martedì 11 novembre 2025

Wisdom.

 


There's a guy who writes (wrote) for The Bible called Wisdom. After a lot of research online, I found out that his Christian name is Brent. Since it's a Christian name, he must be named after Saint Brent. 

Here's a bit about Saint Brent.

St. Brent

Brent was born in a small town near Jerusalem about 30 years before Jesus was born. As a young man he played a very early form of the violin (long before the viol) called the olin. The olin had three strings and was bowed with a very long bow that you held in the middle. There is no accurate record of how it was tuned. It had no tuning pegs so maybe it wasn't tuned much at all. Maybe the strings were just tied on. Brent liked to play at local functions and was well known in the little town of Yombah. He often performed with a friend who played an early form of guitar called a gtar. The music they played sounded nothing like you hear today. Perhaps the closest modern similar sound would be found in Heavy Metal. On one gig Brent got stoned to death. That's how he became a saint. St. Brent of the olin. 

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It is not really known why Brent Wisdom got this particular Christian name but, for whatever reason, he decided to write under his surname. There is an interesting story about how he got to write in The Bible. One day he was sitting on his porch eating breakfast when a stranger showed up.

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14 commenti:

Anonimo ha detto...

This is what happens on Facebook all the time. You look in the comments and find that there is no completion of the story.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Thank St Brent for small mercies.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Wisdom 3: 4 -2
"It's a mystery to me."

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Wisdom 3:4 just said, "It's."

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

It appears that Brent thinks slowly.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

AND his numbers are going backwards. (4-2)

Rob ha detto...

....of course the stranger was an angel sent by God, they always are. The angel told Brent to toss away his silly musical instrument because it was out of tune and annoyed the heck out heaven. Angels were very good at singing. It was their favourite way to praise God, which they did all the time. They had perfect pitch of course.
The angel said he had pleased God mightily by his obedience and stomped on the three string violin to make sure its terrible shriek would not happen again. The angel said he was hungry and asked for three roasted sheep and a pot of porridge. He said that Brent would need strength for what lay ahead also and a good feed was needed. Brent went off to find three unblemished lambs....

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Wisdom 7:5 "Slaugtering lambs and destroying musical instruments doesn't stack up God as being a great guy. In fact, it puts him on the same plane as Donald Trump. I hope that Mary wasn't involved in this stupidity."

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

"They had perfect pitch of course." The present concept of perfect pitch only originated in around 1750.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Those angels could have sounded like shit. Remember that God got a lot of things wrong.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

I would have thought that Norman Wisdom would have met your expectations for humour.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Hey, you're not in Wellington yet, Northland boy.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Maybe I should check out Northland.
I hear that Creswick Terrace is looking for immigrants.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Try Garden Road.