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Finnish authorities shut down a text messaging service which purported to bring words from Jesus. Ian offers business and cell phone tips to our Savior.
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Finnish authorities shut down a text messaging service which purported to bring words from Jesus. Ian offers business and cell phone tips to our Savior.
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Review of Wt Wd Jss Do?Another reviewer used the word, 'pithy', and I couldn't agree more, pithy, with a machine gun delivery. Dennis Miller for Public Radio. Not appropriate for all stations in the spectrum, but for those stations where it would work, it could be very popular. The overall tone is instantly recognizable, and with regular airings of this artist's work, could develop a familiarity that listener's would come to look forward to, if effectively programmed. |
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Review of Wt Wd Jss Do?Ahh. It's great to have Ian back. I really missed him. This peace is really funny and reminds me of some of my favorite pieces from the I Gotta Go anthology. Having listend to this and a few others on the site I'd say they're read slightly too fast, even compared with classic Ian. |
Transcript
Scanning the wire services, as I am prone to do, I discovered that a text message service has been shut down in Finland. The service, in business less than a month, would answer caller?s prayers with a message purported to be from Jesus.
Yes, Finland has a mobile service content watchdog, and a spokesman for the watchdog said of the heavenly messages, ?These kinds of services are against basic norms.? What are those norms? Finland does not say.
Certainly, the image of Jesus, in robes and sandals, walking down the street punching in proverbs on a cell phone is slightly unnerving. And the service was a bit pricey: it cost a buck in a half, roughly, per message.
Still, even the son of God needs to earn a living. Frankly, I?m a little disappointed in Finland for shutting him down. And Finland is a nation for which previously I had no feelings one way or another.
A Fin...
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Carl Binder
Posted on January 10, 2005 at 02:24 PM | Permalink
Review of Wt Wd Jss Do?
This is a great piece. I heard it on NPR and wrote Ian Shoales to find out where to find it again. It's not breathtaking, but given that I have a 14-year old daughter who uses text messaging and instant messaging a lot, and can hardly speak in whole words anymore, I found his parody of shortened text messages quite amusing. What is our world coming to when we teach our kids to speak in broken acronyms and abbreviations? Shoales hit it right on the head, with a wonderful twist related to the Jesus theme.
I recommend this to anyone interested in a good laugh.