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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Religion / Mailbag Dept. of Lost and Found

Posted by on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:12 AM

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FOUND: One large bejeweled cross-on-a-stick*, lying in or near the street at 39th and Stone Way at 10 p.m. last night. Sadly, it does not appear to be solid gold. If you or someone you know is waking with a massive hangover and slowly becoming horrified as you realize your large bejeweled cross-on-a-stick is missing, please leave your story in comments and email your contact info to Almighty Slog. God says He's willing to forgive you.

* The finder suggested it might be called a crosier, but the dictionary suggests that term is reserved for large sticks-with-crooks-on-the-end, bejeweled or un-.

 

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1
Does this belong to that guy dressed as a Templar who hangs out on Queen Anne?
Posted by Baconcat on April 29, 2009 at 9:13 AM
2
I use that to fuck my ass with and I'd like it back right now!!
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on April 29, 2009 at 9:18 AM
3
That's a processional cross. It's not a sacred object per se but it does suggest that a local Church was recently burgled. Contacting the police is in order.

A crosier is something else and is the size and shape of a shepherd's crook.
Posted by A verger from Baltimore on April 29, 2009 at 9:22 AM
4
Yeah, that has to go to the cops. It most likely belongs to a Catholic or Episcopal church.
Posted by Jocelyn on April 29, 2009 at 9:26 AM
5
Does that belong to the guy who is always yelling about how Seattle Police are communist?
Posted by Reg on April 29, 2009 at 9:29 AM
6
Oh, shit. I thought that was a dream, a terrible dream full of running and broken glass and then nothing but black fog until I woke up wearing a torn and bloodstained white robe, my feet sore and my head reverberating with thunder.
Posted by where was i last night? on April 29, 2009 at 9:46 AM
7
If That Ain't Plastic, expect a Spastic Catholic.

And don't dress like a fucking templar.
Posted by mrbanana on April 29, 2009 at 9:48 AM
8
Thats my staff of RA!
Posted by Abner Ravenwood on April 29, 2009 at 9:52 AM
9
if you're wanting to read a murder-mystery novel where a crime-solving female episcopal priest beats the shit out of a bad guy with one of these (and i'm not saying you are), may I recommend _I Shall Not Want_, by Julia Spencer-Fleming.
Posted by slackerina on April 29, 2009 at 9:54 AM
10
@8 Your daughter is hot- I'd totally hit that.
Posted by Indiana on April 29, 2009 at 9:59 AM
11
Wait. Don't give it back.

I want to use it as part of my Halloween costume. Or maybe as a prop for HUMP.
Posted by Reverse Polarity on April 29, 2009 at 10:10 AM
12
@11

No. No, you don't. As a former alterboy, you really don't want to touch that thing.
Posted by mrbanana on April 29, 2009 at 10:24 AM
13
I vote don't give it back if it is in fact stolen. Screw those douchebags. If their kind wants to steal gay marriage from California then I don't believe that there is any obligation to return their silly cross. Besides, I believe the finders keepers, losers weepers rule applies here.
Posted by Queen of Sleaze on April 29, 2009 at 10:33 AM
14
I wonder if this belonged to that guy who was carrying around a 3 foot tall wooden cross yesterday in the U Dist - maybe he dropped it back there before he took the bus to the U?

He said he found a cellphone but didn't seem to grok how to get them working ...
Posted by Will in Seattle on April 29, 2009 at 10:34 AM
15
@3 and @4 are correct.
Posted by Christin on April 29, 2009 at 11:07 AM
16
It might belong to a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. They get pretty serious with their costumes.
Posted by ragsoftime on April 29, 2009 at 12:19 PM
17
14, thats silly. If you were an asshole, and someone stole something from you, and I found it, could I claim it for myself, because I knew you were an asshole? that is silly.

Episcopalians have ordained gays, btw. And Seattle Catholics are pretty progressive when it comes to gays.
Posted by mcFly on April 29, 2009 at 12:52 PM
18
@13 - Not all Catholics belong to the California Catholic Conference or approve of their attempts to blackmail Prop 8 detractors, nor do all Catholics support a gay marriage ban for that matter.

Unfortunately the CCC doesn't seem to have realized that the Church views civil and religious marriage as totally separate entities.
Posted by Terry Nguyen on April 29, 2009 at 12:58 PM
19
i really hope this story gets a followup.
Posted by josh bomb on April 29, 2009 at 12:59 PM
20
sorry, i meant 13, not 14.

Posted by mcFly on April 29, 2009 at 1:31 PM
21
If you don't find the owner, I'd love to have it for the Tarts & Vicars party I'm throwing this weekend!
Posted by beaugirl on April 29, 2009 at 1:58 PM

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