Thursday, November 10, 2005

"Three conversions for a bolt. No? Really? Okay, four conversions, but NO MORE!"

Professor: The Silk Road was established in around 140 B.C. What do you think the Chinese traded silk for, from the Europeans?
Girl: Christianity?

-- History 028 lecture, overheard by Rachel

8 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's spectacular. Wow.

1:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sweet trade on the Chinese peoples' part... a little silk for salvation.

11:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think I'm ready to vomit just at the last comment posted here...

11:13 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow, silk for salvation... thats probably why christianity floundered and Buddhism and other INTERESTING religions prosper... so take your cross and suck on it!

1:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that's not fair trade.

7:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you ask me the chinese got screwed out of the whole deal.

1:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

silk for salvation... HAHA that was funny!

11:13 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, lets all worship a fat, lazy slob who abandoned his family. Interesting religion indeed.

9:08 PM  

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