Posts by slipnslidemaster

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After a year I'm back!!!!!!!!!!!!

by gilwarrior in

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im not sure if anyone remembers me, but i used to post her until january of 2003. the last time i wrote here i mentioned that i was leaving las vegas and movie back to houston.

well i was very depressed and i promised myself that i would not write here again until i felt my life was better.

i have to say that this past year has been good.

slipnslidemaster

What's shakin there brudda? Welcome back.

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NEWS: Stock Market Bubble Affects Freemasons

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stock market bubble affects freemasons

ap - may 3rd, 1:32pm

in a press release today, grand lodge of england, which is freemasonry's oldest extant lodge, announced that due to the stock market collapse they would be dropping the "free" from their title and be known as "masons" starting the first of the month.

slipnslidemaster

Note to self: no more parodies about shriners or freemasons...

Uzziah, I'm going to use your suggestion and put April 1st as the date. I will think of an appropriate new agency too. I stole the AP thing from a radio show (Opie and Anthony) where they always said that if it had "AP" on it, it must be true.

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NEWS: Stock Market Bubble Affects Freemasons

by slipnslidemaster in

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stock market bubble affects freemasons

ap - may 3rd, 1:32pm

in a press release today, grand lodge of england, which is freemasonry's oldest extant lodge, announced that due to the stock market collapse they would be dropping the "free" from their title and be known as "masons" starting the first of the month.

slipnslidemaster

I failed to mention that the title of Mr Spaghetti (not to mention the name alone) was wrong/eyebrow raising. That and the spelling errors clued me into the joke.

Well...

It's Mr. Spisghetti but it was a perversion of Spaghetti. I wanted something very ethnic to go with the English Lodge. The title of Mr. Spisghetti was lifted directly from a Freemason website but I understand that they are all independent with no controlling authority per se and I ran the thing through a spell checker...I don't see any obvious mistakes but I suck at spelling.

I've been reading the Onion lately again and I don't think I even come close to them . They have obviously too much free time.

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NEWS: Stock Market Bubble Affects Freemasons

by slipnslidemaster in

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stock market bubble affects freemasons

ap - may 3rd, 1:32pm

in a press release today, grand lodge of england, which is freemasonry's oldest extant lodge, announced that due to the stock market collapse they would be dropping the "free" from their title and be known as "masons" starting the first of the month.

slipnslidemaster

I figured that since there is the Russel being a Freemason theory around, that I would do something about them.

I have written 3 satire parodies in the last 2 days and I think I need suggestions on how to label them as such without ruining the story. Any thoughts?

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NEWS: Stock Market Bubble Affects Freemasons

by slipnslidemaster in

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stock market bubble affects freemasons

ap - may 3rd, 1:32pm

in a press release today, grand lodge of england, which is freemasonry's oldest extant lodge, announced that due to the stock market collapse they would be dropping the "free" from their title and be known as "masons" starting the first of the month.

slipnslidemaster

It's a joke. I wrote it yesterday during lunch. Onion style...

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My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 1

by Simon in

a few people have asked how jwd came about and what my own story is and while i've posted it in bits and bobs, i've never tried to tell it as a story so here goes .... living in suburbia.

i was born a jw to jw parents who had recently been missionaries / pioneers in ireland and taken literature into countries like spain when it was banned but who were now living in suburbia near to where they had both been brought up.

we lived in a new semi-detached house in a cul-de-sac at the bottom of a hill - fantastic for building go-carts and racing down !

slipnslidemaster

You've got balls, that's all I'm going to say about that.

I've always wanted to hear the part about how this place formed. Can't wait.

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NEWS: Stock Market Bubble Affects Freemasons

by slipnslidemaster in

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stock market bubble affects freemasons

ap - may 3rd, 1:32pm

in a press release today, grand lodge of england, which is freemasonry's oldest extant lodge, announced that due to the stock market collapse they would be dropping the "free" from their title and be known as "masons" starting the first of the month.

slipnslidemaster

huh?

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NEWS: Stock Market Bubble Affects Freemasons

by slipnslidemaster in

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stock market bubble affects freemasons

ap - may 3rd, 1:32pm

in a press release today, grand lodge of england, which is freemasonry's oldest extant lodge, announced that due to the stock market collapse they would be dropping the "free" from their title and be known as "masons" starting the first of the month.

slipnslidemaster

Stock Market Bubble Affects Freemasons
AP - May 3rd, 1:32pm

In a press release today, Grand Lodge of England, which is Freemasonry's oldest extant lodge, announced that due to the stock market collapse they would be dropping the "free" from their title and be known as "Masons" starting the first of the month.

Sovereign Grand Inspector General Harry "Bud" Spisghetti clarified during a phone interview that the Freemasons just couldn't continue without significant restructuring in todays economy. "We figured that we could make it just on our advertising revenues but with the collape of the stock market we have hope that people who appreciated our services would continue with us even though we are no longer able to be free."

The formation of the English Grand Lodge in London (1717) was the beginning of the widespread dissemination of speculative Freemasonry, the present-day fraternal order, whose membership is not limited to working stonemasons.

There are also many subsidiary Masonic groups, including the Order of the Eastern Star, limited to Master Masons and their female relatives; De Molay, an organization for boys; and Job's Daughters and Rainbow, two organizations for girls. Many of the orders maintain homes for aged members.

Sovereign Grand Inspector General Spisghetti stated that he hopes the restructing will permit the Masons to avoid filing for Chapter 11 protection and return to profitability with-in the coming quarters. The biggest competition to the Masons is listed in SEC documents as the Shriner Organization who have also been hit hard.

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