On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:00:26 -0500, "Steve
Thompson"<steve49152@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 01:56:55PM +0000, Modemac wrote:
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>> Contact: The SubGenius Foundation, Inc. 1-216-320-9528
>> Fax: (216) 320-9528
>> stang@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 5, 2008: The Church of the SubGenius has
>> announced that the end of the world will take place on Saturday, July
>> 5, 2008. In preparation for the fulfillment of this doomsday prophecy,
>> the Church is requesting that all of its members participate in a
>> bizarre religious ceremony taking place in upstate New York, during
>> the final weekend before the arrival of the apocalypse.
>>
>> Since its inception in 1953, Church founder J.R. "Bob" Dobbs has
>> predicted that a fleet of flying saucers will arrive at the beginning
>> of July to destroy the worldwide Conspiracy against the Church of the
>> SubGenius, while all ordained SubGenius ministers will be rescued by
>> escape vessels piloted by the Alien *** Goddesses, also known as the
>> Xists.
>>
>> The Church is inviting all of its members worldwide to gather together
>> for the final hours in Sherman, New York from Wednesday, July 2 to
>> Sunday, July 6, at a clothing-optional outdoor campground called
>> Brushwood Folklore Center. The first gathering at this compound took
>> place in 1996, and the event has increased in size and participants
>> each following year. 1998 was designated the first true "X-Day," and
>> each successive year has added one to the total. This year's
>> celebration in 2008 is X-Day 11, or X-Day XI.
>>
>> The Church has been engaged in a massive recruitment campaign to
>> increase the numbers of its member****p before the arrival of the
>> Xists. According to Church records, the organization currently has
>> approximately 100,000 members worldwide. SubGenius recruitment has
>> been especially dedicated among the ranks of people who refuse to
>> conform to the norms of society, including disbelievers, blasphemers,
>> pranksters, rebels, hackers, ****ographers, geeks, and outcasts.
>>
>> The Church is seeking underground bands, indie rockers, performance
>> artists, and performers and producers from the adult entertainment
>> industry, because ***ual freedom has been an im****tant part of Church
>> doctrine from the start. X-Day will be a celebration of free
>> expression, performance art, rock and roll, ****ography, and adult
>> entertainment; and certain parts of the event will be restricted to
>> adults only. Only ordained ministers of the Church of the SubGenius
>> are allowed at the event, but the Church is accepting member****ps at
>> its standard rate of $30 up until the final hours of July 4.
>
>I've been putting off officially joining for a while now, mainly because
I
>can't expense the fee yet. I'd accept it if my member****p was comped,
but
>none of my employers know what the Church is (which is probably why I
have
>a closet full of mouse-pads, back-scratchers, cor****ate-logo frisbees,
>unused hockey tickets, and a croquet set). Since member****p seems to be
>the only way onto the saucers, I'd better start thinking about getting a
>chequebook.
>
>
Well if it is just goin to end up in the closet with all those
mouse-pads, back-scratchers, cor****ate-logo frisbees and
unused hockey tickets I don't blame them for not comping you
member****p.
You might be able to swap your croquet set for a member****p. Depending
on what colour your balls are.
Cheers,
John (no not him, the other one)
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