{"id":842,"date":"2010-02-21T23:54:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/?p=842"},"modified":"2010-02-22T00:14:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T04:14:36","slug":"smoking-ganesh-bidis-isnt-blasphemous-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.warrensenders.com\/journal\/smoking-ganesh-bidis-isnt-blasphemous-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking Ganesh Bidis Isn&#8217;t Blasphemous, Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/8524043.stm\">This news item<\/a> is fascinating.  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The government in the Indian state of Meghalaya has confiscated textbooks showing pictures of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette and a can of beer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i614.photobucket.com\/albums\/tt226\/WarrenSenders\/Funny\/jesus.jpg\"width=300\/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Presumably someone just grabbed a Jesus picture off the web and stuck it in the textbook without noticing that He was holding a cigarette and a can of beer.  <\/p>\n<p>This is excellent news, because it provides me with an opportunity to tell my Smoking Jesus joke, which I learned from Dee Wood about twenty-nine years ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jesus is walking down the road, carrying his cross.  It\u2019s a hot day and he\u2019s thirsty.  <\/p>\n<p>He walks by a Hovel.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy standing in front of the Hovel:<\/strong><em> \u201cHey, man, ain\u2019t you Jesus Christ?\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong> Jesus:<\/strong> <em>\u201cYeah, that\u2019s me, man.\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy:<\/strong> <em>\u201cHey, that cross looks real heavy.\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus:<\/strong> <em> \u201cYeah, man, it\u2019s a real pain in the ass.  Hey, you got some water?\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy: <\/strong>\u201cSure,\u201d (gets a dipperful of water and hands it to Jesus)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus: <\/strong>(leans his cross against the wall of the hovel, drinks the water) <em>\u201cThanks, man.\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy:<\/strong> <em>\u201cNo problem, Jesus.  Hey, you want a cigarette?\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus:<\/strong><em> \u201cSure, man, a cigarette would hit the spot right about now.\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy: <\/strong>(pulls out a packet of Raleighs, takes two out, hands one to Jesus, puts the other in his mouth.  Strikes a match, lights Jesus up, then himself.  They smoke for a minute.)  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus: <\/strong><em> \u201cYeaaaaah, man.  That\u2019s a good smoke.  Love that wonderful Raleigh taste.  Say, man, do you save the coupons?\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy:<\/strong><em> \u201cYou want the coupon?  Sure, Jesus, that\u2019s cool.\u201d<\/em>  (Takes the coupon out of the pack, hands it to Jesus, who puts it in his pocket)  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy:<\/strong> <em>\u201cSay, Jesus, I didn\u2019t know you saved Raleigh coupons.\u201d <\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus:<\/strong><em> \u201cOf course I save the coupons!  How the hell do you think I got the cross?<\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This joke only makes sense if you remember this:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/K3DiRMbAM68&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/K3DiRMbAM68&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This news item is fascinating. The government in the Indian state of Meghalaya has confiscated textbooks showing pictures of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette and a can of beer. 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