March 11, 2011
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The Beauty of Biblical Language
Father Brown was walking down the street when he met little Tommy coming the other way. Little Tommy was coming back from the corner shop, with a loaf of bread under his arm. Tommy had his hand in his trouser pocket as he walked, and was playing with his bits. The good priest felt he should correct this, but do it diplomatically.
“Hello Tommy,” he said, “I see you have The Staff of Life in one hand. What do you have in the other?”
“A loaf of bread,” said little Tommy.
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hummm…..this one is making me think….what was the “staff of life?” they never talked about it in church, but i always heard about it from other church affiliations. never wondered about it until now.
Bread. It’s the “staff” that supports life, like a staff supports a cripple. You probably need to have grown up in Britain to grab the association.
*snicker* I’ve never heard of bread as the staff of life. I learned something new! Thanks!
@joyouswind - All in service of Humanity and Higher Learning ma’am.
Ohhh, haha, now I get it. Didn’t know it meant bread, either.
@loner_writer - Evidently neither did little Tommy.
la la la
staff of life? Bread? lol
@kiddspazz - Balmo, is that you? Balmo, my long lost friend!
@AasthaKathy - All the problems of life solved on this page lady. Haul ‘em in, we can fix ‘em.
@darkoozeripple -
I didn’t grow up in Britain and I think I got the joke. Hahaha. Good one by the way.