Ducks, Bar, Man, Pastor

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By John Immel

So a duck in a mask walks into a bar and says, “Got any bread?”

(Stop me if you’ve heard this one.)

The barman says, “No.”

The duck jingles his spurs says, “Got any bread?”

And the barman, “NO!”

The Cavendish Gang said different. “Got any bread?”

“I said N-O, NO!”

Tonto said different. “Got any bread?”

“For crying out loud N-O spells NO and I mean NO!”

The Lone Ranger had friends. “Got any bread?”

“NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO”

The townspeople were pansies. “Got any bread?”

“Look, if you ask me one more time if I have got any bread, I’m going to nail your beak to the bar!”

“Got any nails?”

“No.”

“Got any bread?”

*    *    *

Oh, the furry of being powerless.

So a masked  man walks into a church and says, “You’ve got it all wrong.”

(Stop me if you’ve heard this one.)

The pastor says, “No, I don’t”

The man says, “You’re not running this church right.”

And the pastor says, “Yes, I am. I’ve got singles ministry?”

“You’re not doing it right!”

“I’ve got counseling?”

“You’re not doing it right!”

“I’ve got elderly ministry!”

“You’re not doing it right.”

“I’ve got Youth Ministry!”

“I’ve got doctrine.”

“You’re not doing it right.”

“Look, if you don’t be quiet and just sit down, I’m going to tell God you’re not listening to me. If you don’t do what I’m saying, God won’t do anything with you.”

“Oh, yeah. Where’s He at?”

“Well, I don’t know, but that’s what’s going to happen.”

“You’re not running this church right”

*    *    *

Get it?

John Immel


He's a generally ornery pot string iconoclast that loves to make people think. He's harmless (well, mostly harmless). And don't forget lovable in an affectionately blunt sort of way. Whatever your first feelings, read and listen long enough and you will come to agree with him.


  • Dem Good Old Boys In Gaithersburg Are Still  Drink’in Plenty O’ KoolAid…

    “And in the streets: the children screamed,
    The duped cried, and the marginalized dreamed.
    But not a word was spoken;
    Cuz, the church guitars were all broken…
    And the three men I admire most:
    The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost,
    They caught the last train for the coast
    The day the SGM music died…”

    They were singing:

    “Bye, Bye C.J. Mahaney,
    Drove my Suburban to a new driveway
    But that church was dry too!
    Them good old boys in Gaithersburg were drinkin plenty O;  KoolAid , Still a sing’in:, ‘we’se a still do’in it right, We’se a still do’in it right!’”

    “The day the SGM music died…”

    >snicker<

    Hahahahahahahaha!

    In a little, ;~)

    Sopy
    ___
    Note:

    –There is a way the seems right unto a man…
    But that way leads unto to death…

  • Dan, argh!  🙂

    I didn’t even know if you were reading along you’ve been so quiet lately…and I forgot…after all the taunting I made, and now I’ve lost twice in a row.. hehe

    Sopy –  I don’t understand how you can keep up with all the blogs the way you do…I can barely keep up with ONE

    From now on, I’m bowing out of the “first to comment” race with ya Dan…looks like Sopy has us both beat and that’s not likely to change, given my schedule   🙂

    now, if this was a Snark Contest, we’d all be in touble 🙂

  • John,

    I think I get it.  My birdbrain can be a little slow at times.  You mean, the controlling church has not the power it seems to think it has to MAKE people obey? 

  • Juli — I read along with the rest of you, but I find it hard to find the time to keep up the comment parade.  Just too much to do!

    Too bad you are giving up on the first to comment race….I guess keeping up with a man is just not in the cards….snark!!!!

    Oh, and make sure you follow three steps behind….k?

    🙂

  • I found this very profound:

    SGMsingle on April 22nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm @ http://www.sgmsurvivors.com/?p=731&cp=3#comment-18767 ; Comment #110 Said:
    *
    “Gamaliel,
    You said, ‘The killing of sin is not fear. It’s not systematizing faults. It’s not accusations. It’s not flagellation. It’s not plans and patterns and painful accountability. It’s not frustration, and it’s not condemnation.
    *
    The killing of sin is JOY!
    *
    The only true way sin is defeated is when God magnifies Jesus Christ to our hearts, so that His glory eclipses our love for ourselves.’ 
    *
    You get it! You get it! You get it!
    *
    You expressed, almost poetically, what so many of us in SGM need to believe in our hearts:
    *
    We need to live for God, not out of a sense of duty or following rules, but out of love for Him!
    *
    Whether or not it is taught correctly, many just don’t get it.”

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