Poo, and other things on a tuesday
Aug. 21st, 2007 09:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
highlyeccentricMedievalists are easily amused. First it was underpants. Now it's flying poo. I quote from Per Omnia Saecula:
"The bonnacon is a beast with a head like a bull, but with horns that curl in towards each other. Because these horns are useless for defense, the bonnacon has another weapon. When pursued, the beast expels its dung which travels a great distance (as much as two acres), and burns anything it touches."
One wonders how they thought of that. And then, by chance, i stumbled across this Hippo Warning at Scribal Terror
Jennifer of POS (Per Omnia Saecula, in danger of being known as Place of Shit thanks to her opening with the Bonnacon...), says she was unable to find a suitable medieval allegory for the Bonnacon. (Whales, for example, are an allegory for the devil, in medieval bestiaries) So I put on my Silly Logic Hat and have offered this suggestion:
Everyone knows that Jesus didn't defecate. And Jesus was sinless. Therefore, poo= sin.
The Bonnacon, a brave but peaceful animal (cf its useless horns) represents the true Christian. The true Christian appears to be corageous by this world's standards, but fights his/her battles by expelling sin from his/her person.
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check out Modern Medieval on violence, religion, rhetoric, social cohesion, the middle ages and the twenty first century. Complete with bonus links to other people saying things about those things.
and a pretty poem on the blog of one Bronze John. not medieval at all, just pretty.In an article entitled "A question of What Would Jesus Buy", by Ross Honeywill of the Centre for Customer Strategy, one finds many interesting quotes... one for your delectation this evening:
Reverend Billy has the last word on the matter, "Blessed are you who confuse consumerism with freedom, for you shall be delighted to discover the difference."
Anna Greer has an interesting article on harrassment of women and particularly feminist bloggers online. And, via Ancrene Wiseass, one of said bloggers talks about the problem and some ways to deal with it. Ancrene's post which I linked under her name has some other links in the same vein.
"The bonnacon is a beast with a head like a bull, but with horns that curl in towards each other. Because these horns are useless for defense, the bonnacon has another weapon. When pursued, the beast expels its dung which travels a great distance (as much as two acres), and burns anything it touches."
One wonders how they thought of that. And then, by chance, i stumbled across this Hippo Warning at Scribal Terror
Jennifer of POS (Per Omnia Saecula, in danger of being known as Place of Shit thanks to her opening with the Bonnacon...), says she was unable to find a suitable medieval allegory for the Bonnacon. (Whales, for example, are an allegory for the devil, in medieval bestiaries) So I put on my Silly Logic Hat and have offered this suggestion:
Everyone knows that Jesus didn't defecate. And Jesus was sinless. Therefore, poo= sin.
The Bonnacon, a brave but peaceful animal (cf its useless horns) represents the true Christian. The true Christian appears to be corageous by this world's standards, but fights his/her battles by expelling sin from his/her person.
_____________________________________________
check out Modern Medieval on violence, religion, rhetoric, social cohesion, the middle ages and the twenty first century. Complete with bonus links to other people saying things about those things.
and a pretty poem on the blog of one Bronze John. not medieval at all, just pretty.In an article entitled "A question of What Would Jesus Buy", by Ross Honeywill of the Centre for Customer Strategy, one finds many interesting quotes... one for your delectation this evening:
Reverend Billy has the last word on the matter, "Blessed are you who confuse consumerism with freedom, for you shall be delighted to discover the difference."
Anna Greer has an interesting article on harrassment of women and particularly feminist bloggers online. And, via Ancrene Wiseass, one of said bloggers talks about the problem and some ways to deal with it. Ancrene's post which I linked under her name has some other links in the same vein.