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We Needed A Little Good News... (Explored December 16/09)
“And so me and Murray and the boys is sittin’ around having a brewski. It’s been this loooong frickin’ day – what with that frickin’ census and all. You can hardly find yourself a barstool. I mean Bethlehem is frickin’ over-frickin’ run wit these freakin’ tourist types. Ain’t no vacancy anywhere. They’re sleeping in the parks. They’re sleeping in barns…in da alleys. Geez!
“Anyway in walk Scooter and Zippy. You know these guys? Those two shepherds? They come in all worked up – so freakin’ excited they can hardly talk.
“I says ‘Sit down. Relax, guys. You are agitated right now. You been spending too much time wit sheep.’
“And Zippy goes ‘You would not freaking believe what we just saw.’
“And I go ‘What?’
“And Scooter says ‘There we are. Looking at sheep like we always do. Same sheep. Different night. All of a sudden badda boom badda bing! The skies open up and (you are not gonna believe this…) but a whole bunch of freakin’ ANGELS come down. There’s light all over the place and music and all kinda crap-that-I-can’t-figure-out-what-it-is.’
“And I take a drink and go ‘Sure, Scooter, whatever you say.’
“And Zippy goes ‘No, man. It’s true! And they’re hollering stuff like ‘Do not be afraid’ which is not gonna freaking happen cause this scary stuff. Scooter beside me almost pees his freakin’ pants. (Which is a thing I can kinda relate to but ain’t gonna discuss any further.)
“Then the angel says ‘I bring you news of great joy which will be for all the people.’ And I go ‘What?’ and the angel goes ‘A saviour has been born to you. He is Christ, the Lord.’
“And I go ‘Uh huh, whatever.’
“And the angel goes ‘You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.’
“I go ‘You mean like in a BARN?’ Angel looks at me and goes “Yeah…”
“I look at Scooter and he nods. I look at Zippy and he nods too – like I’m gonna believe that. And then they go ‘We are gonna see if dis Saviour is in the barn down the street, wrapped wit cloth. You wanna come?’
“And I go ‘Yeah. Sure. Like the Saviour of the whole fricking planet is gonna be in a barn? Give your head a shake, pal. Have a brewski. Relax.’ (Now you know Zippy and Scooter like their beer.) But they both say ‘no’ and leave a perfectly good bar to go running outta there and off to da barn.
“You believe that?”
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Merry Christmas to all of you!
I hope this season brings you smiles, laughter and a little good news. Consider this your Christmas card!
Thank you for your emails and kind words about The Novel which is soon going into under the knife (also known as The Editing...or What Were You THINKING?...or "Yeah, I KNOW it seemed like a good idea at the time") stage.
We Needed A Little Good News... (Explored December 16/09)
“And so me and Murray and the boys is sittin’ around having a brewski. It’s been this loooong frickin’ day – what with that frickin’ census and all. You can hardly find yourself a barstool. I mean Bethlehem is frickin’ over-frickin’ run wit these freakin’ tourist types. Ain’t no vacancy anywhere. They’re sleeping in the parks. They’re sleeping in barns…in da alleys. Geez!
“Anyway in walk Scooter and Zippy. You know these guys? Those two shepherds? They come in all worked up – so freakin’ excited they can hardly talk.
“I says ‘Sit down. Relax, guys. You are agitated right now. You been spending too much time wit sheep.’
“And Zippy goes ‘You would not freaking believe what we just saw.’
“And I go ‘What?’
“And Scooter says ‘There we are. Looking at sheep like we always do. Same sheep. Different night. All of a sudden badda boom badda bing! The skies open up and (you are not gonna believe this…) but a whole bunch of freakin’ ANGELS come down. There’s light all over the place and music and all kinda crap-that-I-can’t-figure-out-what-it-is.’
“And I take a drink and go ‘Sure, Scooter, whatever you say.’
“And Zippy goes ‘No, man. It’s true! And they’re hollering stuff like ‘Do not be afraid’ which is not gonna freaking happen cause this scary stuff. Scooter beside me almost pees his freakin’ pants. (Which is a thing I can kinda relate to but ain’t gonna discuss any further.)
“Then the angel says ‘I bring you news of great joy which will be for all the people.’ And I go ‘What?’ and the angel goes ‘A saviour has been born to you. He is Christ, the Lord.’
“And I go ‘Uh huh, whatever.’
“And the angel goes ‘You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.’
“I go ‘You mean like in a BARN?’ Angel looks at me and goes “Yeah…”
“I look at Scooter and he nods. I look at Zippy and he nods too – like I’m gonna believe that. And then they go ‘We are gonna see if dis Saviour is in the barn down the street, wrapped wit cloth. You wanna come?’
“And I go ‘Yeah. Sure. Like the Saviour of the whole fricking planet is gonna be in a barn? Give your head a shake, pal. Have a brewski. Relax.’ (Now you know Zippy and Scooter like their beer.) But they both say ‘no’ and leave a perfectly good bar to go running outta there and off to da barn.
“You believe that?”
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Merry Christmas to all of you!
I hope this season brings you smiles, laughter and a little good news. Consider this your Christmas card!
Thank you for your emails and kind words about The Novel which is soon going into under the knife (also known as The Editing...or What Were You THINKING?...or "Yeah, I KNOW it seemed like a good idea at the time") stage.