My writing is presented in regular font, and the text in italics is from the linked article below.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/arash_markazi/03/30/wrestlemania/
ORLANDO -- Even in the world of professional wrestling, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still undefeated.
Wow;) He won a fixed fight, congratulations.
Mayweather Jr., the undefeated WBC welterweight champion, made his professional wrestling debut at WrestleMania XXIV in front of 74,635 fans at the Citrus Bowl and defeated the Paul "Big Show" Wight, with a brass-knuckled right hook to Wight's jaw.
I could win many fights with the use of brass-knuckles, in fact, even my good friend Saint Chucklins could win a lot of fights using brass-knuckles. Better yet, I could carry in a high-powered rifle to a match and pretty much be guaranteed a win.
The 7-foot, 440-pound Wight was knocked down to his knees by three Mayweather steel chair shots (and really, what would a pro wrestling match be without a few chair shots, right?) before the boxer took off his gloves in favor of brass knuckles in the "no-holds-barred match."
Perhaps the fight would have ended earlier, if Mayweather would have used a two-by-four, or a baseball bat.
So, I guess we had a phony street fight presented.
While Mayweather, who wore oversized black and white fur shorts, won his much-publicized WWE match, he took more abuse than most expected as Wight slapped Mayweather loudly across the chest, slammed him down to the mat and stepped on his body a couple of times, at one point walking over him in the middle of the ring.
Perhaps, Big Show should have sat on Mayweather and had Pizza delivered, and he probably would have won the fight.
The absurdity of the match, however, was probably best captured early on when Mayweather dangled on Wight's back and brought him down with a chokehold before Wight recovered and took out most of Mayweather's entourage.
There was more chance of Big Show choking on a peanut, while eating peanuts, sitting on Mayweather, than being choked out by Mayweather.
Five hours prior to the fight, Mayweather walked down the neon-lit 175 -foot entranceway to the ring alongside WWE Executive Vice President Shane McMahon and his business manager Leonard Ellerbe, going over everything from his entrance to the ebb-and-flow of the match.
I suppose so, for a twenty million dollar pay day for Mayweather. I think in a real fight, Mayweather would have been in trouble.
"My ultimate goal is to entertain the fans and entertain the people," said Mayweather. "A lot of people on the outside say that wrestling is not this and its not that, but believe me, wrestling is real. They're not just entertainers, they're athletes. There are hard slaps and hard punches."
The fight was fixed, but many of the larger wrestlers have so much mass and strength, they would provide a medium-sized fighter like Mayweather a substantial challenge.
Thanks to Mom for emailing these pictures to me.
The pot at the end of the rainbow.
Grand-Anne, New Brunswick
Grand-Anne, New Brunswick
From
http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/04/top-10-april-fool-pranks-2007.html
A 2007 April fools' joke. Tattoos for toddlers.
Jay Leno made me laugh last night when he stated that women with a tattoo on the back above the bum, have a tramp stamp. Classic.
http://thekingpin68.blogspot.com/2008/04/alister-mcgrath-and-philosophical.html
"Perhaps, Big Show should have sat on Mayweather and had Pizza delivered, and he probably would have won the fight."
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!
I guess watching a huge guy eat pizza while sitting on another guy would not provide enough incentive for wrestling fans to keep coming back...
Exactly!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Chuck.
I could win many fights with the use of brass-knuckles, in fact, even my good friend Saint Chucklins could win a lot of fights using brass-knuckles. Better yet, I could carry in a high-powered rifle to a match and pretty much be guaranteed a win.
ReplyDeleteLOL! That's hilarious!
Perhaps the fight would have ended earlier, if Mayweather would have used a two-by-four, or a baseball bat.
Ha! LOL!
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The pot at the end of the rainbow.
Funny!
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A 2007 April fools' joke. Tattoos for toddlers.
Although that baby is cute, tattoos on a baby would be terrible. Although I am a graphic artist, I think to mar up God's design (the
human body) with a tattoo is ugly (even though my own nephews have tattoos).
Jay Leno made me laugh last night when he stated that women with a tattoo on the back above the bum, have a tramp stamp. Classic.
Cruel but very funny. No matter how skillfully drawn the tattoo, I personally find tattoos not much more attractive than a cut, a burn or a scar. Besides, God commanded the Israelites in the Old Testament not to tattoo their bodies: "You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD." (Lev. 19:28, NASB) I suspect that at least part of the reason God gave them that command is so they would not do the same practices as the surrounding pagan nations, but that they would be set apart for God (i.e., "I am the Lord your God who have made you separate from all other peoples."--Lev. 20:24b, Basic English Bible).
A friend of mine has tattoos (of women, etc.) covering both his arms, which he got before he became a Christian. He hates having them now, and wishes he would have never had them put on.
Thanks, Jeff.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you find the article funny. You make good points.
Although that baby is cute, tattoos on a baby would be terrible. Although I am a graphic artist, I think to mar up God's design (the
human body) with a tattoo is ugly (even though my own nephews have tattoos).
Agreed.
Cruel but very funny. No matter how skillfully drawn the tattoo, I personally find tattoos not much more attractive than a cut, a burn or a scar.
Agreed.
Russ:)
I want to know how much money they got paid to win/lose a stagged fight.
ReplyDeleteOn the web, it states Mayweather received $20 million US dollars.
ReplyDeleteCheers.
20 mill? I would take a real wuppin for a lousy mill. rick b
ReplyDeleteA good point, and so would many. I would seriously consider it as well.
ReplyDeleteWWE has had some interesting concept fights throughout their franchise history and this is one of them. Although very staged, I do agree there are levels of athetics in pro-wrestling and for the most part very entertaining.
ReplyDelete-World Wrestling Acting Champion-
Thanks, good points.
ReplyDeleteYou are 150 buff pounds, perhaps you should Crisco up and take on Big Show.
How much would the WWE pay you?
Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI doubt in light of 2000+ years of scholarship within Judaism, and 2000 years of scholarship within Christianity, that your claims have much credibility, but I watched your clip.
It is really important to develop theories based on a wide variety of credible scholars. And by the way, Christianity does not believe in two or three Gods, but three distinctions within one divine nature. That is standard orthodox doctrine which has been documented many times over centuries. You need to read this type of material with an open mind.
Or perhaps, it is all a big joke to you.
For my other readers here is the clip, again.
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Russ:)
That highly-speculative video is definitely a satire of theology. Maybe we should introduce some conspiracy theory videos to go along with it.
ReplyDeleteAmenhotep Iv was the first to have a society introduced to the theology of a one-god religion? LOL!
Amenhotep IV died in 1336 B.C. or 1334 B.C. The 40-year period of Israel's wanderings in the desert lasted from c. 1446 B.C. to c. 1406 B.C., which was about 70 years before Amenhotep's death. And before Israel's wanderings in the desert, there were many followers of Yahweh God (i.e., monotheists) who lived: Adam, Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Abraham, Terah, Isaac, Esau, Jacob, Joseph, and many, many, others.
One of the first to mention that completely erroneous idea (the idea of Akhenaten as the pioneer of a monotheistic religion that later became Judaism) was Sigmund Freud, and Freud was an atheist---HARDLY a religious scholar.
Freud argued that Moses had been an Atenist priest forced to leave Egypt with his followers after Akhenaten's death. Freud's ideas about the history of Religion were crazier than his ideas about human sexuality.
Freud commented on the connection between Adonai, the Egyptian Aten and the Syrian divine name of Adonis as a primeval unity of language between the factions. In this he was following the argument of Egyptologist Arthur Weigall, but the argument was groundless, as 'Aten' and 'Adonai' are not, in fact, linguistically related.
In other words, Freud didn't know what he was talking about.
Nicholas Reeves in his book, "Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet," shows a different image of Pharaoh; seeing his religious reformations as mere attempts at centralizing power and solidifying his role as "divine monarch."
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are polytheistic religions? I think somebody failed Religion 101 here! Any true Christian, Jew or Muslim would balk at such an outlandish statement.
"And that way soon became the word...AMEN." LMHO!!! That line in the video had me cracking up hilariously!
That video is definitely satire!
Good research with the dates comparison, Jeff.
ReplyDeleteYou are a blog star.
Russ:)
Thanks, Russ! Wow, a blog star?? Cool! I don't think I deserve such a high compliment, but hey, I'll take whatever I can get!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I forgot to mention that from Isaac's birth to the time that Israel arrived in Egypt was 190 years (Isaac was sixty years old when Jacob was born, and Jacob was 130 years old when he went down to Egypt), and the Israelites were in Egypt for 210 years. So, just as God had told Abraham, for 400 years, Abraham's descendants were in lands that were not theirs (including Canaan, which was not theirs at the time). So Isaac, Abraham's promised son, was born 470 years before Amenhotep's death. And Abraham was the father of the Jewish people. So again, the idea that Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten was the pioneer of monotheistic Religion is obviously false.
Thanks, I will let Tor know of our replies.
ReplyDeleteThose pictures of all the snow you have, are supposdly of caribou maine.
ReplyDeleteI lived up in caribou maine for two years, I believe it was around 1980-82 I lived up their. I hated it, any way just a few weeks ago their was a bad storm passing threw some states, where I live we got hit with 6-7 inches of snow. But once the storm hit Maine, caribou got 11 feet. My dad sent me the same photos claiming a friend of his sent them saying they were of maine.
The only thing I know for fact, is the storm was real and so was the snow, but as to the pictures and which place, I cannot say. all I know is I am glad I no longer live in Maine. Rick b
Hi Rick.
ReplyDeleteI accept the photos could be from Maine. The email stated they were from Grand-Anne, and I reasoned looking it up, it was New Brunswick, but I do not know where they were taken.
Cheers.:)
Okeydoke- Not one to comment on wrestling, rassling, or brass nucks on TV, but here's a left turn for ya- The "markings" prohibition seems to date to a pagan rite of slashing themselves to offer the departed spirit a dwelling in the mourner's body. An less specific prohibition would then either refer to that more detailed passage or give reason for meaning something different. We might have social reasons about ink, jewelry, etc., but where do we draw and honestly Christian line? All kinds of options here- whether we're defacing God's creation or decorating it, pleasing man or pleasing God- Whaddya think?
ReplyDeleteI looked up Leviticus 19:28 a few years ago in a couple of commentaries. A few women at Bible study had tattoos. I should state I personally hate tattoos, especially on women. The commentaries seemed to tie the verse into religious markings. Robert P. Gordon in his Leviticus commentary connects this verse to Baal worship. As much as I dislike tattoos, I am not sure that all tattoos are prohibited, or just tattoos of false religion. Further study would be needed.
ReplyDeletePhilosophically and theologically, I have a problem with marking the body up in an unnatural fashion, but I hesitate to call moderate tattoos sin, but if one would tattoo their entire face, for example, I would struggle to see this as non-sinful.
GORDON, ROBERT P. (1986) ‘Leviticus’, in F.F. Bruce, (gen. ed.), The International Bible Commentary, Grand Rapids, Marshall Pickering/Zondervan.
Cheers, and welcome to satire and theology, Robert. We can link here too if you wish.