St. Agnes of Rome was born in 291 AD and raised in a Christian family. Agnes was very beautiful and belonged to a wealthy family. Her hand in marriage was highly sought after, and she had many high ranking men chasing after her. However, Agnes made a promise to God never to stain her purity. Her love for the Lord was great and she hated sin even more than death!
Whenever a man wished to marry Agnes, she would always say, “Jesus Christ is my only Spouse.”
St. Agnes is widely known as the patron saint of young girls. She is also the patron saint of chastity, assault survivors and the Children of Mary. Her feast day is celebrated on January 21st.
For what very little it’s worth, I can’t read the name Agnes without hearing Inspector Luger pronouncing it “Ag-uh-ness”.
I’ve been posting here at least four years. Because I remember calling myself NeilBeforeMe after seeing a Facebook post with those words, and saying I had turned 90.
“Longtime faithful readers know that in most of the strips I comment on here, there’s at least one character upon whom I wish every ill. In Gasoline Alley that’s obviously Slim, but I can at least take comfort in the knowledge that the strip’s creators also love to torment him. Why else would his plan to murder teenagers with a meteorite go awry and his house get haunted by inane ghosts? Anyway, you may remember the time he got an erotic concussion, and now we’re back to another unsettling tale of his place in our collective sexuyoul dreamscape. His wife found a mysterious love note in his pocket that he doesn’t remember getting; could it be that Saint Agnes, who famously was to be married against her will and then punished for her Christianity by being sent to a brothel but God protected her by making her hair grow over her body and striking her would-be rapists dead, is telling Slim that his own chastity is in danger? Will his ordeal finally be ended with a knife to the throat, with eager believers soaking up his blood with handkerchiefs in memory of his martyrdom? I have frankly never wished for anything more in regards to this strip.”
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 11 months ago
Now Balleen’s just talkin’ silly talk.
snsurone76 11 months ago
There are many saints—and all with feast days. That should make Slim VERY happy!!
Dirty Dragon 11 months ago
St. Agnes of Rome was born in 291 AD and raised in a Christian family. Agnes was very beautiful and belonged to a wealthy family. Her hand in marriage was highly sought after, and she had many high ranking men chasing after her. However, Agnes made a promise to God never to stain her purity. Her love for the Lord was great and she hated sin even more than death!
Whenever a man wished to marry Agnes, she would always say, “Jesus Christ is my only Spouse.”
St. Agnes is widely known as the patron saint of young girls. She is also the patron saint of chastity, assault survivors and the Children of Mary. Her feast day is celebrated on January 21st.
For what very little it’s worth, I can’t read the name Agnes without hearing Inspector Luger pronouncing it “Ag-uh-ness”.
Ignatz Premium Member 10 months ago
So is Scancarelli a devout Catholic. or just really up on folklore?
Darryl Heine 10 months ago
So, sometime next week or the week after next week will Slim go back to Clovia and announce they are finally going to divorce? Stay tuned…
BJShipley1 10 months ago
Yeah, all the girls are dreaming of an obese seventy-year-old man with the face of an infant and an IQ of 60.
ajr58(1) 10 months ago
If Baleen had a baby, would it be named Beluga?
MT Wallet 10 months ago
I’ve been posting here at least four years. Because I remember calling myself NeilBeforeMe after seeing a Facebook post with those words, and saying I had turned 90.
BlitzMcD 10 months ago
Slum is letter her dig him deeper and deeper into a hole of his own making. He’s doomed.
Uncle $crooge 10 months ago
From today’s Curmudgeon:
“Longtime faithful readers know that in most of the strips I comment on here, there’s at least one character upon whom I wish every ill. In Gasoline Alley that’s obviously Slim, but I can at least take comfort in the knowledge that the strip’s creators also love to torment him. Why else would his plan to murder teenagers with a meteorite go awry and his house get haunted by inane ghosts? Anyway, you may remember the time he got an erotic concussion, and now we’re back to another unsettling tale of his place in our collective sexuyoul dreamscape. His wife found a mysterious love note in his pocket that he doesn’t remember getting; could it be that Saint Agnes, who famously was to be married against her will and then punished for her Christianity by being sent to a brothel but God protected her by making her hair grow over her body and striking her would-be rapists dead, is telling Slim that his own chastity is in danger? Will his ordeal finally be ended with a knife to the throat, with eager believers soaking up his blood with handkerchiefs in memory of his martyrdom? I have frankly never wished for anything more in regards to this strip.”