Archive for May 4, 2007

The One True Fake

Posted in SR-7B Lodges, Tslagi 163 by John E. Pannell on May 4th, 2007 at 12:13 am
LAUNCELOT: We have the Holy Hand Grenade.
ARTHUR: Yes, of course! The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch! ‘Tis one of the sacred relics Brother Maynard carries with him. Brother Maynard! Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade!
MONKS: [chanting] Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem. (thud)
           — from “Monthy Python and the Holy Grail”

I’ve been in an ornery mood all week, so I’ll stir up a little controversy tonight by telling the story of the “One True Fake”. 

The internet can be an amazing tool to improve communications.   Sometimes it can even expose a fake patch, and cause controversy, in a lodge 3000 miles away. 

In his comments to an earlier post on this blog Bob Ross writes:

…This being said, this letter gives me a new reason to finally take “The One True Fake” on a Pilgrimage…

Most folks reading this won’t know what he’s talking about and some explanation is needed.  Now for the rest of the story, as best as I can piece it together several years after the fact.   I will exclude the names of the “guilty” even though that will make it a little harder to follow the story.

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