Dear dear Niven!!! Claire Simmons
----- Original Message -----
From: "Niven Sinclair" <niven@niven.co.uk>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: Orkney News for Friday 13th
> At 13:10 23/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Well, I know I would sure shake them up! Claire
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Margaret Stokes" <milamba@optushome.com.au>
> >To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
> >Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 4:04 AM
> >Subject: Orkney News for Friday 13th
> >
> >
> > > Strange But True (UK)
> > > Friday October 13, 2000
> > >
> > > You Can't Tell An Older Woman What To Do
> > >
> > > Monks have banned women under 30 from wearing revealing clothes or
> > > listening to music while they are working on a Scottish island. The
Roman
> > > Catholic Transalpine Redemptorists have, however, baulked at extending
the
> > > ban to women over 30 because, as their spokesman explained, older
women
> > > will not be bossed about. The monks, who live on Papa Stronsay in
Orkney,
> > > imposed the strict dress code after a group of archaeologists arrived
to
> > > excavate a mediaeval chapel. Initially the young female archaeology
> > > students dressed like their male colleagues in jeans and T-shirts but
the
> > > monks, who own the island, thought it immodest and asked them to cover
up.
> > > Now all women shy of 30 must wear ankle-length skirts, long-sleeved
tops
> > > and cover their heads. The restriction does not apply to older women
> > > because "it can be very difficult telling women over 30 what to do,"
Friar
> > > Michael Mary, vicar general of the order, said. Although the dress
code
> > > makes life more difficult for the eight women digging at the site of
St
> > > Nicholas chapel, the archaeologists have adhered to the rule. Besides
the
> > > dress code, the archaeologists have other conditions to observe on
Papa
> > > Stronsay. They cannot listen to the radio or CDs, even through
headphones,
> > > and they are not allowed to blaspheme. Anyone who breaks the rules
faces
> > > immediate expulsion to the mainland.
> > >
> > > Good thing I'm over 30!! hehehehehe
> > >
> > > Milamba
>
>
> The monks sound like Muslims or it may be that they fear for their own
vows of
> celibacy by the sight of bare (female) flesh.
>
> Men of the cloth invariably condemn in others that which they fear most in
> themselves
> or it may be that the monks would wish us all to believe in their purity
in
> order to disguise
> their own predilections.
>
> I always have my doubts about those who profess to be holier than the rest
> of us.
>
> It is the sinner who has my trust.
>
> Niven Sinclair
>
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