19-09-2013, 09:46 AM
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Re: NSW graffiti laws to also outlaw hopscotch squares
Originally Posted by spitfire
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Seems that the "Writings on the Wall" for Hopscotch over there Billy.
Yeh! and I'm going to miss it too! lol
19-09-2013, 09:47 AM
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Re: NSW graffiti laws to also outlaw hopscotch squares
Originally Posted by Janela
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Who are John, Daniel and Corinthian, pavement artists?
For some strange reason he is quoting the Bible?
19-09-2013, 02:15 PM
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Re: NSW graffiti laws to also outlaw hopscotch squares
Originally Posted by Janela
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Who are John, Daniel and Corinthian, pavement artists?
Sorry don't know why but that just tickled my fancy.Also, I don't understand the Corinthian quote
19-09-2013, 02:31 PM
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Re: NSW graffiti laws to also outlaw hopscotch squares
Originally Posted by Cookiecate
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Sorry don't know why but that just tickled my fancy.Also, I don't understand the Corinthian quote
"Not yet you understand for there are still a few things that I understand"
The quote read.
" Now I know in part; then I shall know fully"
19-09-2013, 02:42 PM
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Re: NSW graffiti laws to also outlaw hopscotch squares
Originally Posted by billsteamshovel
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For some strange reason he is quoting the Bible?
My rascally namesake & mentor, Bob. my fathers brother, not the original Bob's your uncle was at sea for 54 years in total & during WW2 commonly sent messages quoting Bible verses for reasons of brevity & speed.
This was a common practice, which in my dotage I have temporarily revived.
THe first quote was "Jesus wept" which seemed appropriate.
THe second quote goes something like
"THe writing on the wall says YOU HAVE BEEN WEIGHED ON THE SCALES & FOUND WANTING"
this also fitted a reference from SPitfire about the writing on the wall..
It's good in here ennit?
19-09-2013, 02:46 PM
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Re: NSW graffiti laws to also outlaw hopscotch squares
There was a well-founded tradition in the Royal Navy and in the Royal Canadian Navy of using Biblical quotations as shorthand for sending messages.Many pithy, witty or just plain snippy words to the wise were relayed via Biblical quotes, which had the virtue of being concise, to the point, and suitable for a range of occasions and eventualities.
References to quotations (i.e. 1 Corinthians 15-33)1 were used singly or as part of a longer message. Brevity was especially important during wartime. Most signals sent at sea during World War II were conveyed using light or by radio. The sender had to keep messages short, for the sake of efficiency and security.
Even those unfamiliar with scripture were able to use this technique, thanks to a portable digest of Biblical chapter and verse known as a "vade mecum".
Latin for ‘go with me’, vade mecum refers to a handbook that is carried on the person and consulted as required. Equipped with a copy of this handbook, even people who were not scholars of the Bible could borrow its verses to make a point or deliver a rebuke.
To reprimand someone who hadn't followed instructions properly, or disobeyed them entirely: Job 31-11 "For this is a heinous crime, yea it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges"
Proverbs 8-33 "Hear instruction and be wise and refuse it not"
To request a report on a particular action or event: Revelations 1-19 "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are and the things which shall be hereafter"
To give direction: Deuteronomy 2-3 "Ye have compassed this mountain long enough, turn ye northward"
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