From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2001 - 06:28:13 MDT
Spike Jones wrote:
>
> Olga Bourlin wrote:
>
> > many of us say "Good Bye," which derives from an old greeting "God be with
> > you ..." Olga
>
> We atheists are at a disadvantage in some ways. Lack of holidays.
> "Nada speed Apollo 8" just doesnt have the same ring to it.
Frankly, I think that personal birthdays are the most important holiday.
We should all have our own day off from work. Then there's Newtonmas, to
comemmorate he who discovered gravity when he got beaned on the head by
a decoration falling off of a heathen religious tree. Then there is that
day in July, when the Three Wise and Brave Men walked on the moon. And
that other day in July when a group of individuals told a fascist to go
eff himself.
> "nobody bye" doesnt work either. Shrieking during sex "oh nothing,
> oh nothing!" would not be flattering to our partners. We need to find
> suitable substitutes for all the god derived terms that are so deeply
> imbedded in language.
But Spike, I always thought that " Don't.... Stop..... Don't...... Stop"
was the norm ;)
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