KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTelevangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down14
arrow-up1287arrow-down1external-linkTelevangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90apnews.comKingPorkChop@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up39·9 days ago“if you gave Jerry Falwell Jimmy Swaggart an enema you could bury him in a matchbox.” - Christopher Hitchens (would have said RIP)
minus-squareriquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoHad to chew on this to figure it out. Enemas inject things, so why would it make someone smaller? Enemas are used to clear stools. Constipation relief. Ahh. I get it now.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoDon’t feel bad, it was a very subtle jab. The best part was it was at the end of a Fox News interview as they cut away, so it was what I liked to call a sarcasm grenade. Pull the pin, let it sit for a minute. Boom.
“if you gave
Jerry FalwellJimmy Swaggart an enema you could bury him in a matchbox.” - Christopher Hitchens (would have said RIP)A classic. 🥰
Had to chew on this to figure it out.
Enemas inject things, so why would it make someone smaller?
Enemas are used to clear stools. Constipation relief.
Ahh. I get it now.
Don’t feel bad, it was a very subtle jab. The best part was it was at the end of a Fox News interview as they cut away, so it was what I liked to call a sarcasm grenade. Pull the pin, let it sit for a minute. Boom.