The Sixth Week of Silly Time

 

Welcome to the Sixth and final Week of “Silly Time”, The six week period between when the gifts of the prophets were bestowed upon Britain and when the same gifts were poured out upon the colonies.  This is a time of solemn introspection and reflection on our lives and their direction. 

Please open your Hymnal to page 3 and join in our processional  “O Lord Please Don’t Burn Us” Verse 1

O LORD, please don’t burn us,   Don’t grill or toast your flock,

Don’t put us on the barbecue,  Or simmer us in stock,

Don’t braise or bake or boil us,  Or stir fry us in a wok. 

Thank you for that Martial rendition of the processional, it is all too appropriate for this week’s Homily.  Please open The Holy Text volume 1 to episode 16 page 214 where the prophets say …

Milkman	Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker's man. Good morning, madam, I'm a psychiatrist.
Lady	You look like a milkman to me.
Milkman	Good. (ticks form on his clipboard) I am in fact dressed as a milkman... you spotted that - well done.
Lady	Go away.
Milkman	Now then, madam. I'm going to show you three numbers, and I want you to tell me if you see any similarity between them. (holds up a card saying '3' three times)
Lady	They're all number three.
Milkman	No. Try again.
Lady	They're all number three?
Milkman	No. They're all number three. (he ticks his board again) Right. Now. I'm going to say a word, and I want you to say the first thing that comes into your head. How many pints do you want?

Please open your hymnal to page 21 and join us in singing “Here Comes Another One”

I know whatever it is,  I've not seen one before

But here comes another one,  And here comes a bunch of 'em

Here comes another one,  Thank God I'm not having lunch with them

Now please open The Holy Text volume 2 to episode 32 page 126 where the prophets say …

(Cut to a 'Nine O'clock News' set. A newsreader is at a desk. Photos come up on inlay screen behind him. An anonymous minister's photo is on screen.)

Newsreader (Michael Palin): The Minister for not listening to people toured Batley today to investigate allegations of victimization in home-loan improvement grants, made last week (photo behind changes to close up of another faceless minister) by the Shadow Minister for judging people at first sight to be marginally worse than they actually are. (photo changes to exterior of the Home Office) At the Home Office, the Minister for inserting himself in between chairs and walls in men's dubs, was at his desk after a short illness. He spent the morning dealing with the Irish situation and later in the day had long discussions with the Minister for running upstairs two at a time, flinging the door open and saying 'Ha, ha! Caught you, Mildred'.  …

Homily Parishioners, recently the Europeans seem determined to start World War III and I do not know what to make of it.  Its not like they have won a war on their own for more than a century, yet they are still clamoring for war with Russia.  The Dutch puppet King recently declared that “we must arm ourselves to the teeth.” (https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/636067279/koning-we-moeten-ons-tot-de-tanden-toe-bewapenen) while what the Dutch people think is another matter based on Holland’s military exploits of the last century I am not sure what is “madchesty” is on about as if every Dutchperson in their country was armed, the hunting population of most any weekend in an American Deer season would outnumber them – in each of our states!

In another brazenly unexpected corner of Europe we also recently saw the president of Finland speaking of being ready for war with Russia (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/20/security-guarantees-for-ukraine-require-readiness-to-fight-russia-says-finlands-president).  Having only recently joined NATO that is pretty big talk from a country that has once again lost every war they have ever fought against the Russians. 

Finally, Emanuel Macron of France is exhibiting the closed head injury he suffered a few months ago when his mother/former teacher/wife slapped him as they were arriving in Vietnam recently.  Now he has warned French Hospitals to be ready for World War III by March of 2026 (https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1964119590860181935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1964119590860181935%7Ctwgr%5Ec03175a5fe0a080dbbf17e4485cd0045e08e60a5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fww3-french-hospitals-told-prepare-major-military-engagement-within-six-months)!  He further warns hospitals to expect shortages and prepare fore between 10 and 50 thousand casualties in a 6 month period.  This comes after Macron’s government also announced a few weeks ago that they were going to send a 20 page “survival manual” to every French household.  This “manual” includes direction to store: water, tinned food, paracetamol (Tylenol) and a torch (flashlight).  I am unclear on how paracetamol helps with radiation poisoning from nuclear bombs.  But obviously they think it will. 

Amen

Please join us in our recessional on page 3 of your hymnal “O Lord Please Don’t Burn Us” second verse. 

Oh Please don’t lightly poach us,  Or Baste us with hot fat,

Don’t fricassee or roast us,    Or boil us in a vat,

And please don’t stick thy servants, Lord,  In a Rotissomat.