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mykpart

(3,879 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 03:37 AM Nov 2012

Is it OK to have a silly fun thread here?

What hymns or prayers or scripture verse did you misunderstand as a child? I'll start with the oft-quoted, "Hail Mary, full of grapes, the Lord is a tree." Then there was the toddler child of a friend who came home singing, "Peter built the Church on the top of my face." When I first learned the Act of Contrition as a 6-yr. old, I thought it was, "Oh, my God, I am hardly sorry . . ." That always confused me because I thought I should have been sorrier than that.

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Is it OK to have a silly fun thread here? (Original Post) mykpart Nov 2012 OP
Apple - stolik church ---first grade was a very strange experience for me! hedgehog Nov 2012 #1
No mention of Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear? Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2012 #2
As our Saviour tortoise tjwmason Nov 2012 #3
Some gems from my family when they were kids meow2u3 Nov 2012 #4
ROFL! mykpart Nov 2012 #5
I was on line for confession once and I heard a tiny voice ask if that was the bathroom. rug Nov 2012 #6
Oh, Rug, there's an old joke about mykpart Nov 2012 #7
Et cum spiritu tuo Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #8
Lol, we've lost some lore with the reconciliation rooms. rug Nov 2012 #11
A priest, a rabbi and a minister walk into a bar Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #9
My favorite religious joke Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2012 #10
It wasn't a misunderstanding, mykpart Nov 2012 #12

tjwmason

(14,819 posts)
3. As our Saviour tortoise
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 03:45 PM
Nov 2012

As the introduction to the Lord's Prayer - I never could understand the connection with small pets.

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
4. Some gems from my family when they were kids
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:36 PM
Nov 2012

My brother, when he was about 6, used to say the sign of the cross like this: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spearmint, Amen."

When my niece was 4, her version of the Hail Mary was "....and blessed is the Fruit of the Loom, Jesus."

I overheard a little girl reciting the Lord's Prayer during mass as such: "...and lead a snot into temptation, but deliver us some e-mail..."

mykpart

(3,879 posts)
7. Oh, Rug, there's an old joke about
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 05:40 AM
Nov 2012

a drunk who stumbled into an empty church one night and spotted the confessional. His eyes lit up, and he went in. The priest, who was preparing the altar, saw him and decided that this was a man who really needed confession, so he went in also. After several minutes, the priest finally said, "Son, can I help you?" And the drunk replied, "Uh, yeah. Is there any paper in there?" It's one of my favorite jokes to tell to priests.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
10. My favorite religious joke
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 04:11 PM
Nov 2012

In a religion class for small children, one child is asked, "Where does God live?" The child replies,"God lives in our bathroom."

"Why do you say that?"

"Every morning my dad stands at the door of the bathroom and shouts, 'God, are you still in there?'"

mykpart

(3,879 posts)
12. It wasn't a misunderstanding,
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:32 AM
Nov 2012

but my son when he was 8 or 9 thought he was hilarious when we sand "How Great Thou Art," and he instead would sing, "How Great I Am." I am certain that God will want to discuss that with him someday.

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