Thursday, September 27, 2007

A Dilemma

Tuesday a car turned in front of me unexpectedly. I hit the brakes hard and flipped my bike. While I was in the air, I hastily exclaimed, "Help me, St. Anne. I will become a monk." I ended up with only minor injuries. Am I bound by this oath?
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10 comments:

  1. ChristopherSeptember 28, 2007 6:39 AM

    Minor injuries, minor monk, I say. I know in the Church of England you can be various levels of monk, or a friend of an order.
    Just don't make these kind of exclaimations a habit(;
    Peace,
    Chris

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  2. Chris DuckworthSeptember 28, 2007 7:41 AM

    Wow . . . glad you're safe. Quite an odd piece of Reformation history to have on the tip of your tongue in the midst of an accident, however. Are you sure you're ok? ;-)

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  3. Andy KaylorSeptember 28, 2007 12:18 PM

    Minor monk, huh? Do I still get the cool haircut?

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  4. Steven Craig MillerSeptember 29, 2007 6:33 AM

    There is a Lutheran monastery in the US, check out http://www.staugustineshouse.org/index.html, perhaps you should ask you question there?

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  5. DavidSeptember 29, 2007 7:26 AM

    You either have to become a monk/reformer, or write a treatise on the Power and Efficacy of Bicycling. I see no other way out.

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  6. LutherPunkSeptember 29, 2007 9:25 AM

    St. Anne would be cool with it if you just kept being a dad and husband.

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  7. Andy KaylorSeptember 29, 2007 2:50 PM

    OK, husband and dad it is. My wife probably wouldn't take kindly to the tonsure anyway. But I do like that idea about the Power and Efficacy of Bicycling.

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  8. ChristopherSeptember 29, 2007 3:54 PM

    I think the haircut would be acceptable! Then again I'd ask your wife first, women have funny ideas about what's stylish.
    Peace,
    Chris

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  9. AnonymousOctober 03, 2007 2:43 PM

    Ok, maybe not the tonsure - but you should definitely start walking around the house in a monk's cowl.

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  10. Andy KaylorOctober 03, 2007 4:21 PM

    You say "start" as if I don't already walk around the house in a monk's cowl. Those monks have style. :-)

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