Homer bombed.

24 Comments

1. Nathan says:

   1 July 2011 at 12:17 PM

   Which is why, of course, you have to train altar boys to be extra careful in transferring the Missile from the Epistle to the Gospel side and back. That may also be why the use of hand missiles has fallen out of favor over the past few years.

   In Christ,
2. Legisperitus says:

   1 July 2011 at 12:20 PM

   Is that the ICEL or the ICBM?
3. MJ says:

   1 July 2011 at 12:33 PM

   Cute! :) Gotta love spell checker “typos”. :)
4. medievalist says:

   1 July 2011 at 12:43 PM

   The Roman Missile…for when the priest’s beretta fails.
5. davidjhickey says:

   1 July 2011 at 12:53 PM

   I hope the new translation bomb.
6. davidjhickey says:

   1 July 2011 at 12:54 PM

   Doesn’t bomb, rather.
7. AnAmericanMother says:

   1 July 2011 at 12:55 PM

   Ah, the joys of auto-correct. Turn it off, it does more harm than good.
   Anything intended for official publication MUST be read by a real, human proofreader with eyes and a brain. There is no other way.

   The Beretta being an individual item (“Beretta, liturgical, celebrants, for the use of, one each”) is not covered. But what about crew-served equipment?
8. ghp95134 says:

   1 July 2011 at 1:03 PM

   Tuesday, August 2nd at 6:30 p.m. in the St. ___ Church Worship Space. …”

   WORSHIP SPACE?

   That sounds like Ground Zero …. Hopefully the “missile” will transform the “worship space” into a sanctuary, nave, church, etc.

   –Guy
9. RichardT says:

   1 July 2011 at 1:41 PM

   Yes – the “Missile” was an accident, but the “Church Worship Space” is horribly deliberate.
10. Kat says:

    1 July 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Dang. I’ve already created my fun “Missal launch: Advent 2011” webvert, and now it would seem copy-cattish to put it up.
11. Legisperitus says:

    1 July 2011 at 1:49 PM

    Kat: Go ahead and do it. We’ll all vouch for you. :)
12. demainbray says:

    1 July 2011 at 1:50 PM

    When using the words missal & missile with an English accent, the problem is less likely to occur! In the ‘old’ country, the latter is pronounced ‘miss-isle’. When I was young, & there was a lot of news on TV about such things, we used to jokingly talk about taking our missiles to Mass, since the Americans clearly said that a ‘missal’ were some kind of weapon!

    Jennifer
13. MAJ Tony says:

    1 July 2011 at 2:35 PM

    We certainly don’t need to go nuclear over the jurisdiction of the moon, now, do we? :)
14. HyacinthClare says:

    1 July 2011 at 3:48 PM

    ghp95134, your reaction was the same as mine. “Church worship space”? A missle might be appropriate after all.
15. Tom in NY says:

    1 July 2011 at 4:15 PM

    If the presentation were to be in a crypt church, the faithful would be well-protected.
    Litterae sciribis humanis defendae sunt.!
    Jucunda omnibus.
16. asperges says:

    1 July 2011 at 4:47 PM

    As demainbray points out, “Missile” and “Missal” could never be confused in English English. However, the “-i(s)le” pronunciation of many similar words , such as “profile” would have been pronounced “profeel” until the early 20th century. Pronunciations do change. Lady Bracknell in Wilde’s The Importance remarks There are distinct social possibilities in Miss Cardew’s profile. (-feel) What she thought of rockets is not mentioned although she may have considered them part of a revolutionary outrage.
17. AnAmericanMother says:

    1 July 2011 at 5:17 PM

    Where thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey,
    Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea.

    – A. Pope
18. JARay says:

    1 July 2011 at 6:29 PM

    I haven’t quite succeeded yet but I have spent quite some time correcting the spellings which the spell-checker on my machine throws up.
    @AnAmericanMother, I think that if you go to parts of Ireland you will still be offered a cup o’ Tey!
    My favourite (note spelling) quote from Alexander Pope is:-
    And some to church repair,
    Not for the service,
    But for the music there.
19. David Werling says:

    1 July 2011 at 8:51 PM

    The other day I meant to spell “missile”, but instead typed “missal”. I suppose, though, war would be better if we fired off missals instead of missiles.
20. Sandra_in_Severn says:

    1 July 2011 at 10:52 PM

    I=======>
21. thebigweave says:

    2 July 2011 at 12:22 AM

    Spell check can be a nightmare. I have a chicken recipe from a friend that calls for a 2-3 lb friar…..
22. jflare says:

    2 July 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Should we worry about what happens if the parish “goes ballistic”?
23. BobP says:

    3 July 2011 at 3:44 PM

    At least it’s funnier than “alter” girls or “recieve” communion.
24. irishgirl says:

    4 July 2011 at 9:43 AM

    I agree with AnAmericanMother on having a ‘human proofreader’. If there’s anything I can’t stand, it’s spelling and grammatical errors.
    Still, this is funny…. : )

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