#1 my answer was A
#2 my answer was B but not for the reason stated and it is a small Saturn Vue
#3 my answer was C because I am a huge Baseball fan and I would rather go to a game then shopping any day of the week.
#4 my answer was 4 because Guinness or Bass is the my Ale’s of choice anyway even here in America.

So where does that leave me….for sure not Episcopal material?

I’m sorry, TL. You’re out.

Somehow CJ I knew that but I am so okay with that! ;>)

I definitely am not TEO material. I drive a Ford F-150 and the only non-governmental or oil change sticker on it simply says, “Life Member, National Rifle Association.”

So, Newsweek is redesigning their little version of Pravda to attract even more Obama Brownshirt wannabes who will pay even MORE for it? :^(

I don’t have any of those cars, or a truck and (I know this is
is heresy in some quarters) but ale or beer makes me ill.

Apologizing for Oliver Comwell and the Potato Famine. Isn’t that on next year’s roster for Gen Con? ;^)

Given how I feel about Kevin Thew Forrester, the “abortion is a blessing” lady, the uniqueness and divinity of Christ and a number of other issues, I’m probably not cut out for the UU headed Episcopal Church. However, the church where one of my good friends goes has lovely music. At this point between here and SFIF, I know more about the politics in the Episcopal Church than she does. I imagine that a lot of people who sit in the pews or stand in the choir have no idea. She did say, though, that she doesn’t like it to be known as “The Homosexual Church”

Unfortunately FenelonSpoke it is known as the Homosexual Church. If one is ever asked what denomination they are a member of and say Episcopalian, the return comment is usually “Oh you are that church that ordains and marries homosexuals.” Thank the Good Lord I do not have to admit to being Episcopalian any longer. How can one justify that come back or even refute it? I have no problem telling people I am Anglican …for now….I am not ashamed of my faith and where I worship.

I would have thought that “The Metropolitan Community Church” was the “homosexual church” since they started out as a ministry specifically to gays and lesbians bi-sexual folks and most or all of their clergy is one of those. However, I do realize that gays are very active in the Episcopal Church and as an observer, it does seem to be their main issue right now isthe full inclusion of gay people in all aspects of the church, considering how many proposals at the upcoming Gen Con relate to gays or gay marriage

When I have attended the church she goes to the liturgy seems quite Orthodox, but I have only been a few times.

I am glad that you have found a place where you can be faithful to your Christianity.

Sometime Chris, you’ll have to tell us your story of using a fake accent as a conversation starter, and how it was a bad idea. ;^)

FenelonSpoke,
I can and have been faithful to my Christianity no matter whether I am affiliated with one denomination or another. I was raised Pentecostal, rebelled, attended Methodist Church briefly, baptized Presbyterian, confirmed Episcopalian, now affiliated with a Southern Cone Province in the WWAC, and I believe that God is still molding me and forming me for my final destination before leaving this earth. But in the process I stay rooted in my Bible and leave my conservative roots of traditional beliefs and I have been blessed and protected.

meant to say I fully believe in my conservative roots of traditional beliefs……

1) E – grab the beads, put them around your neck, tell her she must have got it at a Madonna concert and does she want to sell it? Been lookin’ for one of these but nobody has them.

2) B – a gas guzzling flashy sports car that they’ll have to catch before they force me to buy any stinkin’ carbon credits (sheesh – those are for the little people,

3)

Sorry, the keyboard got away from me…

1) E – grab the beads, put them around your neck, tell her she must have got it at a Madonna concert and does she want to sell it? Been lookin’ for one of these but nobody has them. [If it's an Anglican rosary, ask her if she has an adult-sized one]

2) B – not just any old SUV, but a gas guzzling Lincoln Navigator that they’ll have to catch before they force me to buy any stinkin’ carbon credits (sheesh – those are for the little people)… but Chris, you left out Jordan…Jordan? Jordan! Chris! Where is Jordan??!!! Oh, God, did we leave him at the latte shoppe? JORDAN!!

3) D – have they no luxury boxes at NASCAR? I do so want to see how the other side of the tracks entertains themselves (as long as we don’t have to mingle with them). What, no luxury boxes? Ah well, they probably don’t have a good chardonnay at the cafe there either.

4) F – “Do you swing both ways, sweetie?” Well you said he was good looking.

So did I pass?

1(E): So, did you get these at Mardi Gras? Do you remember what you did to get yours?

The article about Newsweek is a hoot. With the rate they are bleeding subscribers (in more than one sense) they could just transition into the Episcopal Ortganization house organ. And, come to think of it, Newseek’s politics are compatible with TEO doctrine.

Kurtz also notes that Newsweek’s historic competitor, Time, has managed to reduce its circulation, too.

I really went into the wrong business, I am sure I could take a magazine and shed subscribers as well as the Time and Newsweek editors. Heck, I could do it in my sleep.

1) E. I would wait until she gets to the end of a “decade,” pull out my rosary and ask if I can join her.

2) None of the above! A red 2005 Ford Mustang with five on the floor and a carseat for the grandson in the back! Vroom, vroom!

3) The NASCAR race — and give the ticket(s) to my husband and/or son. Commence the throwing of things, 815 Piskies!

4) A Guiness is always good, no matter where you are and how you ask for it!

I live on a peninsula with roughly 999 other people and we have three! count ‘em – three!! Smart cars out here. Two are owned by one family.

Naturally they’re superannuated Hippie/Boomers.

And, yes, I know that they actually have 2 Smart cars and not just one where they keep switching the colored panels because they each have their own vanity plate (SMAART and PINT SZ) I am not kidding.

Newsweek is only admitting what’s been true for a while. TIME should follow; it’s been an opinion journal for some years.

TEC used to be, they said, “the Republican Party at prayer.” If so, it was the Northeast country club variety Republican. Now it’s the self-righteous well-heeled Democratic left at prayer. (We’re talking at the leadership level; there are still some regular folks in the pews.) Seems to me that it’s the same population which simply kept up with the times and got the secular religion.

Can’t wait to get home and drive my Ridgeline truck. I don’t carry my shotgun in a window rack, though.

(2) What kind of car do you drive?

I picture the TEC folks in late model Volvo wagons with family graphics showing all the members. It would have a vanity plate “Imspcl”. At least three stickers on the back. “Save the Wales”, “Pro Choice” and “Yes, we did!”

FenelonSpoke, the reason MCC is not thought of as the gay church is that most Americans have probably never heard of it, and certainly never SEEN one. Whereas most of the people who have not ever seen a “The Episcopal Church Welcomes You” sign are congenitally blind.

I do wonder, in fact, what will happen to the MCC, since I’m assuming it does not offer the splendid costume and pageantry of the Affirming Catholic TEC parishes. There is an MCC church near my little Anglican parish at home. It’s painted lavender, really, and they used to plant purple pansies in the front for the winter. I think they stopped that; it was just too stereotypical.

Uh – my answer to question 3 would be (B). And I would genuinely be interested. Does that mean I secretly long for the respectability and superior cultural nous of being Episcopalian? Oh, noes!

“Something in Gaelic whch you learned before you flew over since you’ll be damned if you’re going to restrict yourself to the language of the oppressor.”

Except be very careful not to have learned it from any native Irish before departing, because they’ll probably teach you something that will get you either punched in the face or arrested (avoid any phrases that contain the word “thóin” or “Tiocfaidh ár lá”, for example)

Heh, Fuinseoig. My husband’s parents were Central European immigrants. He can only say a few swear words in the old tongue, plus a few phrases which are not quite that bad but which we had to ask them not to keep saying around our little children, lest a teacher understand it.

Fuinseoig,
May we have a pronunciation guide for “thóin” and “Tiocfaidh ár lá” in the “language of the oppresor” please?

I can swear and use bad words in about 6 languages and it would be nifty to add the Gaelic to my somewhat limited repertoire.

FenelonSpoke -
The reason the Episcopal Church gets all the press – and thus gets known as “The Gay Church” – is its historicity (think of all the presidents who were Episcopalians), the National Cathedral – what a show place! – and the fact that it is what the Main Stream press wishes the Roman Catholic Church would become. Most members have (traditionally) been affluent, country club types, as Katherine pointed out in her post.

Katherine -
Maybe the MCC can swing a concordat deal or just merge with TEO. They might really take off then!

But, back on topic. Newsweek’s demise couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch. I have always had more respect for Time – doesn’t mean that I agree with it at all. Both magazines are severely out of touch with the average American. The subscription numbers tell the tale.

Chris,

Your quiz and the responses is one of your best posts yet! Satire, whimsy, and vitriol all in one hilarious package!

“Pog mo thóin” pronounced more or less “Pogue (as in the band) muh hone” meaning “Kiss my (fill in remainder of phrase yourself)”

“Tiocfaidh ár lá” – roughly “Chucky-our-law”, “Our day will come” – Republican slogan; ironically changed to “Tiocfáidh Armani” when Sinn Féin got respectable and the front guys started buying new suits for the telly appearances and photos in the papers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiocfaidh_%C3%A1r_l%C3%A1

There are also some pithy phrases in Hiberno-English, which I’m not sure I should mention on here but will anyways

The “Kiss my – ” phrase is oftentimes expanded or amended to “Kiss my royal Irish – “. There is also a local expression which, as the Déise Dictionary puts it, is “an unfortunate expression used to sarcastically stress that one does not know where someone is, e.g.

Biddy: Where’s Mammy?
Peggy: Up me arse pickin’ daisies!”

I actually first heard that expression used by my poor mother, pestered beyond endurance by us importunate kids. The Tipperary version of this is “Up the mayor’s hole in Cashel.”

And now that I’ve irretrievably lowered the tone of the joint, I will slink away into the night

Regarding inordinate press coverage of the Episcopalians, Allen Lewis is spot-on. What’s funny is in a way it hankers for a world I hanker for, about 45-50 years ago (coincidentally for me, when mainline churches still had clout in mainstream society). I think ‘this is what we wish Rome were’ is much of the reason now.

Great quiz! I drive an ’82 diesel plastered with pro-life bumper stickers. Always great fun to drive through SF or Berkeley! Used to park it in the TEC parking lot where I was organist, but don’t think it would be welcomed there anymore.

“Pog” from “Osculum Pacis” as in “Kiss of Peace,” I believe. A nice derivation, and the only Gaelic phrase that survived in my mother’s family to her day, three generations after her grandparents’ arrival from Ireland in the 1860s.

Me sainted great grand fadder from the west of Ireland would say of the mag; Their
arse is too high.

1 e) Call Barry Lynn and get him to file a lawsuit against her.

I was just surprised that the Wash. Post story was so candid in describing Newsweak as “left-of-center.” Who knew?