Morbid Fact Du Jour for November 23, 2014

Today’s Imaginative Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Here is another little tale of Christian Martyrdom from the classic of the genre, Fox’s Book of Martyrs (1848).  This act allegedly occurred during the The Seventh Persecution, under Decius A. D. 249:

Julian, a native of Cilicia, as we are informed by St. Chrysostom, was seized upon for being a christian. He was put into a leather bag, together with a number of serpents and scorpions, and in that condition thrown into the sea.

Culled from: Fox’s Book of Martyrs
Generously suggested by: Louise

All I can think of is the poor the office worker of Decius who was told, “Yeah… I’m gonna need you to get me a leather bag big enough to throw Julian in, and also a bunch of poisonous serpents and scorpions.  And I need them in an hour.  Oh, and I am gonna need you to work this weekend too. K.”

Hate Mail Du Jour!
Do you ever forget where you’re at?  That happens to me sometimes online.  I generally avoid Normal People at all costs, but sometimes I forget that I’m among them and I say things that are perfectly acceptable among Weird People but that horribly offend Normal People. And then I get all this abuse rained down upon me. And then I am happy because I can share it with you!

This particular abuse came from some Normal Person named Holly Manson. She didn’t like a comment I made on an article about one of those Duck Dynasty people who had a seizure where I cheered on the seizure. You know, like any kind person would!  Well, this is what she had to say to me:

“You are a disgusting sorry excuse for a human being. Didn’t your mother teach you not to make fun of people with disabilities? Seizures and epilepsy is no joke. You stupid inbred bitch. I hope you have a seizure so you know how horrible it is. Then maybe you’ll stop talking shit. You should be ashamed of your ignorant, ugly self. You are truly a hideous person inside and out!!! Go pile more food down your throat  you ugly fat cunt.”

She proceeded to tell me I look like an “overweight 15-year-old boy” which… granted, I need to lose weight, but hey… 15-year-old boy is pretty much the lesbian beauty standard, so I’m feeling pretty good about myself! Especially considering I’m 48!

It’s tempting to make comments out there in the Normal World more often, but I just don’t have the time…

Ghastly!
Here’s a photograph from the wonderful book Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880-1930 by John Harley Warner and James M. Edmonson.  This was taken at Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1900.  Imagine what it smelled like in there?

One comment

  1. About the hate mail.
    The world has gotten filled with humorless people. I grew up in a time where just about anything was open to fun-poking and I’m sure I’m going to get myself in trouble one of these days.

    Lately my favorite joke when the wife gives me a disapproving look is to say; “did I tell you I had cancer?” She usually responds with “Oh shut up”.
    This time next year it should be all gone so then what will I do for comedy?

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