God never runs out of birdseed, but sometimes he has distribution problems.
God thinks technical journals are terribly boring and knows beyond doubt that the only people who read them are the authors of the various articles.
God likes the way the sun glints off his hair in the afternoons between about 3:14 and 3:27 local time at latitude 10.3 degrees.
God wishes he had invented business card magnets.
When God was little, His mom stuck His first draft of the Universe up on the refrigerator.
Everyone in Heaven still gets a chuckle out of it when God yells out "Let there be Light" every time he opens the refrigerator door. After about the third time, though, they stopped yelling back "And there was light."
God tried using a Palm Pilot, but it kept asking if he wanted to archive his best moments because they were outside the date range.
God was married once, but neither of them was quite sure what gender to adopt in order to please everyone. Now they're just good friends.
God proved that you can have your cake and eat it too. If you're God.
God gets sad when people cure their atheletes' foot fungus, so he often sends it back with a vengence.
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Everyone in Heaven still gets a chuckle out of it when God yells out "Let there be Light" every time he opens the refrigerator door. After about the third time, though, they stopped yelling back "And there was light."
LOL
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God gets sad when people cure their atheletes' foot fungus, so he often sends it back with a vengence.
This one must be true. It just has to be. My husband has been through every product on the market, and we've tried every home remedy I've ever seen. It still keeps coming back. Now I know why.
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Haven't done this in awhile.
This is my first....
Thanks for doing it this time
I loved the Palm Pilot..
Bob, how (specifically) do you come up with these?
All of heavan was silent, for no one knew what to say when God sneezed.
God used to eat a croissant and a bar of chocolate for breakfast every morning, but lately he's been having a bran muffin. Then he gulps down a toaster strudel around 10 a.m.
God thinks that Pluto should indeed be officially designated a planet, but he also thinks the asteroid belt should be called 'the tumbling circle of stony griefs.'
God likes hymns okay, but he wishes there were more power ballads sung in church.
"God is like Visa, he's everywhere you wanna be."
As a joke, someone gave God a pen with disappearing ink. But the joke backfired because God usually just dictates his work.
God knows how many angels will fit on the head of a pin.
God sometimes misses 5¼" diskettes because they fly a lot better than the 3½" ones.
In order to play fair, God only buys quick-pick lottery tickets.
God wonders why nobody ever reads the fine print.
As a child, God used to run to the mail box to see if what he knew would be there was really there.
God has x-ray vision but tries not to use it because of the risks involved.
God doesn't mind a cluttered office. He says he knows right where everything is.
God thinks the action figures of him are really kind of cheezy.
God wonders why he's always associated with fish. I mean, he likes fish. He just likes budgies better.
God finds the news depressing. He prefers a good episode of 'Frasier'.
God loves his new cordless optical mouse. He'll never go back. Never.
God has a "please remove shoes" policy in heaven. Cuts down on wear and tear.
God wonders how he got on so many magazine subscription lists.
God feels bad that he didn't make you more talented. He's been meaning to get on that.
God's memory for names is pretty good, if He does say so Himself.
God's secret to explaining the universe is really and intricately woven fabric about dipping sauces. He just really likes that ranch stuff.
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God feels bad that he didn't make you more talented. He's been meaning to get on that.
God thinks reinforced concrete roadways are worth the extra time and money.
God's favorite ice cream is Rocky Road, but not that low-fat kind.
God appreciates a good waffle cone.
God made a rock so heavy even he couldn't lift it, then he broke it into pieces and lifted it anyway.
God has never once said the phrase "Nanny Nanny Boo Boo."
God was failing biology his first time through but aced the class by creating a Platypus for show 'n tell.
God likes ribs, but Adam gets all spooked every time the delivery guy shows up, so he only gets them on rare occasions.
God wishes everyone would stop looking for the Tree of Life. He moved it okay? Leave it the heck alone.
God saw this really cool movie with that guy, you know, the one with the hair. Anyway it was great and you should definitely go see it when it comes around.
God thinks tube radios sound better than solid state, even after all these years of improving the technology.
God would like to give the cleaning crew a day off around the holidays, but he knows it would take an eternity to catch up afterwards.
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God wishes everyone would stop looking for the Tree of Life. He moved it okay? Leave it the heck alone.
Hehehehe.
God won't lie to you when you ask him how old he is, but he is pretty good at evasion.
God has had it up to -here- with footprints in the sand analogies. He's not kidding. Stop making them, or he'll have to take legal action.
Although he would never admit it, God secretly likes it when people use the phrase, "Kill them all and let God sort 'em out."
God wishes he made man smarter. Then maybe he wouldn't have such a hard time finding a good thermos.
If it's true that, "He who dies with the most toys, wins", God wonders if dying is a prerequisite for winning. If not, is the prize a good thermos? Please get back to Him on this at your earliest convenience.
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God wishes he made man smarter. Then maybe he wouldn't have such a hard time finding a good thermos.If it's true that, "He who dies with the most toys, wins", God wonders if dying is a prerequisite for winning. If not, is the prize a good thermos? Please get back to Him on this at your earliest convenience.
LOL.
God would like to add that if your thermos has a picture of the Partridge Family on the outside, he'd be willing to pay a little extra.
God never loses an auction on e-bay.
God thanks himself for temporal rules every time he thinks about how QVC might've really made selling indulgences take off if it'd been around back then.
God thinks particle board is an abomination.
God went grocery shopping once, but got so upset over the question "paper or plastic" that he walked out without paying and never returned.
God thinks the idea of air in a can is hilarious. But then he thought that about bottled spring water and regrets not getting in on that scam earlier.
God definitely thinks that if he'd wanted men to fly, he'd have given them wings.
God likes hanging out in the Crown Room at LAX because a lot of celebrities come through there.
God's name is on a government list because he once asked an airport security person "Do I look like a terrorist? Do I?!!!"
God gets a kick out it when people tell him something is against the laws of physics.
God wonders how a taste for ice cream could ever have evolved in dogs anyway.
God hates the "crawl" on CNN and MSNBC because it is impossible to ignore.
God thinks the title The Book of Bob lacks a certain dignity and wont approve it for release.
God thinks there's nothing like a motorcycle trip to help one appreciate his creation.
LOL
God hates it when baristas put the drinking hole of his mochas on the seam of the cup. It always spills, people. ALWAYS. He is still in the market for his Patridge Family thermos.
God once considered getting in the middle of the cola wars, but wisely thought better of it.
God doesn't like the lyrics to Rob Zombie music, but thinks it's good to dance to.
God feels that nudity is an abomination mostly because the people who insist on going nude are usually the ones who should be wearing clothes in the first place.
God doesn't endorse the concept of predestination. He wants to make this clear and requests that you stop blaming him for being such a doofus. You're a doofus all on your own, honey.
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I'm picking out a thermos for you,
And maybe a thermometer, too....
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God once considered getting in the middle of the cola wars, but wisely thought better of it.
God knows what they were thinking with New Coke.
God likes UBB code, but wishes images didn't take up so much room.
God recently sold off all his fax machines because they weren't getting as much use as projected.
God thinks "Park Hopper" is a bad name for multiday Disney passes, but he didn't offer an alternative suggestion.
God's favorite Florida attraction is the Cypress Knee museum. He especially likes the one that looks like Richard Nixon in profile.
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God recently sold off all his fax machines because they weren't getting as much use as projected.
God now wonders if anyone is in the market for about four hundred tons of unused printer paper.
God still doesn't approve of swearing, but He cannot help but think that *bleeps* are nearly the height of humor.
God understands your petitions for the complete annihilation of Microsoft and all of it's products. Apparently, a pact with the Devil was involved and though God doesn't want to get into the sticky details, suffice to say he's working on it.
God, for the record, says that Smurfs are ok in his book. Some people just need to stop freaking out, already.
Though this may come as a surprise to some, God never wonders, "Is humor funny?"
I know what I'm being buried with! Always nice to have a lil' insurance policy...
Um, God, we got another one. She's got a few black marks, but she showed up with a Thermos, so I thought I'd better ask you...
Describe this thermos.
It is the one.
Okay, look, offer her an annual pass and the number of the Pope's hotline. He's not using it anyway.
...
God is relieved this isn't another onanism thread.
God doesn't like it when people randomly AIM him to say they don't like his glasses. Well, okay, He doesn't wear glasses. But if He did that would be RIGHT. OUT.
God enjoyed LOTR. He is neutral on whether or not Legolas would be considered 'hot', though.
God is looking forward to Episode II: AOTC, but he has some reservations due to Episode I.
God has definite opinions on who should be playing Ender in the movie, but for the sake of peace He has chosen not to post them.
God very much endorses the use of *SPOILERS*.
God isn't touching the 'Homosexuality' thread with a ten foot pole.
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God is very releaved that he got to be God, and you had to be you.
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God is the one on the right, with the name-tag that reads "God".
God is very releaved that he got to be God, and you had to be you.
LOL.
God enjoys a good pecan praline.
God thinks folk art is a good way to clear out litter and use up old paint.
Over the years, God has grown more and more fond of velcro.
God thinks popping bubble wrap is a good way for people to calm their nerves.
God wants everyone to have a puppy at least once in their lives.
God's first car was a 1968 Buick LeSabre with the 350 V8 and bench seats.
God likes pushing the "Degauss" button on his computer monitor.
God doesn't get up in arms about it, but He actually makes sure his eyebrows are well-trimmed and dignified, not all bushy like some comic-strips-He-could-name depict.
God likes aromatherapy and full-spectrum lights. But if there's bubble wrap in the room at the same time, well, that's even sweeter.
God feels strongly that if you find yourself a good pair of tweezers, you hold on to them.
God says, "ditto" to a good pencil sharpener.
God will let you win at chess, but He always tells you in how many moves you'll beat Him.
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God licks envelopes from right to left, but much prefers self-sticking stamps.
God can think of thousands of uses for a stereo Y-Connector.
God uses his debit card for most purchases under $200.
God knows when this whole dinosaur craze is going to peter out.
God has, once again, refused to pay Satan's heating bill.
Every time a doctor makes it into heaven, God trots out his old pun about infinite patients. It always gets a laugh.
AND NOW A BLAST FROM THE PAST...
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God went to the deli, but he grossed everyone out by making the meat talk
God still likes that one.
God doesn't like it when people say "hold the mustard" during communion.
God enjoys a good dip in the pool after a long day's work. (Oh, and stop trying to figure out how long a 'day' is, cause with all the traffic these days it may as well be a Millenium.)
God is thinking about getting one of those jet-spas installed. They look so good in the brochures.
God would amaze you with his hunt-n-peck typing. Well, He'd amaze with you with other stuff, but, man! That hunt-n-peck is something to see.
God is still trying to figure out why he made sharks, but he thinks it has something to do with a vague premonition of Steven Spielberg.
Subject: Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire
God would like to thank you for your belief and patronage. In order to better serve your needs, (S)He asks that you take a few moments to answer the following questions:
1. How did you find out about your deity?
__ Newspaper
__ Bible
__ Torah
__ Koran
__ Television
__ Book of Mormon
__ Divine Inspiration
__ Dead Sea Scrolls
__ My Mama Done Told Me
__ Near Death Experience
__ Near Life Experience
__ National Public Radio
__ Tabloid
__ Burning Shrubbery
__ Other (specify): _____________
2. Which model deity did you acquire?
__ Jehovah
__ Jesus
__ Krishna
__ Father, Son & Holy Ghost [Trinity Pak]
__ Zeus and entourage [Olympus Pak]
__ Odin and entourage [Valhalla Pak]
__ Allah
__ Satan
__ Gaia/Mother Earth/Mother Nature
__ God 1.0a (Hairy Thunderer)
__ God 1.0b (Cosmic Muffin)
__ None of the above, I was taken in by a false god
3. Did your God come to you undamaged, with all parts in good working order and with no obvious breakage or missing attributes?
__ Yes
__ No
If no, please describe the problems you initially encountered here. Please indicate all that apply:
__ Not eternal
__ Finite in space/Does not occupy or inhabit the entire cosmos
__ Not omniscient
__ Not omnipotent
__ Not infinitely plastic (incapable of being all things to all creations)
__ Permits sex outside of marriage
__ Prohibits sex outside of marriage
__ Makes mistakes
__ Makes or permits bad things to happen to good people
__ Makes or permits good things to happen to bad people
__ Looks after life other than that on Earth
__ When beseeched, doesn't stay beseeched
__ Requires burnt offerings
__ Requires virgin sacrifices
4. What factors were relevant in your decision to acquire a deity? Please check all that apply.
__ Indoctrinated by parents
__ Needed a reason to live
__ Indoctrinated by society
__ Needed focus in whom to despise
__ Needed focus in whom to love
__ Imaginary friend grew up
__ Hate to think for myself
__ Wanted to meet girls/boys in church
__ Fear of death
__ Wanted to piss off parents
__ Wanted to please parents
__ Needed a day away from school or work
__ Desperate need for certainty
__ Like organ music
__ Need to feel morally superior
__ Thought Jerry Falwell was cool
__ Thought there had to be something other than Jerry Falwell
__ Objects were falling from the sky
__ My shrubbery caught fire and told me to do it
5. Have you ever worshipped a deity before? If so, which false god were you fooled by? Please check all that apply.
__ Baal
__ The Almighty Dollar
__ Left Wing Liberalism
__ The Radical Right
__ Amon Ra
__ Beelzebub
__ Bill Gates
__ Barney The Big Purple Dinosaur
__ The Great Spirit
__ The Great Pumpkin
__ The Sun
__ The Moon
__ The Force
__ Cindy Crawford
__ Elvis
__ A burning shrub
__ Psychiatry
__ Other: ________________
6. Are you currently using any other source of inspiration in addition to God? Please check all that apply.
__ Tarot
__ Lottery
__ Astrology
__ Television
__ Fortune cookies
__ Ann Landers
__ Psychic Friends Network
__ Dianetics
__ Palmistry
__ Playboy and/or Playgirl
__ Self-help books
__ Sex, drugs, and rock & roll
__ Biorhythms
__ Alcohol
__ Marijuana
__ Bill Clinton
__ Tea Leaves
__ est
__ Amway
__ CompuServe
__ Mantras
__ Jimmy Swaggert
__ Crystals
__ Human sacrifice
__ Pyramids
__ Wandering around a desert
__ Insurance policies
__ Burning shrubbery
__ Barney T.B.P.D.
__ Barney Fife
__ Other:_____________________
__ None
7. God reputedly employs a limited degree of Divine Intervention to preserve a balanced level of felt presence and blind faith. Which would you prefer?
Circle one below:
a. More Divine Intervention
b. Less Divine Intervention
c. Current level of Divine Intervention is just right
d. Don't know.
e. What's Divine Intervention?
8. God also reputedly attempts to maintain a balanced level of disasters and miracles. Please rate on a scale of 1 - 5 your opinion of the handling of the following (1 =unsatisfactory, 5 = excellent):
a. Disasters:
1 2 3 4 5 flood
1 2 3 4 5 famine
1 2 3 4 5 earthquake
1 2 3 4 5 war & holocausts
1 2 3 4 5 pestilence
1 2 3 4 5 plague
1 2 3 4 5 Spam
1 2 3 4 5 AOL
b. Miracles:
1 2 3 4 5 rescues
1 2 3 4 5 spontaneous remissions
1 2 3 4 5 stars hovering over tiny towns & previously unknown hamlets
1 2 3 4 5 crying statues
1 2 3 4 5 water changing to wine
1 2 3 4 5 walking on water
1 2 3 4 5 coincidence of any sort
1 2 3 4 5 getting any sex whatsoever
9. From time to time God reputedly makes available the names an addresses of Her/His followers and devotees to selected reputedly divine personages who provide quality services and perform intercessions in His behalf. Are you interested in a compilation of listed offerings?
__ Yes, please deluge me with religious zealots for the benefit of my own immortal soul
__ No, I do not wish to be inundated by religious fanatics clamouring for my money
10. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions for improving the quality of God's services? (Attach an additional sheet if necessary.)
God wishes someone would come in here and sweep up all the manna and get rid of it.
God thinks quadraphonic sound was just a little ahead of its time.
God has never seen an automatic sprinkler system that watered the entire lawn and nothing but the lawn.
God was thrown off the local psychiatric help line staff for being opinionated and judgemental.
and another blast from the past:
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God spells relief R-O-L-A-I-D-S
God aced Latin in high school.
God likes to tease Darwin about his bumper sticker.
Two months ago, God finished writing Bible X: What I Really Meant© but he is afraid that without Oprah's seal of approval, his book will get killed by Order of the Phoenix.
God loves how he never forgets his son's birthday, but gets somewhat peeved at the fact that Toys R Us starts "celebrating" it three months in advance.
Don't worry, you ain't going crazy. I kept deleting/reposting instead of editing (my religious friend sitting next to me kept objecting to what I was writing). Didn't think anyone was watching.
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<side note> Yeah, not quite sure what is going on with me. Turning into a twinkly little gremlin, I think. Threw off Belle's groove yesterday. No telling what's up. *ambles off*
It is only 8:00 am here and I'm only on my third cup of coffee. I'm sure even God would agree that we don't settle into our "groove" until at least our fifth cup of coffee.
: ours a round of java for the thread::
God never sends in warranty registration cards.
God sometimes wishes he could be a long haul trucker, just for a little while.
When Jesus was little, God used to sing him songs about himself to get him to sleep. Of course, all those trumpets blaring and angelic voices would disturb the whole neighborhood, so he had to stop.
God had business cards printed up, but the printer made a mistake on the contact information and now people keep ringing up the local Krispy Kreme when they need comfort.
God sometimes flips open his Book of Life at random and erases all the bad entries just for the sheer joy of it.
God held the elevator an extra second yesterday at a building in Milwaukee. He was appropriately thanked by the beneficiary.
God wonders why no-one has ever named a boat after him. Not that he minds, but it'd be a nice gesture.
God recommends extra roof ridge vents in the South.
God has a box full of all the various TV/VCR/CD/DVD remotes that everyone has ever lost. But don't worry: He memorized all the multi-unit programming codes before He removed all the batteries so they wont mess up the remotes.
God recycles batteries.
--Steve
God likes nothing better than a good solid exoskeleton.
God thinks Israelights brand of candles are horribly misnamed and hopes no-one derives any pleasure from burning them.
God could stare at a lava lamp for æons, but he wont.
God says there really is one true love for every person, but they could be separated by the span of oceans or even thousands of years. And he's sorry for that, but its just the way things worked out.
God thinks the candy factory sketch on I Love Lucy is the funniest sight gag ever on TV.
Nobody likes to play poker with God because he's got one of those faces you just can't read. That and he "buys the pot" no matter how good his hand is.
God thinks that when a toy ad says "hours of fun" it should really be true. Someone ought to measure the fun and report back to the government.
Not even God laughs at Family Circus.
Who am I to disagree?
God likes "fluff threads" on hatrack, because it lets newbies get started posting in an unobtrusive way.
jexx
God knows why this is called a "fluff" thread.
God thinks people ought to get baptized every few years, despite the obvious doctrinal concerns.
God thinks "it's like herding cats" is an apt metaphor for so many things.
This is the other funny one.
God is Onmiscient, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent, so was a bit upset when the magazine Omni was not about him.
God has a great ISP.
God sometimes wishes he lived nearer to Home Depot. Especially after the third trip in one day.
--xnera
God always flies first class, but is considering buying his own private jet.
God prefers going to a good old-fashioned barber rather than one of those trendy "salons".
God can believe it's not butter.
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God just noticed this one, Ralphie Now you can go to heaven.
She's also a bit of that other place. More the better.
God wishes Lord of the Rings had been written BEFORE creation, 'cause there's no way he could create an oliphaunt now without everybody noticing.
God doesn't even remember his first date. "It was just so long ago."
God asks will we please not kill off all of the Zebras and Pandas...he has a certain affection for animals he created pre-Technicolor.
God was infinitely confused when his package arrived from the "Adam and Eve" collection and it was NOT home videos of the Garden of Eden, as he assumed. Same with the "Big Bang" video he ordered.
God wishes we'd stop all of these "Word of the Day" threads. He has better things to do with His time than make up new words.
God wonders if, maybe, he is Thor.
God never wonders if he is Bob. God is not that silly.
God knows that Orangatang Tribes have Cultures, but they don't have Culture Club, so that's ok.
God doesn't believe in aliens, on any of the planets he's worshipped on.
God didn't plan all of history so we could one day create S'Mores, but the real reason wasn't nearly as tasty.
God rarely accepts someone's two week notice.
God created Life (the game) to bring families together. Satan created Monopoly.
Gods last message to a living Douglas Adams: "We apologize for the inconveniance."
God hates computers; it gives humans a false sense of owning a brain.
God isn't sure what to think of cloning. There are so many legal issues to work out. I mean, technically he created the creators. But, just because they are fans doesn't mean they can copy His material.
God really misses the days when television was more than a bunch of lame reality shows. That is why He invented cable.
God loves bugs so much He made them more abundant than any other animal. Only God knows why.
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And while He says "You're welcome" whenever someone says "Thank God", He usually just does it out of courtesy...not because He actually DID anything.
God gave us opposable thumbs to make up for not being able to lick ourselves. That's what REALLY separates us from the animals. Most of us anyway.
God thought about having another son, but after how we treated the last one...He said forget it.
God bought a giant calculator with one button for every number from + to - infinity. At first He thought it would save money because it's solar powered, but after it burned through 15 suns, He's not so sure.
God created black holes as handy matter storage devices.
There is no truth to the adage that God puked and Cleveland was born.
God thinks lava is one of the best building materials in the universe.
Bob-as if you know anything about God, you SACRILIGEOUS INFIDEL!!!!
There's a difference. We're tastier.
God wishes He still owned a pair of gloves.
God was aked to sing the National Anthem by the Atlanta Braves, but He declined. He didn't want to seem to endorse one particular nation. God believes in separation of State and Church.
quote:God would like to add Skunks to this list.
God asks will we please not kill off all of the Zebras and Pandas...he has a certain affection for animals he created pre-Technicolor.
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When God laughs while drinking water, wine comes out His nose.
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Few people realize the final judgement will be an essay test.
And neatness counts.
quote:*chokes trying not to spew coffee at screen*
God likes Annie's pants.
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God sometimes combines a section of hell with cockroach heaven to save space.