Hilarious: An Engineer's Guide to Cats 

My mom-in-law, sister-and-law, and I laughed so hard over this that we were crying. (Husband Mike chuckled.) Hope you enjoy this clever and funny "how-to" guide to cats, too.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to try "cat yodeling" with The B. :-P

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

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Motu mirth: "This is not astrophysics" 

M'kay, so in addition to all the great commentary and resources out there on B16's Summorum Pontificum, there's an equally large amount of delightful humor and banter surrounding the document an' what it all means. My reactions to the following gems ranged from smirking to outright guffawing. Share and enjoy!

First up, Barbara Nicolosi does a hilarious job of eviscerating the predictable hand-wringing from Kumbaya Catholics in Isn't it hard for you to kick against the goad? I almost had a case of the hiccups when I finished readin' it. Also check out her post, Not a Motu too soon.... Her "PS" is a keeper:

"In: Smells and bells and lingua Latina, baby!
Out: Rubrics as suggestions.
So five minutes ago: The faith community as god.
Phrase to try and work into conversation this week: lex orandi needs to flow from lex credendi"

Second: Check out the following clip -- brilliant! (And I love all the B16 shots. :::happy sigh:::)



Third, I love the way Fr. John Zuhlsdorf takes on the whining of Cardinal Ricard of Bordeaux, line by line. This one's a humdinger:

"[Card. Ricard] 2. Not all priests are adequately prepared for this. They lack formation.
[Fr. Z.] Priests are smart. We can learn. I will teach any priest how to say the older Mass and help him with Latin. This is not astrophysics."

And last but definitely not least is Fr. Philip N. Powell's gut-splitting The Six Stages of Dissenting from the M.P., where he predicts the stages of behavior to expect from the Kumbaya Catholics:

"Stage Six: Conferences. Lots of conferences. With lots of famous Names. And Big Faces. All bleating from the podium about the death of the 'Spirit of Vatican Two.' Whining. Lots of whining. A few fits. The occasional tantrum. Probably a protest--before the collective Geritol starts to work. More whining. And dire predictions about the inevitable return of Evil Nuns with Rulers and ... GASP! ... a little beauty and reverence to the liturgy."

The world would be such a dreary place without them Dominicans!

Labels: hilarious, liturgy, magisterium, pope, vatican

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Hilarious: Beware of cat! 

Ah, poor, poor postal folks. First they've gotta deal with dogs, now this ...

Winnipeg Free Press: Rain, sleet... but house cat? Forget it
by Gabrielle Giroday, 04 May 2007

"Through rain, sleet or snow, sure.

"But the mail doesn't get through when Shadow the house cat is around.

"Unfortunately for Shadow's owner, John Samborski, the animal's the reason a postal carrier refuses to deliver mail directly to a Winterton Avenue bungalow. ... 'The letter carrier who delivers mail there, you know, she was brought up on a farm, she is very comfortable with animals. Apparently this is a very threatening cat.' said [Canada Post] spokeswoman Kathi Neal." Read the full article.

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Hilarious: Wrapped nuns; Franciscan quip 

Oh, I think I hurt something laughing so hard over this ...

First, reading Jeff Miller's hilarious post, "Seal in Nun Freshness", had me in stitches. Then I read the following bit in the Comments section and flailed 'round to keep from fallin' off the chair:

"The mediaeval spirit loved its part in life as a part, not a whole; its charter for it came from something else. There is a joke about a Benedictine monk who used the common grace of Benedictus benedicat, whereupon the unlettered Franciscan triumphantly retorted Franciscus Franciscat. It is something of a parable of mediaeval history; for if there were a verb Franciscare it would be an approximate description of what St. Francis afterwards did." [G.K. Chesterton, A Short History of England]

I love that quote for many reasons, but I especially snorted over the "Franciscat" bit. Why? Check out my user names in the "On My Radar" section to the right --> . (Tho' I came up with the term because I'm a Franciscan who loves cats.)

Labels: franciscan, hilarious, humor

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Hilarious: Catholic 'warning' signs and T-shirt designs 

Need a good belly laugh? Check out this hilarious Catholic parody of warning signs! I think my fave (so hard to pick just one!) is this one.

And are you looking to spiff up your wardrobe? Check out the fun designs offered by Better In Latin! (The St. Michael the Archangel one is actually rather cool.)

(Links via White Around the Collar.)

Labels: fun, hilarious, humor, shopping

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