Okay, WTF?
And I do not say WTF? lightly. I only break out the WTF? for truly WTF?-worthy occasions.
Such as this one.
WTF?
I blame Australia. Weren’t the Aussies the ones who got Jediism recognized as a religion? Yes, it’s a real religion now. And so Darth Vader is either their Pope or their Anton LaVey, depending on your perspective. So, naturally, from that point ten years ago to this it’s an easy stroll to this photo, which was apparently (my Icelandic is somewhat rusty; Paging Bjork!?!?!?!) snapped at a 100% legit ecumenical networking meeting.
Which is not to imply that there is a samizdat or heretical ecumenical meeting underground, although that would be post-worthy as well, if somewhat of a logical impossibility. But we have certainly never let impossibility or logic stop us, as Metro will be only too happy to attest in the comments.
UPDATE:
Bloody Hell! None of the major online translators have an Icelandic-to-English web page translation service. Why, this is SCANDALOUS! SCANDALOUS, I tell you! I finally found one at InterTran, praise be to Cthulhu!
Blackface{Svarthöfði} riverstalk, laumast að, slope off, laumast burt, infiltrate, stream, {á} vegum félagsmanna intoat, during, for, in, {í} UnbeliefDisbelief, Incredulity, Scepticism, Skepticism, {Vantrú}
OrganisationAssociation, Company, Fellowship, Partnership, Society, {Félagar} intoat, during, for, in, {í} samtökunum UnbeliefDisbelief, Incredulity, Scepticism, Skepticism, {Vantrú} pack of horsesstud, {stóðu} pay lip service to{fyrir} participationinvolvement, {þátttöku} Blackface{Svarthöfða} intoat, during, for, in, {í} walkingambulatory, peripatetic, {göngu} sacerdotalclerical, {presta} whomas, that, which, who, {sem} voru riverstalk, laumast að, slope off, laumast burt, infiltrate, stream, {á} leið riverstalk, laumast að, slope off, laumast burt, infiltrate, stream, {á} clausesentence, simple sentence, typesetting, {setningu} Synod{Prestastefnu} intoat, during, for, in, {í} Cathedral{Dómkirkjunni} yesterday{í gær}.
Snuggle up toAdvanee, Eneourage, Promote, Nuzzle up against, {Að} verbbid, {sögn} Matthíasar Ásgeirssonar, shapeformat, {formanns} UnbeliefDisbelief, Incredulity, Scepticism, Skepticism, {Vantrúar}, var ;fn)þetta þarna, that, this, it, {þetta} onlynone but, but, exclusively, simply, strictly, just, {aðeins} jokingly{í gríni} gert whilebut, only, than, whenas, whereas, {en} themall, þeim mun, {þeim} – finna{fannst} verya great many, a great, widely, all, greatly, highly, immensely, {afar} drolly{spaugilegt} snuggle up toadvanee, eneourage, promote, nuzzle up against, {að} improvecompensate, mend, repair, {bæta} Blackface{Svarthöfða} intoat, during, for, in, {í} hópinn.
Aðspurður sayestsayst, {segir} Matthías goings-on{viðburðinn} beef upbuild up, bolster, boost, favour, fortify, further, hype, intensify, promote, redound, reinforce, {eflaust} notdon’t, never, {ekki} becomegot to, get, grow, occur, take, will, remain, must, need, {verða} yearly{árlegan} whilebut, only, than, whenas, whereas, {en} neverne’er, , nevermore, aldrei framar, {aldrei} sé snuggle up toadvanee, eneourage, promote, nuzzle up against, {að} knowwit, {vita} totalstudy, tot, tot up to, work out at, amount to, {nema} Blackface{Svarthöfði} departeddeceased, defunct, {láti} aft{aftur á} scrape togetherrestrain oneself, hoard, {sér} kræla.
Well, that clears that up!
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Note that Darth is behind them all – I don’t think there is much chance of any of those cross-dressers surviving.
Wow–I look forward to the schism and theological war between the New Testament of Jediism (as it is written in Eps IV to VI) and the Old Testament (Eps I-III).
Of course, Jediism is unique in being the only religion whose New Testament pre-dates the Old.
Wait just a second … does this mean Jar-Jar Binks gets recognition as some kind of prophet? ‘Cos I see a big problem right there.
You were not going to hell for the photo but when you mixed ecumenicals with Darth Vader with “praise be to Cthulhu” you crossed a line.
Archie, you think Darth was just photo-bombing?
max, I didn’t want to leave Cthulhu out. He’d be so hurt.
Metro: Yes. Jar-Jar is a prophet of Jediism, as befits a religion practiced mostly by zeta males.
Thanks, I think I’ll stick with holy prophet Bobby Henderson.
Though I might consider converting for Carrie Fisher. She writes a good stick.
Is that a metaphor?
arch: cross-dressers, good one! It looks like one of the cross-dressers is pretty pleased about the whole thing, while a couple of the others wish they were anywhere but there. But, rain, whyfore you blaming the Aussies? The news article was about UK registered religions, and the Jedi church is apparently in New Zealand. Are you still mad because the South Park film had such a good run there? I do appreciate the translation from the Icelandic. It clears up a lot of things that had been troubling me in life. Lots of skeptical nuzzling and snuggling going on over there!
I thought it was Aussies who started the whole thing, wasn’t it? I mean, look how much they know about cross-dressing!
As operation global media domination is nearly complete, and when it is my identity will be as your loyal subject, as will all be who read your blog, I figured I should look into this a bit more so that I may stay on your good side. I consulted the source of all wisdom, Wikipedia, and discovered that while the UK has the largest number of declared Jedi, the Australians made the most fuss about it during their last two censuses (censi?) Therefore, we are both right, o dominant one!
Well, what can you expect of People who spend their lives UPSIDE down
Quite so. They make a fuss over everything, especially being mistaken for the English.
@muse; it is always wise to stay on my good side. It is usually more expensive than that, though.
Mostly because the price of Sterno’s gone up along with all the other fuels.
Look, there’s nothing stopping you from going to Canadian Tire and buying a new five gallon tank for your personal use. How was I to know that was your Stash?
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