Saints

[danalwyn]

My father and I sometimes have odd conversations.

Today we talked briefly about Black Mountains Smokery of Wales, who has been warned that it must change the name of its "Welsh Dragon Sausages" to specify in particular the animal whose meat forms the bulk of the sausage. We speculated that this might be because the British have perhaps made the Dragon a protected species, who can only be hunted by Saints, and only certain Saints at that.

Which led to some speculation. Does the Vatican, which has lists for everything having to do with doctrinal development, also have lists for this? Do they have a list of "Saints who could totally own a dragon", and "Saints who maybe could slay a dragon" along with "Saints who could, under no circumstances, slay a dragon". And, if so, do they discuss this stuff behind closed doors in church conferences?

Which would lead to entries like this:

"Besooth and forgiveth my tresspasses Lord, for I have sinned in your church. This day, in conference, I did fall upon and vigorously smite the Bishop of Tours for his churlish refusal to admit that Hildegard of Bingen could so totally pwn a dragon. I shall do pennance for my acts of anger, in the hopes that you shall see fit to deliver to him the punishment he so richly deserves."

Which I think is amusing.

Which just shows you that I'm weird.

Comments

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

Not weird in the slightest. I'm very amused by the dragon sausages -- or rather, the protective legislation focused on clear naming. Because I'm certain that the public at large were really under the impression that they *were* made from dragon... when in fact everyone knows that dragon is better prepared as steak. And Hildegard von Bingen could totally kill a dragon. And write mystic poetry set to music about it afterwards. :D Thank you. You've brightened my morning considerably.

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

Hildegard could, but I wonder about Francis of Assisi sometimes. Would he just try and talk it to death?

Obviously God needs to provide us with an experiment.

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

Francis of Assisi would take the dragon home, and teach it to do tricks like shake paw, balance a biscuit on its nose, and make funny smoke rings with it's nostrils.

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

Can you imagine dealing with one of those begging for scraps under the table?

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

You're assuming part of it would *fit* under the table. Actually, I imagine you'd have to repaint your house at least twice a year to keep up with all the smoke stains on the walls. It would be worse than having a pack-a-day-habit room mate.