THE TRUTH CAN NOW BE TOLD!
It is true that I had a spiritual counselling session with the previously named 1 Strong Opinion, which was under pastoral confidentiality, but since SOMEONE 'fessed up the whole thing...
Some of our newer members may not be aware of this but when Mr. 1SO first showed up he went by his full name, 1 Strong Opinion. And strong opinions they were!
Paul Thomas Anderson has demons
Demons he said! How frightful. There was a time though, which many here will remember, when 1SO had demons of his own...
4) Prince Caspian
5) Rambo
Such brazen statements sent shockwaves through the community, let me tell you. Oh how we wailed and gnashed our teethses.
But then oldkid came, and we commissioned him to perform an exorcism. And he did so. After the procedure there was no longer a 1 Strong Opinion, but 1SO. And that's the story of how 1SO got his name.
Ahem...
Perhaps some of you wondered what happened to 1 Strong Opinion on that fateful day, and how the exorcism actually took place.
Frankly, Benny Hinn and his ilk disgust me. They have no sense of decorum or of fair play. They are all about screaming and hitting people in the forehead. What this world needs is a Mennonite exorcist.
Mennonite exorcisms are pretty simple, actually. You take the demon to a local bar and buy him a few drinks. As the Mennonite, you can't have a drink yourself, but it helps to have the demon loosened up. I would have had a Dr. Pepper, but I don't drink soda either, so I had a cranberry juice. With a lemon.
I told the demon straight out that he wasn't welcome on the forum anymore. Just too much drama, and he was crowding out the Unpopular Opinion thread. He took it as well as could be imagined. At first he argued, and then he came to his senses and realized that there were enough recklessness on the forum as it was, and so he just wasn't needed.
The rest of the night was spent well. He almost drowned himself in margaritas and the juice gave me a stomach ache. We laughed, we cried... it was a good night. Then I put him under
The Ban. We parted in silence.
A rendering of how he looked after I broke the news:I've often wondered what happened to him. Great guy, really. Just misunderstood, more than anything.
Still, it's great to have 1SO still on the forum in a semi-rational demeanor. Again, happy 10,000th.