While at college the other day, I happened to notice a bit of bathroom grafiti in a stall. It said:
"Jesus saves
The rest of you take full damage"
At first I didn't pay it any mind, then my head snapped back over and I realized, "Wow, that's not just religious psycho-babble! That's a D&D reference!" I had never seen it before. I wondered, "Is this some zealot posting that? If so, how in the world does he know about D&D enough to make such a reference? Or is it satire? Or is it an actually open-minded religious person who likes D&D? If the last is the case, why in the world is he writing it in bathroom stalls?"
Anyone else seen anything like this?
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While at college the other day, I happened to notice a bit of bathroom grafiti in a stall. It said:
"Jesus saves
The rest of you take full damage"...
Anyone else seen anything like this?
I saw a bumper sticker very similar --
"Jesus saves...
and takes half damage."
I nearly crashed my car when I saw it laughing so hard...
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Anyone else seen anything like this?
Yeah, it's been around for a few years. I can't remember now where it came from, but it is indeed a reference to D&D.
I wonder if anyone has ever worn a shirt that says that to church? I might consider it, but I'm a coward about that kinds of stuff (and I don't currently have a church to wear it to). ;D
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On the Catholic Answers Forums I have discussed D&D with a number of the members there. Not only to many of the members play D&D, but at least one of the moderators has, and one of the regular contributors has made several D&D related jokes in his columns. And these are pretty active, practicing Catholics.
No offence to anyone, but closed mindedness can cut both directions.
Point taken. I'm just glad to hear there's someone with that attitude at my college! Last year (before I started), every other Thursday, there was a group that would come out and thump their Bibles and proclaim every female on campus wearing blue jeans was going to burn in Hell.
Oh, I have definately run into that attitude myself as well. Just wanted to let you know that its not as strange as it might seem at first. While I definately found many more people on the forum that had positive notions and ideas about the game, we had a few posters, mainly those that had not interaction with the game or anyone that played it before, that swore we were discussion some kind of satanic ritual on the boards.
But when I read the bit that the one contributor wrote about the Vatican announcing that Limbo never existing, and they said that the writer of the article was waiting for a comment from various Slaad lords that were now displaced due to the Vatican's ruling, it made it all better.
THAT'S funny. From a personal anecdote, my birth father is a practicing Catholic (cafeteria style), is raising his step-kids in that fashion, and has even asked me if I would want to teach D&D to them as they move into the adolescent years.
Reporter: Ygorl, Lord of Entropy, how do you feel about this Papal recon of your place in the cosmology?
Ygorl: It doesn't matter. In the end, nothing matters . . .
Reporter: Ssendam, Lord of the Insane, do you have anything to add?
Ssendam: Its an outrage, its horrible . . . no, I don't like ants, they never tap dance, and beyond that, pudding.
Pope Abolishes Limbo!
Slaad Lords in Chaos!
LOL!
Hopefully he's not going to get rid of those seven heavens and nine hells enshrined in Dante, or we'll really have extraplanar chaos!
Point taken. I'm just glad to hear there's someone with that attitude at my college! Last year (before I started), every other Thursday, there was a group that would come out and thump their Bibles and proclaim every female on campus wearing blue jeans was going to burn in Hell.Saern,
What school is this? Do you know the name of the group that did this? It sounds like it might be good for a laugh to look them up.
Indiana University Southeast is where I go. I don't know the name of the group, however. A friend of mine who attends with me said he saw a group handing out Bibles yesterday, but I didn't have class then, so I didn't see what they were up to firsthand.
A friend of mine told me that he and his friend defaced a billboard while in college to read:
Jesus saves...Moses invests....
That's one of my favorite quotes, whether he's telling the truth or not.
Yep, very old quote (very old = a couple of years).
We use a variation of that quote on our local gamer forum.
http://www.pdxgamer.com/forums/index.php
Two of my players own a variation of the T-shirt; I have the bumper sticker (as well as the "Don't make me roll initiative" and and "beholder on board" ones); and my buddy who owns a FLGS sells them and makes quite a bit of money on them.
Yep, very old quote (very old = a couple of years).
We use a variation of that quote on our local gamer forum.
http://www.pdxgamer.com/forums/index.phpTwo of my players own a variation of the T-shirt; I have the bumper sticker (as well as the "Don't make me roll initiative" and and "beholder on board" ones); and my buddy who owns a FLGS sells them and makes quite a bit of money on them.
"I played D&D before it was cool."
One of many bumper stickers I have.I gave my friend the "I survived the Tomb of Horrors."
We have "Jesus saves and takes half damage" on the back of one of our gaming society t-shirts.
other quotes include
Everything has a price and that price is Alcohol
We dont kill kittens, honest
Ask me about my hobbit
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While at college the other day, I happened to notice a bit of bathroom grafiti in a stall. It said:
"Jesus saves
The rest of you take full damage"At first I didn't pay it any mind, then my head snapped back over and I realized, "Wow, that's not just religious psycho-babble! That's a D&D reference!" I had never seen it before. I wondered, "Is this some zealot posting that? If so, how in the world does he know about D&D enough to make such a reference? Or is it satire? Or is it an actually open-minded religious person who likes D&D? If the last is the case, why in the world is he writing it in bathroom stalls?"
Anyone else seen anything like this?
Wow; no have never heard of it; I love it; a must have.
A friend of mine told me that he and his friend defaced a billboard while in college to read:
Jesus saves...Moses invests....
That's one of my favorite quotes, whether he's telling the truth or not.
And there is always a good motto when working with a computer, "Jesus saves, so should you."
We can hope Jesus has a sense of humor or else we will all burn in hell.
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Reporter: Ygorl, Lord of Entropy, how do you feel about this Papal recon of your place in the cosmology?
Ygorl: It doesn't matter. In the end, nothing matters . . .
Reporter: Ssendam, Lord of the Insane, do you have anything to add?
Ssendam: Its an outrage, its horrible . . . no, I don't like ants, they never tap dance, and beyond that, pudding.
Dude, don't do things like that. I nearly pissed myself laughing.
Jesus Saves! Gretzky takes the rebound...he shoots...he scores!
It would be funnier if it read "Satan takes the rebound..." After Miroslav Satan.
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Dude, don't do things like that. I nearly pissed myself laughing.Reporter: Ygorl, Lord of Entropy, how do you feel about this Papal recon of your place in the cosmology?
Ygorl: It doesn't matter. In the end, nothing matters . . .
Reporter: Ssendam, Lord of the Insane, do you have anything to add?
Ssendam: Its an outrage, its horrible . . . no, I don't like ants, they never tap dance, and beyond that, pudding.
I want to see more of the interview...
Jesus saves.
Buddha makes incremental backups.
Indiana University Southeast is where I go. I don't know the name of the group, however. A friend of mine who attends with me said he saw a group handing out Bibles yesterday, but I didn't have class then, so I didn't see what they were up to firsthand.Point taken. I'm just glad to hear there's someone with that attitude at my college! Last year (before I started), every other Thursday, there was a group that would come out and thump their Bibles and proclaim every female on campus wearing blue jeans was going to burn in Hell.Saern,
What school is this? Do you know the name of the group that did this? It sounds like it might be good for a laugh to look them up.
AWESOME, free Bibles! You could make a fortress of heavenly protection for homeless people if you get enough of them! In New York, where I go to school, there was a lady on a street corner handing out free bottles of water. I didn't realize until I read the little card she also handed me that it was for a church. A nice gesture, either way, and the card really was just like,"Hey, this is our church, this is the time for sermons, why not stop in?" Which I appreciated, even though I don't plan on going. No more of that "You're going to H E Double Hockey Sticks if you don't come" nonsense.
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It would be funnier if it read "Satan takes the rebound..." After Miroslav Satan.
Jesus Saves! Gretzky takes the rebound...he shoots...he scores!
No argument, but (per Fox Sports) Satan didn't come to the NHL until '95*. The joke is older than that. (Also, the pronunciation is a problem for retailing this form orally.)
* And here I thought the Broad Street Bullies were infernally inspired. (Or insert your own "sold his soul" line here.)