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Back to the Old Testament, rather randomly. I'm getting more used to it.
But there's always stuff.
For instance, in Numbers 22:21-29, the Lord tells Balak to wait until the representatives of another tribe come to talk to him, but Balak gets up in the morning and saddles his ass and takes the initiative by heading their way instead.
This angers the Lord, so he sends an angel before them, visible only to the donkey, and the donkey careens off into the fields, so Balak whomps her with his stick.
The journey resumes and they head into the city. The angel of the lord appears to the donkey, again, and she rams Balak's foot into a wall. He whomps, he yells.
Then, in a tight alley with no way to turn around, the angel of the lord appears, once more, to the donkey, who finally gives up and lies down.
Balak once again wields the stick, until the Lord opens the donkey's mouth and asks him "Why are you so mean to me, your donkey who has been so good to you for all these years?"
Does Balak say "Holy shit! A talking donkey!"?
No, he starts arguing with her.
And I raise my eyebrows and gaze in your direction, LJ friends, because once again, the only place I am used to such well-wrought comedic timing is old Warner Brothers cartoons.
I guess they were divine, more than I knew.
But there's always stuff.
For instance, in Numbers 22:21-29, the Lord tells Balak to wait until the representatives of another tribe come to talk to him, but Balak gets up in the morning and saddles his ass and takes the initiative by heading their way instead.
This angers the Lord, so he sends an angel before them, visible only to the donkey, and the donkey careens off into the fields, so Balak whomps her with his stick.
The journey resumes and they head into the city. The angel of the lord appears to the donkey, again, and she rams Balak's foot into a wall. He whomps, he yells.
Then, in a tight alley with no way to turn around, the angel of the lord appears, once more, to the donkey, who finally gives up and lies down.
Balak once again wields the stick, until the Lord opens the donkey's mouth and asks him "Why are you so mean to me, your donkey who has been so good to you for all these years?"
Does Balak say "Holy shit! A talking donkey!"?
No, he starts arguing with her.
And I raise my eyebrows and gaze in your direction, LJ friends, because once again, the only place I am used to such well-wrought comedic timing is old Warner Brothers cartoons.
I guess they were divine, more than I knew.