spin

I was thinking we could start a subcategory of limerick here.
Here's a fresh one:

A priapic Pompeian called Jock
Had a mural-inspiring ......
But a goddess he tupped
Caused the boy to erupt
Spreading fallout as far as Gangtok.

(Why can't limericks be educational?)

spin

No inspiration? Here's another to whet your appetite:

A Pompeian bean eater named Brett
Climbed Vesuvius just for a bet
But he farted and fell
And an updraft from hell
Spread his ashes from Rome to Tibet

spin

I guess I can't stimulate art from you lot, so let's make it a trinity, sorry, trilogy of limericks before quitting. This scans when read with care:

A new madame in Pompeii named Wong,
Drummed up custom, dressed in a sarong,
But she didn't know,
Giving Vulcan a blow,
That he'd ever have come quite so strong.

Grog

I will give it a go, but it is not my forte:

A tentmaker from Tarsus named Saul
was embarrassed his cock was quite small
He converted to Christ
And prayed at least thrice
Becoming celibate once and for all

spin

An atheist baiter named Grog,
Who would vex rabid nuts in his blog,
Learned he'd do a lot worse
If he wrote nasty verse
And found scads of fanatics to flog.

Grog

A hood from Yngil-wode named Robyn
Struck fear in the rich like a goblin
‘Tis only a myth!
Said Grog (with such pith)
Based on tales of a gremlin named Hodekin

spin

With fatigue Grog the dilletante bard
Scratched his latest verse onto a shard.
But responded old spin
With his weird little grin:
"You appear to be working too hard."

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steve_bnk

Something I wondered about and was sparked by the graffitti thread.

Would Hebrews circa the alleged time of JC have used the term? Accoding to wiki it was in use as a name. There is no way to say finding the term infers THE Jesus Jesus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus

'.."Jesus" is a transliteration, occurring in a number of languages and based on the Latin Iesus, of the Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), itself a hellenization of the Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšuă‘, Joshua) or Hebrew-Aramaic יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšûă‘), both meaning "Yahweh delivers" or "Yahweh rescues". In Arabic, it is عيسى‎.[37][38]

The etymology of the name Jesus in the context of the New Testament is generally expressed as "Yahweh saves",[39][40][41] "Yahweh is salvation"[42][43] and at times as "Jehovah is salvation".[44] The name Jesus appears to have been in use in Judaea at the time of the birth of Jesus.[44][45] Philo's reference (Mutatione Nominum item 121) indicates that the etymology of Joshua was known outside Judaea at the time.[46

In the New Testament, in Luke 1:26-33, the angel Gabriel tells Mary to name her child "Jesus", and in Matthew 1:21 an angel tells Joseph to name the child "Jesus". The statement in Matthew 1:21 "you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins" associates salvific attributes to the name Jesus in Christian theology.[47][48]

"Christ" ( /ˈkraɪst/) is derived from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos), meaning "the anointed" or "the anointed one", a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ), usually transliterated into English as "Messiah" ( /mɨˈsaɪ.ə/).[49][50] In the Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible (written well over a century before the time of Jesus), the word "Christ" (Χριστός) was used to translate the Hebrew word "Messiah" (מָשִׁיחַ) into Greek.[51] In Matthew 16:16, the apostle Peter's profession "You are the Christ" identifies Jesus as the Messiah.[52] In postbiblical usage, "Christ" became viewed as a name, one part of "Jesus Christ", but originally it was a title ("Jesus the Anointed").[53][54][55]..'

rlogan

This is among your best work, spin.

All that literary training has finally come to fruition.

Grog

Spin’s an intellect, he fancies, of fame
Whose erudite verse puts others to shame
Now Grog is no poet
And boy does he know it!
But still, he enjoys playing the game…