I presume you've seen the one about mahatma Ghandi nope As I presume you know, Ghandi was the great Hindu mystic and pacifist ghandoi was also shot to death your point ? For most of his life he traveled barefoot. Consequently his feet were heavily calloused. He could walk on nails, broken glass, fire... so people thought he was god I also presume you know that several time he went on prolonged fasts in the name of peace. get on with it is there a joke here He lost lots of weight, became quite thin. Absoultely fragile. sometime before the end of this century? <|killjoy|> stretching out is part of the joke grr The, later in life he suffered terribly from bad breath. You could say he was a <|killjoy|> :) super calloused, fragile mystic, plagued with halitosis. <|killjoy|> decent :) I urge you to read that aloud. thanks KJ :) man, that's a mensa joke alright and it was clean :) <|killjoy|> reminds me of the early franciscan botanical experiments * Skyman listens >o< clean as a hard-boiled egg <|A2|> clean as nothingness <|killjoy|> the most famous of which where in niles, france in the late 15th century if this joke is bad, you may be a punted square <|killjoy|> where=were <|A2|> Do you know the one about the bathing nun? It's rather long, but dirty and fun <|killjoy|> these franciscan friars were particular geniuses with carnivorous plants such as the venus flytrap and the pitcher plant <|killjoy|> they initially bred for reproductive success to cut down on mosquito and fly problems, due to the prevalence of diseases carried by insects during this period they didn't know that back then, did they? details, details... please continue <|killjoy|> these early experiments failed, so they changed tactics and started breeding for size <|killjoy|> oddly enough, one of their later varieties was not only very large, measuring almost 10 feet tall, but coincidentally attained the reproductive success the friars initially were hoping for, generating hundreds of huge, carnivorous plants I think a monk is gonna get his dong stuck... sorry, please continue.. <|killjoy|> these plants started spreading throughout the french countryside, much like kudzu in our american south gotta get a fax. bbiaf kudzu is edible. <|A2|> really? <|killjoy|> but since these plants were very large and carnivorous, they were a particular threat to the townspeople of niles <|killjoy|> you can go to niles today and see the remains of the city <|killjoy|> in the town square you'll see the enormous bronze statue of their blacksmith, hugh * Skyman listens >O< <|killjoy|> it was hugh, the blacksmith, that finally saved the town of niles <|killjoy|> he was a large man, very strong, and he singlehandedly tore every one of the friar's plants out of the ground <|killjoy|> he then went to their monastery and demolished their greenhouses, guaranteeing there would never be a repeat of this horrific botanic disaster <|killjoy|> the bronze statue in the town square is quite a site to see, twice lifesize, on a marble pedestal <|killjoy|> you can see on the pedestal a plaque dedicating the statue to hugh the blacksmith, and offering a cautionary tale for their descendants <|killjoy|> it says, roughly translating from the french: <|killjoy|> "hugh, and only hugh, can prevent florist friars" oh man! LOL :) *snore* woop, uhm! I dozed off there I sat here and waited for all that? LOL :)