The bibles funny riddle..is this gods humour ?
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Familiar faces vie for table tennis glory
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and URS Corporation have held ping pong leagues for several years and ultimately hold a championship tournament on the seventh-floor patio of their downtown Los Angeles office building.
This year’s Pingpong Extravaganza men’s championship was held July 26, featuring a chili dog lunch to raise funds for and promote membership in the District-sponsored Toastmasters club.
“Another great year,” said Ed Louie, member of Essayons Toastmasters Club 988 and One-Alarm Chili chef. “We had some scheduling issues, so only the men’s final was held today.”
In the men’s division, it was an all-District final as ACE-IT contractor Bee Cha won three sets to one against David Coltharp of the asset management division.
Corps vs. Corps lined up as the women took the table on July 31. Perennial finalist and 2006 champion Rosa Ramirez, programs and project management division lost a hard fought battle to Roxanne Vidaurre, engineering division.
This fun rivalry got its start when Ed Louie attended a Toastmasters meeting in URS’ conference room and noticed a ping pong table in the patio area. A URS Toastmasters member asked him if he would like a quick game after the meeting. After the match, the two decided it would be fun if the district and URS challenge each other to a friendly ping pong match. From that point in 2006 to present, it’s two wins for URS men and five wins for the Corps men. For the women, its four wins for URS and two wins for the Corps women. The Corps is looking for future men and women players to join.
“If this year is any indication, the men and women of the Los Angeles District and URS Corporation will continue this friendly challenge, and I may have to add another ‘alarm’ to my chili,” added Louie.
Question by clever investor: The bibles funny riddle..is this gods humour ?
In Judges 14:14, Samson bets his bride’s relatives they can’t answer this riddle: “Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.” The relations are stumped, mainly because the riddle makes no sense unless you know Samson recently had seen honey deposited by bees in the carcass of a lion, which he had–urk–scraped out and eaten. The relatives pester the bride for the answer, and she pesters Samson, who finally breaks down and tells her. The newly-clued relatives say to Samson, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” “If you had not plowed with my heifer,” Samson ungallantly ripostes, “you would not have found out my riddle,” whereupon he massacres 30 unlucky locals to raise enough swag to pay off the bet. Hilarious, eh?
What do you think? Answer below!
20 Responses to The bibles funny riddle..is this gods humour ?
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Sampson’s entire purpose in the land of the Philistines was to torment them. Plain and Simple…..
churchofyahoo
September 24, 2012 at 8:13 am
Only a Philestine would be worried too much about that.
Prays towards Funky Town.
September 24, 2012 at 8:55 am
not as comforting as I thought.
sweetness
September 24, 2012 at 9:27 am
And then Samson gives his wife to a friend…..
sounds like a really cool swinging kind of guy.
darrklady13
September 24, 2012 at 10:01 am
And your point is?<><
funnana
September 24, 2012 at 10:04 am
It sounds like Sampson had a temper. Do you normaly think that tempers are funny?
tuberoot
September 24, 2012 at 10:42 am
If it is he’s not very good. I’d prefer a cheap joke book with Irish jokes than that one.
SR13
September 24, 2012 at 11:40 am
Yes I loved the story and you can not believe how many Christians don’t know the answer to the riddle. You shouldn’t have told them. That was hilarious about plowing with his heifer don’t you think. And how dumb can a guy be? He keeps telling Delilah how to make him lose his strength. She keeps betraying him to the Philistines. Still the idiot tell her to cut his hair.
BIG BANG
September 24, 2012 at 12:20 pm
I’m (as opposed to Samson) splitting my sides. Thanks for the 2 points….NEXT!
Jock
September 24, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Sampson had a unique personality, no doubt. But…. he got the last laugh against the Philistines in the end, did he not?
C J
September 24, 2012 at 1:13 pm
I think its funny because if the Phillistines hadn’t cheated none of the other phillistines would have had to die to pay off the debt.Just goes to show that phillistines can’t deal with a bet honestly. they always cheat.
herman m
September 24, 2012 at 1:24 pm
I find it funny that people think it is good to murder people for their jackets, which was what Samson did.
Choose Reality
September 24, 2012 at 1:52 pm
The riddle features on the front of the Tate and Lyle Golden Syrup tin, which shows a small picture of a dead lion with bees round it, and the quote: “Out of the strong came forth sweetness”.
Maybe that’s where God got the idea from…
Martin
September 24, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Yet another example of the Bibles total ridiculousness.
Notice the Christians (you know who you are) had nothing to say on this one because even they can’t explain away this obvious absurdity.
Atheistphilosopher
September 24, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Seems the old testament is going good in the garden of eden, to this day.
Good thing sampson didn’t see an aphid, with an ant collecting honeydew. Farmers would be earning more money now and we’d be paying for food. Able to see the analogy?
BTW wait till you see what happens when he’s bar hopping and meets a ho called delilah.
Wonka
September 24, 2012 at 3:05 pm
The Bible says that this was God’s way of getting Samson to fight the enemies of Israel.
Judges 4:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Keep in mind that Samson is doing many wrong things. First of all, he is not ever supposed to take a non-Israelite bride. Secondly, he is a Nazarite from birth, he is not to touch any dead thing (of course maybe he did not touch it, but he does end up touching dead thing later for sure). Also, the Philistines were not even supposed to be there at this time, they did horrible crimes before God and were meant to be drove out by this time. As a result of their disobedience, the Philistines were always a great thorn in Israel’s side.
The Philistines were extremely evil, and not at all innocent. It was rather like living next door to the mob. God wanted them out of there and He was using Samson as a tool to get Israel to do their duty and to rid the land of these wicked people.
Shawn D
September 24, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Honey, bees, philistines, riddles, relatives, dead lions
Funny?
Err what?
Quite simply no. Rude? yes but funny? no
ms_silverwing
September 24, 2012 at 3:57 pm
What has the Bible to do with “Gods” humour.
The bible is just a book written by a bunch of people and this excerpt is all about Jews killing Phillistines, Nothing to do with Humour or God as far as I can see. Must be some kind of insider Christian joke that goes over the heads of normal people. About as funny as a jockey with piles.
boneyardben
September 24, 2012 at 4:51 pm
great punchline, 30 dudes dead, great how gods mates do this. I really like the Moses one too, killing all the first born sons, hilarious stuff.
Richard J
September 24, 2012 at 5:02 pm
erm, no. Not at all. I never knew this bit, is it true that that’s what’s written?
wow what an asshole Samson was!! 😐
Eevaya
September 24, 2012 at 5:15 pm