Literary Laughs

I've been meaning to post for a bit, but I've either not been in the mood or been busy with festive stuff.

First of all - Happy New Year to you all! May thi year herald all those things you wished the last had.

Now that the formalities are over with - allow me to blether on about something I spotted in the shops between Christmas and New Year. Ross, Annalee and I headed down to Ocean Terminal to do a bit of Xmas shopping with our pennies, and one of the first stops was Waterstones. Now, under normal circumstances, I would not have gone in.

"Why?" I hear you ask. "Does it offend your faith?", "Have you been banned for some heinous act?", "Are you really a tree?". All valid questions, and all answers a resounding no. Generally speaking, I don't allow myself into Waterstones because if I go in, I am incapable of coming out without having spent something; And to elaborate further "something" tends to be a foolish amount. The last time I tried it I went in with money from someone else to pick them up a paperback they had asked me to get on the way to their house. I went in, I picked up said paperback and I came out again. Except somewhere picking up the paperback and reaching the front door I managed to pick books up, take them to the till and spend over £70!!

So since then, I have had to restrain myself by not even going in. On this day however, I had pennies to spend, so I saw no harm. Of course I came out with the obligatory purchases that I had expected (6 books to be precise), but whilst in there, I spotted this little beauty:



MARIA!!!! (and I actually did shout that in Waterstones, much to Ross and Annalee's amusement).

I just about collapsed in laughter. I guess it's funnier for a Freemason (being me), but still - come on. I simply had to take a pic to share with you all!

I had a quick flick through it to see if I could find reference to some of the elements of Freemasonry that should not be out there in the public domain (anyone who shouts sheep will indeed be assassinated I assure you - yeah that's right, I have such power:P) but there was nothing. So how is exactly is it "Freemasonry for Dummies", if it doesn't educate you fully on the subject! I have a few of the 'dummies series on varies subjects, however this did lower my opinion a little.

How do they do it then? How do they educate you, when they have not told you everything? Well, technically, from what I could see, it should really be entitled "The History of Freemasonry" as it really only talks about the links to events of the past, the physical art of Stone Masonry, and eludes to a few of the speculative elements, without really telling you anything.

Come on guys - you're supposed to be educating the common man - not leading them up the garden path!!


:)