Ummm . . . ok?

[ziapueblo]

Here is my secular whining for today:

Prayer To Open The 117th Congress Ended With ‘Amen And Awoman’

Democratic Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver ended his prayer to open up the 117th Congress on Sunday with the words "amen and awoman."

dailycaller.com

What in the world? Amen has nothing to do with gender, but, whatever you think is fine with you I guess!

 

[Temujin]

Here is my secular whining for today:

Prayer To Open The 117th Congress Ended With ‘Amen And Awoman’

Democratic Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver ended his prayer to open up the 117th Congress on Sunday with the words "amen and awoman."

dailycaller.com

What in the world? Amen has nothing to do with gender, but, whatever you think is fine with you I guess!

I presume that it was a joke, similar to referring to Julius Caesar as a well known Roperson. At least he didn't say "Aperson"

 

[Whateverman]

No Representative was ever elected for their ability to be funny, and it shows here

 

[SteveB]

Here is my secular whining for today:

Prayer To Open The 117th Congress Ended With ‘Amen And Awoman’

Democratic Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver ended his prayer to open up the 117th Congress on Sunday with the words "amen and awoman."

dailycaller.com

What in the world? Amen has nothing to do with gender, but, whatever you think is fine with you I guess!

I haven't more fully investigated this, but I have heard about it....
Seems to me someone has a poorly developed sense of humor.

I.e., the speaker thought that "a-men, and a-woman" was a funny.
What's amusing is that he missed the numeric count of each, in his self-perceived funny.
A-men, would be an oxymoron, because men is plural for man. So, to be numerically correct, he should've said--- a-man, and a-woman.
Otherwise, it should've been stated---
a-men, and a-women, but the a-women makes it also an oxymoron.

Ever had a joke you thought in your mind would be perfect, so you tell it, and in the telling, you realize that it just simply fails?
I think this is what happened with this guy's joke. And I do think he was trying to tell a joke.... nothing else makes sense.

 

[Temujin]

I haven't more fully investigated this, but I have heard about it....
Seems to me someone has a poorly developed sense of humor.

I.e., the speaker thought that "a-men, and a-woman" was a funny.
What's amusing is that he missed the numeric count of each, in his self-perceived funny.
A-men, would be an oxymoron, because men is plural for man. So, to be numerically correct, he should've said--- a-man, and a-woman.
Otherwise, it should've been stated---
a-men, and a-women, but the a-women makes it also an oxymoron.

Ever had a joke you thought in your mind would be perfect, so you tell it, and in the telling, you realize that it just simply fails?
I think this is what happened with this guy's joke. And I do think he was trying to tell a joke.... nothing else makes sense.

You could say that mumbling the words of a magic spell before opening proceedings in a supposedly secular, high level political gathering doesn't make sense, even if the words used are the "correct" ones.