Re: Patron Saint of your project...............
By the way, we're looking for a patron saint to whom we can attribute the miracles of the continued existence of this silly little motor I'm building.
Right now, we've got two candidates -
St. Edmund, who happens to be the patron saint of Abingdon on Thames. The guy was beaten and shot with arrows, and eventually beheaded. Personally I can relate to this one. Some days, I feel beaten up by this project, I've suffered the slings and arrows of misfortune, and there are times when I feel as though I'm going to lose my head.
The other is going to require assistance from the Vatican. I'm proposing putting my good friend "Dumb Luck" up for beatification and canonization. The faithful will then change his name to "Saint Mowog".
In an e-mail correspondence between Fordboy and myself, my arguement went like this -
Saint Mowog was present when I didn't blow up the Midget at Maxton, and when I didn't blow up the Midget last November on the dyno, and when we didn't hydro lock cylinders 1 and 2 on the dyno last month.
Clearly documentable miracles, all!
Saint Mowog would be the patron saint of near misses.
"Arise, Dumb Luck, for you have proven yourself worthy (if unreliable at times) to be venerated and ascribed a name that is well known in garages and recycling facilities the world over. Henceforth, you will go forth into the world (not wandering too far off of the beaten path, mind you) and also be well known to skate boarders, jay walkers, extreme sports aficionados, moto cross racers, along with your diminishing flock of British automobile owners, as Saint Mowog ."
Midget,
After much research, soul-searching, re-reading of e-mails, and backgrounds of the various Sanctified candidates, etc, etc, I have decided to cast my vote for; (if I even have a vote, after all, it's your project & MG) St. Dema of Elgin!!
Ford (not a former altar) boy
Midget, et all,
After watching the debates recently, I have been doing some soul-searching about how to bootstrap myself (and my friends) into the membership of the elite 1%. Since the basis of membership in the 1% is:
"Having it all", I have decided there is no reason to not start
"Having it all". Step one of
"Having it all" is:
NOT choosing a
SINGLE Patron Saint!!! Many causes have multiple Patron Saints, no self-serving elite would be satisfied with one of
anything!! (Well, perhaps just one car elevator per residence......)
Thus, I suggest that your Patron Saints, at a minimum, should be:
A) St. Edmund, the patron Saint of Abingdon on Thames. (Your main guy, already canonized, recognized, etc, etc,)
B) St. Mowog (Paf), the former pagan deity 'Dumb Luck', 'Christianized'. (Your back-up or spare. All racers recognize the need for 'spares'. Christianizing of pagan deities has been a common practice of the Vatican over the centuries. It is done to neutralize the objections of former pagans about the 'Christian' deities by including some of their own into the "new order". Definitely applies here.)
C) St. Augustine of Hippo, the primary patron Saint of brewers. (No further explanation needed, although all the Saints connected to brewing & consumption could/should be included. Why not have it all??) (Sorry, no patron Saint listed for 'Beerhaven'. This
MUST be addressed at some point in the future.......)
http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/patron_saints.shtmlD) St. Dema of Elgin, the oracle of Santa Rosa. (A living deity here on earth. Your conduit, as it is, to the
higher powers above......as in:
valve train......)
Just my 2 cents. Apologies in advance for the thread hijack.......
& a prayer to St. Augustine of Hippo........
temporarily,
Sudsboy
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