Christ on a Bicycle
Oh my Gosh in the Land o’ Goshen! Red relaxed the CB news ban. So last night everyone gathered around the TV to watch Oprah. Crumby, an avid cyclist, yet normally too nervous to sit for very long at one spell, actually watched probably 3/4 of the show, a high water mark for the attention deficit afflicted Ovate.
What Crumby took away from the show was, how similar and variously different Lance is compared to Jesus. Like, both suffered quite a bit from the persecution that only this cruel planet is capable of inflicting upon its various inhabitants, maybe. However, Jesus, despite the considerable persecution he endured, only took out his frustrations on the money lenders and maybe a Pharisee or two that represented the generic wickedness of those times. Whereas Lance went tit for tat, personally, with those that would persecute him, yea verily.
Yet what if Jesus and his disciples had ridden everywhere on bicycles? Would that have made a difference? Crumby can espy that it might have. That’s assuming Jesus figured out some way to tuck up his robe modestly so it would not get stuck in the chain. Once the robe was tucked up modestly, Crumby believes Jesus would have done even better on a bicycle than he did on a donkey.
However, does anyone seriously think Lance would have done as well on a donkey or burro as he did on a bicycle? Well. Maybe so. Maybe not. Since Le Tour is a tour, not a race, it’s easy to visualize a great herd of donkeys toting dissipated riders through the French countryside, then making a mad dash for the finish line. But could Lance then share in the glory with his ass? Maybe so. Maybe not.
What Crumby took away from the show was, how similar and variously different Lance is compared to Jesus. Like, both suffered quite a bit from the persecution that only this cruel planet is capable of inflicting upon its various inhabitants, maybe. However, Jesus, despite the considerable persecution he endured, only took out his frustrations on the money lenders and maybe a Pharisee or two that represented the generic wickedness of those times. Whereas Lance went tit for tat, personally, with those that would persecute him, yea verily.
Yet what if Jesus and his disciples had ridden everywhere on bicycles? Would that have made a difference? Crumby can espy that it might have. That’s assuming Jesus figured out some way to tuck up his robe modestly so it would not get stuck in the chain. Once the robe was tucked up modestly, Crumby believes Jesus would have done even better on a bicycle than he did on a donkey.
However, does anyone seriously think Lance would have done as well on a donkey or burro as he did on a bicycle? Well. Maybe so. Maybe not. Since Le Tour is a tour, not a race, it’s easy to visualize a great herd of donkeys toting dissipated riders through the French countryside, then making a mad dash for the finish line. But could Lance then share in the glory with his ass? Maybe so. Maybe not.
posted by ray pistrum at Friday, January 18, 2013
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