Comments on: Thanks, Jim West! http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/ My musings on Biblical Studies, Biblical Hebrew, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Popular Culture, Religion, Software, and pretty much anything else that interests me! Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Codex: Biblical Studies Blogspot » Blog Archive » Big Thanks to Jim West http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/comment-page-1/#comment-3411 Codex: Biblical Studies Blogspot » Blog Archive » Big Thanks to Jim West Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:48:00 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/#comment-3411 [...] I am sitting on the couch in my family room browsing through my new two-volume Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Lawrence H. Schiffman and James C. VanderKam, eds.; Oxford, 2000; Buy from Amazon.ca | Buy from Amazon.com) compliments of Jim West (see here for how I won the set). From the condition the package was in when I picked it up today, it appears Canada Post was practicing their corner kicks with it! Thankfully, the volumes were not damaged. [...]

]]> By: Tim Bulkeley http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2544 Tim Bulkeley Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:28:20 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/#comment-2544 I don’t know if Punch and Judy has ever been the title of a British TV show, but it was the name of a genre of seaside puppet show that was for centiries (and still is) traditional that features an irrascible character “Mr Punch” his wife, the long-suffering, “Judy”, and also their “Baby”, a “Crocodile” and a “Policeman” as a minimal list of characters. The plots and the spoken lines are always thoroughly un-PC and somewhat violent, children love it, and so do (most) adults…

]]> By: JP vd Giessen http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2532 JP vd Giessen Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:25:06 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/#comment-2532 Yes after several page refreshments it is now time for liquid refreshments ;)

How many times you have entered ?

]]> By: Steve Laroche http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 Steve Laroche Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:53:37 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/#comment-2531 I’d never turn down a free book, so if you’re offering, sure.

]]> By: Tyler F. Williams http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 Tyler F. Williams Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:31:41 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/#comment-2530 Well, I did a little sleuthing and discovered that the phrase “pleased as punch” comes from a British television show, “Punch and Judy.” Go figure… I think I like your explanation better, Chris!

And Steve, no, I never got a winner. You want a free book?

]]> By: Christopher Heard http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2525 Christopher Heard Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:50:20 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/#comment-2525 Perhaps “pleased as punch” does not mean “as pleased as punch is,” but “as pleased with S as one is with punch,” as when one “is snug outside of a jug of punch! Too-ra-loo-ra-loo, too-ra-loo-ra-lay …” Sorry, I’m feeling punchy.

]]> By: Steve Laroche http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2524 Steve Laroche Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:44:15 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2006/06/09/thanks-jim-west/#comment-2524 Congrats Tyler, that’s quite a nice prize. Did anyone ever come forward in your 50000 visitor contest?

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