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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 11/15/2006 : 08:52:35
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It's getting harder and harder for me to write fake news that's funnier than the real news. Believe it or not, the following is real.
Toys for Tots, a charity operated by the US Marine Corps Reserve, has turned down a free offer of a 4,000-strong PsyOps brigade of Scripture-quoting, one-foot-all (30 cm), Jesus dolls from the manufacturer. Toys for Tots collects donated toys for distribution to needy children during the holiday season. Oo-rah!
"Rebekah, did you know
that your Mommy and
Daddy murdered Me?"
A spokesman for the charity explained that, as a government entity, Marines "don't profess one religion over another... We can't take a chance on sending a talking Jesus doll to a Jewish family or a Muslim family."
Michael La Roe, spokesman for the donating companies, presumably managed to keep a straight face as he piously pretended to be "surprised and disappointed."
La Roe continued, "The idea was for them to be three-dimensional teaching tools for kids. I believe as a churchgoing person, anyone can benefit from hearing the words of the Bible."
But, the Toys of Tots spokesman observed, "Kids want a gift for the holiday season that is fun."
Since when is having an ugly plastic doll preach at them not great holiday "fun" for the kids?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 11/15/2006 11:46:44
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