The Meaning of Life Page #5
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to the house of Rashomon,
and there,
slew they the goats,
yea, and placed they
the bits in little pots.
Here endeth the lesson.
Let us praise God.
O Lord.
O Lord.
Ooh! You are so big.
Ooh! You are so big.
So absolutely huge.
So absolutely huge.
Gosh, we're all really impressed
down here, I can tell You.
Gosh, we're all really impressed
down here, I can tell you.
Forgive us, O Lord, for this,
our dreadful toadying.
And barefaced flattery.
But you're so strong,
and, well, just so super.
Fantastic.
Amen, Reverend.
Amen.
Now two boys have been found
rubbing linseed oil
into the school cormorant.
Now some of you may feel that the
cormorant does not play an important part
in the life of the school,
that it was presented to us by the
corporation of the town of Sudbury,
to commemorate Empire Day,
when we try to remember
the names of all those
from the Sudbury area,
who so gallantly
gave their lives
to keep China British.
So from now on, the cormorant
is strictly out of bounds!
Oh, and, Jenkins,
apparently, your mother
died this morning.
Chaplain.
O Lord, please don't burn us
Don"t grill or toast
Your flock
Don"t put us on the barbecue
Or simmer us in stock
Don't braise
or bake or boil us
Or stir-fry us in a wok
Oh, please don't
lightly poach us
Or baste us with hot fat
Or boil us in a vat
And please don"t
stick thy servants, Lord
In a Rotissomat
He's coming!
All right, settle down,
settle down.
lesson, will those of you
who are playing in the match this
afternoon move your clothes down
onto the lower peg
immediately after lunch,
before you write
your letter home,
if you're not getting your hair cut,
unless you've got a younger brother,
who's going out this weekend as the
guest of another boy, in which case,
collect his note before lunch,
put it in your letter after
you have had your haircut,
and make sure he moves your clothes
down onto the lower peg for you.
Now...
Sir?
Yes, Wymer?
My younger brother's going out
with Dibble this weekend, sir.
But I'm not having my hair cut
today, so do I move my clothes...
I do wish you'd listen, Wymer.
It's perfectly simple.
If you're not
getting your hair cut,
you don't have to move your brother's
clothes down to the lower peg.
before lunch,
after you've done
your scripture prep,
when you've written
move your own clothes
onto the lower peg,
greet the visitors
and report to Mr. Viney
that you've had
your chit signed.
Now, sex.
Sex, sex, sex.
Where were we?
Well, had I got as far as
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