or Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati ref.

Omagosh! wut episode wuz dat?

hokay, mebee dis is teh lame, but howbout usin “Great Scott…” instead? It has teh funny cuz it merinds um, rimends, um remidns- makes me think uf Dok in Bak to teh Futoor.

I like “Great Scott” berry muchly (an teh bak to teh futchers, to) Christopher Lloyd seems so hillyarious in a nutty sort of way…funny stuff
Analogus to “inconseevable” by Vizzini in the P.B.
they have become memes within their respective elements…so…i dunno…

Purrsonally, I purrfurrs Great Caesar’s Ghost! or eben Oh my Stars and Garters!
Howebber, if u luks at teh orijinal meme, it is intirely possible dat teh kitteh in question is calling upon teh name of teh Lord fur halp an purrtection. I has obswerved dis phenominom manny times wile driving in Boston: it is sumtimes hard to tell wevver wun is swaring or praying.

LOL
FTW!!

Oar Oh mai Pawzs and Whiskerz - a grate favoriet ov mine.

Stend was juss kwoting .. er .. parufraysin.. a diffrnt lolcat pikshur - if yoo folloe the link he gayve. It wusn’t him that wuz sayin anyfing bad abowt JC. It wuz akshooally a funnee play on the other lolcat pikshur! Eberybodee cawm down… I’m shur stend did not meen anyfing bad toward JC!

*hugs eberybodee*

Also werks wif “Oh mai goodness.”

As moast of yoo know, this is such a running joak awn ICHC taht it is a square awn Teho’s binglol An ai purrsonallee doo nawt believe that JC wud mind at awl. Ai think he wud find it verree funnee indeed.

Ai know there ar menee heer hoo taeks teh relijun verree seriouslee - an ai am verree sorree indeed if ai offend enewun. Mai God - teh wun ai mite believe in - haz a grate sense of humor and iz nawt easilee offeneded bai enething we may do. He/She goez lite harted throo teh day and findz joi in almost everee thing. He/She cud nawt possiblee bee so cruel as to put uz in this beyootiful and funnee whirled an tehn say wee shudn’t enjoi it.

hai, JCH4C, i wuz jus wundrin if you wuz round- thot you culd shed sum lite. I kant speek fur teh otters, but i didn’t hav offended feeluns, jus menshuning a discomfurt.

Thankz, mary. Ai alwaiz think ai shud nawt speek wehn teh subjekt iz so delicate. But ai hav lawng ago given up awn organized relijen - just iz nawt fur mee. Ai started awt lief as a Lutheran - an hav spent a LOT ov mai tiem in churches (ai wuz a singer - that’s hao wee urned sum monees) ov menee different denominashuns.

An ai luvs teh beeg formal services in teh cathedrals. An teh evening verspers in the monasteries. an singing awl the grate relgious choral mewsic and cantatas. An teh services in teh temples in India. Ai think ai am moar deeplee spiritual tahn religious, if yoo see waht ai meen.

An so - these liddle joaks do nawt bother mee at awl. Waht AI find deeplee offensive ar those hoo cud do good - but don’t. Those hoo deiberatelee hurt otter peeple - an animals. Those hoo awnlee think of tehmselves, and nawt of the good ov societee as a whole.

There iz a wonderful sekshun in “A Christmas Carol” wif Scrooge and teh Ghost ov Christmas Present. Ai will go and get it and put it in the following comment.

In time the bells ceased, and the bakers were shut up; and yet there was a genial shadowing forth of all these dinners and the progress of their cooking, in the thawed blotch of wet above each baker’s oven; where the pavement smoked as if its stones were cooking too.

“Is there a peculiar flavour in what you sprinkle from your torch?” asked Scrooge.

“There is. My own.”

“Would it apply to any kind of dinner on this day?” asked Scrooge.

“To any kindly given. To a poor one most.”

“Why to a poor one most?” asked Scrooge.

“Because it needs it most.”

“Spirit,” said Scrooge, after a moment’s thought, “I wonder you, of all the beings in the many worlds about us, should desire to cramp these people’s opportunities of innocent enjoyment.”

“I!” cried the Spirit.

“You would deprive them of their means of dining every seventh day, often the only day on which they can be said to dine at all,” said Scrooge. “Wouldn’t you?”

“I!” cried the Spirit.

“You seek to close these places on the Seventh Day,” said Scrooge. “And it comes to the same thing.”

“I seek!” exclaimed the Spirit.

“Forgive me if I am wrong. It has been done in your name, or at least in that of your family,” said Scrooge.

“There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the Spirit, “who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.”

Janet here. When Scrooge refers to “your family” he means the members of the heavenly host - angels - and these spirits, all belonging to the family of God. Marley explains this in Stave I.

Actually - nao taht I think about it, ai think ai must belong the the church of “A Christmas Carol.”

God bless us, ebbery won.

eben trollz.

I would like to say thank-you everyone for your comments of much thought. I agree with everybody in many ways, and in principle with all anyway, although my perspective is not that of the majority of people now. I knew this before I made these comments today, and thus was not surprised my the low votes I received.

What surprised me more, actually, was that there were a few others who feel the way I do about using names of deity lightly–even when used as a quote, in a case such as this. I am fully aware that Stend is quoting a phrase that has been used and re-used in to great effect in many comic situations of late on ICHC. This phrase and it’s variations is quickly becoming a meme. And so it should. Even though I, for one, don’t care for it. I would not personally use it because it is not congruent with my feelings about respect for diety (nor would I repeat phrases with “f” words, because of my feelings about the sanctity of love), but I would defend completely the right of others to use this meme in freedom here on our Cheez site.

On the other hand, I see nothing wrong with me, dM. tkl, an M.O. expressing our own opinions about the matter. Some may choose to agree, some may disagree or even think it strange or stupid, but I believe that everyone here is entitled to the expression of their opinions. This is particularly true in our Cheese forum because we value each other as friends and because we love cats and other creatures of God–people who care about each other and about other living things tend to be humane and principled people.

Although differing viewpoints are expressed, they should not be construed to censure or limit the freedom of expression here. There are hundreds of forums on the Internet, and everyone is free to choose those most suited to their taste and interest. I rlly like ICHC, and I will stay with it, even when I do not like everything. I love that it is friendly and I love that it is so much fun.

hummmm…… too badz we coodnt get um ob our whirld leederz (?!) to be so unnerstandin about the differunses in peepulz……

ICHC cheezfrenz noes how to “getz along” an behab lik cibilizeded folkz…….

we jest agree to disagrreezz an den awn wif teh show !!!

we r a huge (an gettin bigger bi teh daze) groop of peepul…….an luk how niseli we plai togedder!

Please excuse my atrocious gammar for this post, but referencing Kitkays comment…..Hear! Hear! Your point is beautifully stated. Thank you.

Trolling - we’re doin it wrong.

See what a civilised attitude can do?

Also - just to clarify, I was also not offended, as such, just uncomfortable.

No, DMarie. Ai did nawt at awl meen taht ai thot yoo were offended. Ai ment ai hoped AI wuddn’t offend enewun bai what ai wuz about to say. We awl hav diffrunt levels ov . . .what offends us, ai guess.

Fur eggsampul, ai wuz reelee - yoo know, offended is nawt the rite werd - disturbed is moar liek it - at teh pikchure taht Yippie!! has a link to a bit further down. Ai. . . find. . . to shoot a byootiful creechur liek this and tehn prowdlee hav yur pikchure taken wif it. . .ai cannawt understand peeple hoo do this. This iz whut ai wud consider to bee offensive.

re: Trolling - we’re doing it wrong.

I love ur comment, Marie. I would gib it elebendyseben burgers if i culd.

Wow, peeples being nice to each other on an Internet argument about freedom of speech and religionz? Dis mus be wai God mayded kittehs - weez all feel nice and fuzzeh instead of clawing nao =)

(Or, housekittehs evolvded 2b commensalz of hyoomans cuz we givez dem food for making us feel happy….whichevah wai you like….)

Deer Xenobiologista - ai think yoo ar fairlee noo heer - as leest comminz. Purrhaps yoo, too, ar a longiem lurker.

But teh thing iz - we heer ar awl troolee fond ov wun another. yoo hav probablee seen that. Ai purrsonallee hav never reelee participated awn another site. They ar usuallee nawt nice to wun another?
Wai do peeple go there then?

o hai jh4k, eye know whutcha meen about teh moose foto! I wuz shocket buy whut eye saw, naugt only B-cuz teh animal wuz so heeyouj butt it wus so saad to sea teh enomourus beest brought down into such a sad and unnatural state. i wunder wY it iz tht sum peepz feel thay knead to do thingz lyke dat, duz it make dem feeel soup-ear-eyor?

I has a feory about cat-peepls, and dat is if u lubs teh kittehs, u must hab high tollerance fur manny differmint kinds of behaviors, includin sum dat iz not so grate, ackshully–like poopin in ur shooz an horkin up hairballs on teh carpet. U has to be furgivin to live wif a kitteh; u can’t be a control freak. Dass why us can has such sibylized discussions like teh fourgoing.

Lolcats can be irreverent sumtimes, but dere harts is in teh rite places, so us all gets along.

re: trolling- yure doing it wrong
i reely did LOL at dat.

Aw, you cheezpeeps air teh bestest.

ain’t it grand !!!!! nawt onli isd we funnee but we iz civilizeded….what iza kinda sad iz taht ai hab a sneekin suspshun taht we r rarity…….noawet to miny civilidzeded peepul leff ona planet……

but ai coodn’t agree moar wif Janet bout taht pur mooses shotted ded…….ai am afraid ai gotz liddle tolerunce about taht..

corse….*luks around * ai noawt to happitail bout wen kitteh eetz lizzarddz neieeder…..jest lerned to calm down a bit about stuff lik taht……but datz berry berrry differmint tahn a guy wiff a gun …

creeturz gotz noawt muches ob a chance against a gun…….

Kitkay, i appreciate your comments very much. I feel the same way, because the name of Jesus Christ is sacred, and using it this way is taking the name of God in vain. I haven’t said anything, as you said, it’s a minority point of view, and I also would not limit the freedom of others to make their comments. Perhaps, though, as a matter of respect for anothers beliefs some might use a different phrase in a similar comment.
And I too, very much appreciate how well we all play together. I like this site very much too.
Erin

erin, i couldn’t have said better, myself; thanks.