Now THAT would be some relic!

[curiouswombat]

There is a programme on TV sometime over this week that asks what happened to Jesus' foreskin? Was it preserved? Is it preserved somewhere as a relic?

Well I've just heard of something that would certainly out-do that as a relic...


I visited my Mum today and she told me of a conversation yesterday with a friend.

Her friend's daughter is studying childcare and is on a placement in a nursery at the moment. They had their traditional Nativity last week and Chloe had the following conversation with a very small girl of about 3 or 4.

VSG; "What happened to the shell?"

Chloe; "Shell? Um - what shell?"

VSG; "Jesus's shell."

Chloe; "???"

VSG; "From his egg."

Chloe; "???"

VSG; "You know... we just sung a song about it. Mary laid him in the manger. So what happened to the shell?"
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I guess it could be another all-penguin AU?

Comments

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

... *howling*

Aww, bless.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It made me laugh until I almost cried, too!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

All penguin...

Well, Dr. Who did have Nile Penguins!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes - it all makes sense to me now...

[kortirion.livejournal.com]

*snort* O...K... explain that one away Chloe - and I hope your mentor gives you bonus marks for trying! *G*

But I do see the logic there... and I'm pretty sure that I've heard/read of a church that claims to have a reliquary with Christ's foreskin in it.


Bit like one of my Melleth stories - she has a locket with a little piece of dried skin in it, a souvenir of a certain small 'operation' she performed on a certain young northerner... ;-P

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I can just imagine Melleth keeping that small souvenir!

[chaotic-binky.livejournal.com]

Priceless! lol

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Isn't it wonderful?

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

Mwahaha! *wipes eyes* Now I have a grumpy cat sitting here because I laughed so hard he woke up. *ggg*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Poor cat... :)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

KAAAARK! The herald penguins sing
A chick was hatched this night*
And birds will live forever more
But never will take flight

*or maybe technically today, what with the antarctic midnight sun and all it's kinda hard to tell

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

Had to go back and re-read your entry because at first I thought it was the woman studying childcare who asked about the shell! Very cute - and it might explain the nativity lobster in Love, Actually....

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

it might explain the nativity lobster in Love, Actually....

Finally - an explanation!

[magista.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of a story my mother would tell about the child who drew a nativity scene and included a fat bearded fellow. When asked, the answer was "Round John Virgin", of course. :D

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

When I was a child, I am told, I drew 'the flight to Egypt' with the holy family on a plane - sitting in the front was Pontius the pilot.

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

One of those stories which will follow that child around as long as anyone who knows it survives, I'm sure.

Julia, kid's minds are scary places

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You are right - my mum still tells stories of when I was that age.

And yes - very scary places.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

That's adorable - and an easy mistake. LOL

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Easy enough mistake to make... I wonder where the small girl thinks she came from?

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

Much less weird than the search for the holy foreskin, which was on TV the other night!

(I didn't watch).

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I didn't watch either - I'm not sure whether I would have laughed or cried! Or laughed till I cried...

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Delightful.Thank you for making me laugh out loud.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

My pleasure - it made me laugh so much, too.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I just started coughing, I was laughing so hard.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I thought it deserved a wider audience!

[mrowe.livejournal.com]

LOL

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Perfect icon!

[davidbrider.livejournal.com]

There should be more penguins at nativity scenes, yes.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Along with the bear, of course...

[engarian.livejournal.com]

****OMG**** too funny!!!

- Erulisse (one L)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Perfect, isn't it?

[shirebound]

This gave me a much-needed grin this morning!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

My pleasure!

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Oh my! I laughed so hard that the dogs started barking and scared the cats -- who are now glaring at me . Oh well.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Poor cats... But I'm glad it amused you!

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

OMGoodness. That is wonderful.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just? I really, really, laughed out loud.

[(Anonymous)]

Just the laugh I needed after a stressful day at the Mall of Doom!

Kids do say the darnd'est things don't they, but quite logical if you look at it sidewise and squint a bit!

I do like your cat Haiku icon!

Have a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Huggs,
Lynda

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They are always incredibly logical - just not always Earth logic!!

Have a lovely Christmas and a happy and Healthy 2014.

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Just stopping by to wish you and your family a very merry Christmas.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I hope you, your Mum, and the four legged ones, all have a lovely Christmas as well.

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

How sweet!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You really couldn't make it up, could you?