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Title: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: OldGoat on 03 Jul 2018, 09:42
The possibility of Bubbles/Faye nuptials got me thinking - who in the cast is ordained as a minister with one of the on-line churches (Universal Life, Dudeism, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, etc)?  You get ordained for free, but you have to send them $30 or so if you want a spiffy Certificate of Ordination.

You can choose up to four, but add as many as you wish in commenting posts.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Thrudd on 03 Jul 2018, 10:18
I am so curious now.
So how many registered Jedi among the cast or the readership?
Not just Ministers but also Knights and Councillors.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: OldGoat on 03 Jul 2018, 10:24
Never mind a wedding - a Brother Pintsize Travelin' Fire & Brimstone Salvation Show sermon would have to be entertaining.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Undrneath on 03 Jul 2018, 10:49
Not a Jedi but I am ordained by The Universal Life Church.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: jwhouk on 03 Jul 2018, 12:07
Station doesn't need ordination. He's a ship's captain.  :angel:
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: OldGoat on 03 Jul 2018, 13:01
Station doesn't need ordination. He's a ship's captain.  :angel:
That only applies to officiating at weddings, and even then it's an urban myth (https://mentalfloss.com/article/23165/can-boat-captains-really-marry-people).  The US and Royal Navies specifically prohibit ship captains from doing so - that's what chaplains are for.  Since he is, for all practical purposes, the city manager of a municipality, if a state's laws allow it he might slide in that way.  Or not.

Good grief, I left Punkbot off the list!  He's sure to be a ULC minister, and absolutely sincere about it.

Edit:  Gawd I hate it when I find typos ten hours later.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Zebediah on 03 Jul 2018, 14:06
Spookybot is not an ordained minister, but they can still perform weddings via the expedient of editing reality such that the couple has always been married.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: specter177 on 03 Jul 2018, 19:03
Pintsize for sure.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: hedgie on 03 Jul 2018, 19:33
Melon seems the type to be ordained in the SubGenius.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Dandi Andi on 04 Jul 2018, 01:42
I could definitely see Jimbo being ordained. It seems like the kind of thing he would do.

I am an ordained Pastafarian minister. I became ordained to officiate my friends' wedding. Their families wanted a more traditional service, but I promised not to wear a colander or pirate regalia.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Near Lurker on 04 Jul 2018, 19:10
I picked three of the top four results, and immediately regret not picking the fourth (Jimbo).
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Storel on 05 Jul 2018, 18:07
Good grief, I left Punkbot off the list!  He's sure to be a ULC minister, and absolutely sincere about it.

Sorry, who is Punkbot?
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: alc40 on 05 Jul 2018, 18:22
Good grief, I left Punkbot off the list!  He's sure to be a ULC minister, and absolutely sincere about it.

Sorry, who is Punkbot?
The AI who got a spray at Union Robotics (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3598).  I think the name is only from the forums, not in the comic itself.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: keithcurtis on 05 Jul 2018, 20:35
Definitely Jimbo.

Barry would claim to be an ordained minster. (no ability to write in) :(

Station can probably ordain ministers, because... well, Station. If not, I think if the subject came up, it would be, "You need a minister? Wait a second... OK, I'm ordained."
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Storel on 05 Jul 2018, 22:20
Good grief, I left Punkbot off the list!  He's sure to be a ULC minister, and absolutely sincere about it.

Sorry, who is Punkbot?
The AI who got a spray at Union Robotics (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3598).  I think the name is only from the forums, not in the comic itself.

Ah, right. I vaguely remembered a robot with a Mohawk, but couldn't remember where we'd seen him. Thanks!

I am an ordained Pastafarian minister. I became ordained to officiate my friends' wedding. Their families wanted a more traditional service, but I promised not to wear a colander or pirate regalia.

My wife and I were married by an ordained ArchDruid. Our families were too ill or too far away to attend, so yes, it was a Druidic ceremony.

Go ahead, say it. "Funny, you don't look Druish."  :claireface:
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Theta9 on 06 Jul 2018, 10:51
Go ahead, say it. "Funny, you don't look Druish."  :claireface:
There were exactly three funny moments in Spaceballs. That was not one of them.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Carl-E on 08 Jul 2018, 12:54
"You don't look blu-ish..."

(http://www.woodstocktradeco.com/mm5/graphics/00000002/ROYSCARMAG03BeatlesBlueMeanieDieCutMagnet.jpg)
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Gyrre on 10 Jul 2018, 17:24
Go ahead, say it. "Funny, you don't look Druish."  :claireface:
There were exactly three funny moments in Spaceballs. That was not one of them.

As someone who disagrees with the tally, I'm curious as to which 3 moments.
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Undrneath on 10 Jul 2018, 17:47
"Smoke'em if ya got'em." :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Which characters are on-line ordained ministers?
Post by: Theta9 on 11 Jul 2018, 11:25
As someone who disagrees with the tally, I'm curious as to which 3 moments.
Well, only three things made me laugh out loud:

- Planet of the Apes gag
- Michigan J Frog gag
- the infinite mirror effect of watching the pre-release bootleg of the film at the current moment.