Focus on the Family’s Web site today offers an unscientific readers’ poll that some may find worth a giggle — or, perhaps, a bit of rumination.
The question asked is an innocuous, yet timely one: “How do you plan to spend Valentines Day?” Readers could select from four pre-scripted responses: Forty percent of participants answered that they will spend extra time with a loved one, rather than going on a date or exchanging gifts. (Very nice, and it makes sense given the economy.)
One might assume that the date or gift response would come in second place. Nope. More than a quarter of the respondents — a whopping 26 percent — chose the answer that they will spend Saturday “hiding in a closet.”
Punchlines here are just too, too easy.
[...] Davis, at the Truth Wins Out blog, found a real gem a poll taking place on the Focus On the Family web site. The question asks, [...]
Well, that IS appropriate, beings I’ve never met an evangelical who wasn’t borderline paranoid schizophrenic, if not beyond THAT.
I’ve just noticed that they’ve got a forum called ‘Do you want to get married’. Perhaps we should all say ‘Yes – to the person we love, regardless of gender’.
they would respond with the following;
We said MARRIAGE, not “MARRIAGE.”
Emily, you are a hoot!
Personally, we do have a tradition for the day. (One that doesn’t encourage Hallmark et al, double bonus). It being Summer and all, and also a Saturday, this year should be one of the better.
As a pre-dinner perambulation we grab a gelato and take an easy stroll along the St Kilda foreshore to Port Melbourne and back. By this time in the day all these Loving Couples(R) will have 1] spent ALL day with each other and 2] probably had one or two glasses too many.
For us St Valentine’s Day is marked by multiples of one (or both) arguing in too-loud-for-public-streets voices, storming off, storming back, adding a few choice words, storming off, driving/riding/walking/running away never to “speak to you ever, ever again”. Ah, love. (Or, as Emily would remind us, ‘love’.)
We’re convinced that 14 Feb should be renamed “Slamming Car Door and Leaving You On The Beach Day”.
A better, or cheaper, public spectacle is hard to find. Small children could learn more vulgarities in 1 or 2 hours than they could possibly learn at school all year. If you have small children and desire to round out their education you may wish to join us. Feb 14. Outside the Espy, St Kilda. About 8pm. We’ll be the one’s with the anticipatory smirks on our faces. Noice, very noice.