oh, and post it here, not over at my site! And let's keep it clean! Well, at least I tried, Mimi. What happens now is partially your fault, I guess, for some reason that I can't think of right now.
Definitely the pinch collar for you now, +Clumber.
ReplyDeleteFolks, it's +Clumber's competition. Take it over to his place. I run a clean establishment here.
No, I can't take the fury of the "Classics"! Keep the competition here...
ReplyDelete+clumber, Suh! Ah don't think you know what you've taken on when you go after a Suthern Belle Dame like MeMère in such a passive-agressive way.
ReplyDeleteAh'm looking for clip art now of slugs and leeches to get back to cumberland with.
Well, sir, I can full well appreciate that better dogs than I have tangled with MeMère and ended up licking their wounds, but I'm just a bishop, what do I know about these things? Many have said that bishops are the appendix of the Body of Christ. We think they might be useful for something, but we aren't quite sure what, and many folks live happy lives whether they have one or not. It's only when it acts up a bit that it's a wee spot of trouble...
ReplyDeleteCrapaud, +Clumber and I are old friends. I knew him back before he became a bishop, when he was a humble Clumber Spaniel.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, he gave me a place in the Anglican Periodic Table. I am called Mimium. If you scroll down and look on the right, you will see my picture. Click on "Qualities of the Element", and you can read all about me.
When I need a Knight Toad Defender of my person or my honor, I will definitely call on you.
Wooo hooo! That means the competition is ON!
ReplyDeleteMimi, those ARE impressive pecs.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
Hrrumpf! I must agree with the good bishop's last assessment of the inherent worth of that species. Sort of like being a toad, one just doesn't quite know what contribution one might make in any given circumstance.
ReplyDeleteAnd my final jab, in defence of Mimi, who I know needs no defending: Pourquoi on applait le chapaud d'un évêque même comme le cul de poule?
Its rhetorical, of course.
Old dogs and old toads quibbling over who gets to flirt most with Mimi--Is grandpère paying attention, or does he already know how harmless the good bishop and I both are?
Grandpère never reads my blog, except if I demand that he read one of my chef-d'oeuvres. I told him about my animal kingdom, and he doesn't seem to mind.
ReplyDeleteI like the pokey things out the top of your head Grandmere. One question, --are they according to the Covenant --ummmm, you know, properly ummmm circumscribed?
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I have no idea. I'm at the mercy of Canine Bishop Clumber. The pecs blow me away so, that I can't concentrate on much else in the picture.
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmrrrrrrrooooowwwwwwwwww!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, all this talk about ticks and dogs and ordination and dioceses.... Mr. Witty is feeling quite moved by it all.... just sayin'.... Especially the idea that a full grown human is at the mercy of a Canine Bishop....
ReplyDeleteand Grandmere --don't concentrate--just feeeeeeeel... !
Mimi, the only possible response is:
ReplyDeleteSPOON!!!!
Well, the Canon to the Extraordinary and I have a vow to avoid ad hominem arguments as well as ad doginem ones... So we are a little uneasy... but we also do not pass judgment on silliness, especially when my brother bishops engage in it, since it is one of their gifts.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have a nap now.
Margaret, feel the pecs? They feel like steel.
ReplyDeleteMark, I'm having a thick day. I'm not getting the "SPOON!!!" reference.
+Maya, shouldn't that be ad caninem. Oh! Pardon me, your Grace! Who am I to correct a bishop?
And Mark finally has the right response to it all! A true fan of The Tick!
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ReplyDeleteHere ya go, Mimi!
ReplyDeleteYes, Clumber, I'm a Tick fan from way back. The Terror is my favorite villain, simply for the line, "When I was your age, Sonny, we didn't have all this technological hocus-pocus. If you were really evil, you'd just walk up to a guy and smack him in the head!"
Mark, the buddy super-hero didn't get it either. I don't feel so bad now. I see that I've been culturally deprived. Thanks for enriching my life.
ReplyDeleteWhen you're dealing with Tick (the character), if you don't get it, you got it!
ReplyDeleteHe didn't have a battle cry, saw a spoon, and so, his battle cry is now, "SPOOOOOOOON!!!!" (Arthur's is still, "Not the face! Not the face!")