Mon 15 Jun 2009
Indian Giver
Posted by anaglyph under Hokum, Peter Popoff, Religion, Skeptical Thinking
[15] Comments
In case you were wondering, faithful Acowlytes, Prophet Peter Popoff still regularly communicates with me, albeit in a conversation that is fairly one-sided. He still hasn’t managed ever to respond to my questions, and one must consider that the silence after my last heartfelt offering has been decidedly chilly.
Previously, as you will recall, I had gotten a little excited that I am the only one who has made any money out of our exchange, but evidently my crowing has come to Prophet Pete’s attention. Today I received a missive in which he asks for his money back again:
Of course, that’s never going to happen, especially when he goes on to tell me that he ‘must do something very spiritual and private’ with the money. I think we all have a pretty good idea what kinds of things Prophet Pete does in the apse when no-one is around.
I am making quite a collection of Peter Popoff paraphernalia though, including, not before time, the elusive Dead Sea Salt, which arrived a few weeks back.
Prophet Pete must have known how much I’d been anticipating it – he couldn’t stop himself from scrawling his excitement on the front of the envelope:
Indeed, it excited someone in the post office too, because before it arrived in my letterbox the letter had quite obviously been opened and then sticky-taped closed again:
And lest you think it was a mistake, and the letter was ‘opened in error’, a second envelope inside the first one (Prophet Pete is very fond of a little envelope-in-envelope action) was opened also:
But the Dead Sea Salt was still in there, so I can only assume that the snoop didn’t truly understand the value of the contents. ((Either that, or they stole the winning lottery ticket that Prophet Pete had thoughtfully enclosed…))
I’ve added the little salty baggy to my expanding Prophet Peter Popoff portmanteau, along with some other recent acquisitions – a golden Disk of Healing, another ten thousand dollar note, a piece of blue cloth (I can’t remember what the hell that was supposed to be), Aaron’s Rod (a toothpick in a little cotton bag), and one of Jesus’ sandals (funny, all that Bible verse and not one mention that Jesus had paper footwear).
I am confident that soon I will have enough to open the world’s first Prophet Peter Popoff museum! Admission charge will be 2c.
I was starting to miss Peter….good to see he is still around and still amusing you.
Twas Prophet Pete who opmd & taped up th envelopes, Revrend.
That was th only way he coud ensure that youd be ready but not quite expecktin.
I think you should build a special display case for the Popoff Collection. It could sit opposite Mysterious Corner.
Peter is my hero
The museum sounds like a wonderful idea!
The “scrawl” on the front of the envelope really took me back. A number of years ago I had a job responding to letters written to politicians.
I saw more than my share of odd warnings written on envelopes (and even stranger things inside).
MI: I’ll send him your address if you miss him that much…
Joey: Hmm. Do I think he’s that clever? Not really.
Pil: I think I’m going to need something bigger than a display case.
Malach: I’m not surprised.
Ram: Politicians don’t respond to their own letters? Get outta here!
An aside: Whenever I blog about Peter Popoff, my hit count doubles. Seriously.
An aside: Whenever I blog about Peter Popoff, my hit count doubles. Seriously.
You’re welcome.
Yeah, well that’s all very well, but I don’t aim to blog about Prophet Pete in every post.
Yea, well, you gotta write your monotonous drivel in the meantime so we have something to look forward to, right?
;-D
Laugh it up fuzzball.
If I were in your position I would just tell PPP to phuck off. Any items returned to him would no doubt never be returned and any good museum needs to have an extensive collection of items to be successful. Your collection presently is the largest PPP contingent in the free world, I’ve checked (Google) and might provide you a handsome annual income.
Th worldds greatest Peter Popoff museam is in St. Petersburg, Russia.
(*winkski* — One Five Niner!)
Sure send him my way…so I can play too.
You know I need some serious saving from the pits of hell.