Plumming the depths
Mention of the Lord's Prayer in this week's question reminded me of something I do on a regular basis.

I sing in the choir at a cathedral in the north of England (perhaps I should be no more specific than that...), mainly because I enjoy singing and find the extra cash useful rather than being due to a strong religious conviction. For the last 2-3 years however, I and a colleague have adapted our own very special version of the Lord's Prayer. Neither of us can remember how it started (I've a feeling some priest may have mentioned plums in a sermon), but now every Sunday morning, without fail, we offer the following version:

Our father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom plum,
Thy will be plum,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily plums,
And forgive plums their trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against plums.
And lead plums not into temptation,
But deliver plums from evil.
For thine is the king plum, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.
Plum jam.

The colleague doesn't even stand adjacent to me, ensuring that it has to be loud enough for others to hear. I'm certain it'll earn us both a one-way ticket to Hull, which would be a shame, as there's no cathedral there...
(Armour Dillow, Sun 14 Dec 2008, 23:47, 2 replies)

Nice!
Nice usage of the word plum.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 15 Dec 2008, 9:56, closed)

Ah yes!
I can see why you'd approve...
(Armour Dillow, Mon 15 Dec 2008, 15:56, closed)