I meant money, I wasn't bothered with specifics cuz it was just a joke =p

awkwardly referencing a third different type of currency that is historically and geographically distant from the writer and from jesus

Shekels shoorly?

No awkwardness, it was a joke, you know.. a joke?
Leave, get a sense of humor, come back

Seriously, I know you like to troll but this is getting very sad.

I agree with dalf, just ban him, he was barely civil before.

He's hardly likely to use his $350 to hit up amazon.com for copies of the following:

Is that a religious book about getting off psychoactive drugs?
How very... specific

Effervescently, salacious dog pumpernickel.

I can use random words out of context too. High comedy.

It's like one of those jokes some American comedians tell, where they crudely refer to something from a country by a name that is inappropriate in the context of that country. For example, calling a Buddha a Big Boy statue. Those jokes are intended to simultaneously marginalize the accomplishments of the culture in question (for the 'in' group,) as well as lampoon the stereotypical American knowledge of geography and history (for the 'out' group.) Redneck comedians are further examples of this sort of duality.

OTOH this was totally unintentional so it's not really funny any way you look at it.

Jon`C's analysis of humor reminds me of:



It works on so many levels!

guys stop making fun of jon`c he's very sensitive.

Well I enjoyed this thread.

Edit: Sorry to buck though, really sucks when that happens.

We could argurion about this for hours*, but it's quite an interesting discussion. While both shekels and denarii are mentioned in the New Testament, the denarius was the most common Roman coin during Jesus' lifetime and is mentioned in the NT more than any other. It's also the subject of Jesus' famous snipe Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's (as the Roman coin had Caesar's face on it). And it's mentioned in other places, such as


The shekel was a weight, and there's some academic dispute to the exact conversion of a shekel but it seems to be about 10 grams. A shekel of silver was used as a bartering material, not a minted coin, in various Semitic communities during the alleged lifetime of Jesus. When the Bible says things like '1,000 silvers' it means 1,000 shekels of silver.
When the Jewish War broke out (66 CE), the Tyrian mint had ceased to issue silver shekels, but shekels were needed by every Jewish adult male for the payment of the annual Temple tax of a half-shekel. The Jewish authorities wanted to demonstrate their sovereignty and minted their own silver coins. The currency of Israel is the New Shekel, based on these ancient and beautiful coins.

But the coins in daily use during Jesus' lifetime were denarii (or zuz) and sela'im from imperial mints, while "small change" copper coinage was minted locally in a number of cities, and were considered to be equal to 1/8 the imperial coins.

This is my reasonably well-researched justification for the minor correction to an off-hand joke. Yes, I have far too much free time.

*an argurion is 30 shekels

Edit: Though one could also argue in favour of Drachmas, as Jesus paid his tax with Drachmas out of fishes mouths.
[quote=Matt 17:24] After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?" 25 "Yes, he does," he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. "What do you think, Simon?" he asked. "From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes— from their own sons or from others?" 26 "From others," Peter answered. "Then the sons are exempt," Jesus said to him. 27 "But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin (Stater). Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours." [/quote]
There's quite a lot of currencies mentioned in the Bible. Maybe those Temple money-changers made a lot of sense.

HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THESE THINGS

BY MAGIC. ALSO INTERNET. BUT MOSTLY MAGIC.

So what you're saying is that if I run your posts through a plagiarization search engine, Wikipedia has a good chance of coming up?

Here we go, here's an update...

"My guy still owes me 1200 dollars. I'm joining the air force though and will be able to pay you back t that point if at no other. Right now all my moneys goin to support a long distance relationship. Sorry but I've got next to no income until I join up."

Yoshi's a pimp?

you're both dumb.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/weightsandmeasures.html

Pretty much verbatim.

He thinks he can take money to support a telephone bill?

My bet is he isn't joining the air force...

Tell him to get a ****ing job.

Are you going to make any relevant comparisons or are you just going to continue making yourself look like a complete fool?
If you honestly don't see the humour of what I wrote, then I feel sorry for you.
If you do see it, and are just trying so damn hard to troll that it's come to this utter crap you've typed out, then I feel even sorrier for you.

Don't be ridiculous

Deadman: serious comedy business

I know, talk about going too far.
And yes, I know I'm being just as bad responding to it, I should just leave the thing alone.

Alas, I am not the one who claimed Jerusalem is cradled in the heart of the Himalayas. Even the brightest star cannot out-shine the sun.

Ad hominem, of course. People often use such labels and accusations to dismiss their detractors when they are otherwise incapable of making a legitimate argument. You're in good company.

That's funny, because ad hominems are what I notice characterize Jon`C's replies more often than not.

Stop trolling.

No you stop

No you

I know you are but what am I?

K.I.S.S.I.N.G.

Evidently not a very good one.

BULL ****.

Who the hell is going to believe that? The guy spent your money on getting stoned, he'll never make air force, or even army. Hope he dies in a drug shoot out.

Next Massassi level contest; you have to make a level in which DJ_Yoshi dies. You will be provided with a DJ_Yoshi 3do (with sounds/ai included) for use in your level.

That's actually a pretty good idea, Goit.

Ah yes, enlisting in the military. The only option for those with no skills.

Totally messed up, but I wouldn't wish death on your average run-of-the-mill druggie. Maybe if he was a child molester or something.

He's a grifter and a cheat, not your average druggie. All this talk that he's using the money solely to get a fix is absurd. AFAIK, he doesn't use habit-forming drugs. If he was an Oriental or something, no one would be making claims that was he using the money to get off his *** on Lo Mein.

Well, this is a Star Wars forum, where the majority of experience with the criminal underworld will have been garnered from comic books.

How many people here are envisioning DJ Yoshi as a heavily-built guy with a mohawk and a leather jacket with a skull on the back?