John the Beloved, and his brother James Simon who is Peter and his brother Andrew Simon who is not Peter Judas who is the traitor Judas who is not the traitor Matthew the taxman and Phillip, the patron saint of Haberdashers. goshdangit, the one I can never remember and wossname, the other guy. and dangit I should know this one
Burt the Bashful Salvo the Slime Bigger Boo Roger the Potted Ghost Prince Froggy Navel Piranha Marching Milde Hookbill the Koopa Sluggy the Unshaven Raphael the Raven Tap-Tap the Red Nose King Bowser
Timon, Martha, Bartholomew, Simon the Leper, Mary Magdalene, Suzanne, Nicodemus, Zebedee, the other Paul and the other Simon are all that immediately come to mind. Which I guess is more than most people can name? There was also one with a Greek name starting with D that escapes me. Oh, and there's at least one Thomas, and a Timothy as well.
I can name a little more than half of the apostles as well: Paul, Peter, Matthew, Luke, James, the Johns, the other Judas (a.k.a. Jude the Obscure), the Judas everyone remembers, and... after that I start blanking.
I am reminded of how, in A Canticle for Leibowitz, Lazarus lived for thousands of years and wandered the earth, but never actually bothered to convert to Christianity.
Timon, Martha, Bartholomew, Simon the Leper, Mary Magdalene, Suzanne, Nicodemus, Zebedee, the other Paul and the other Simon are all that immediately come to mind. Which I guess is more than most people can name? There was also one with a Greek name starting with D that escapes me. Oh, and there's at least one Thomas, and a Timothy as well.
And yes, all of those are real.
I believe Odradek was referring to the Twelve Apostles specifically.
Timon, Martha, Bartholomew, Simon the Leper, Mary Magdalene, Suzanne, Nicodemus, Zebedee, the other Paul and the other Simon are all that immediately come to mind. Which I guess is more than most people can name? There was also one with a Greek name starting with D that escapes me. Oh, and there's at least one Thomas, and a Timothy as well.
And yes, all of those are real.
I believe Odradek was referring to the Twelve Apostles specifically.
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
James
John
Other James, son of Alphys
Peter
Bartholomew
Judas
Dancer
Donner
Blitzen
Cupid
Vixen
Paul
George
and RINGO
Sho
Mitsuki
Megumi
and his brother James
Simon who is Peter
and his brother Andrew
Simon who is not Peter
Judas who is the traitor
Judas who is not the traitor
Matthew the taxman
and Phillip, the patron saint of Haberdashers.
goshdangit, the one I can never remember
and wossname, the other guy.
and dangit I should know this one
Salvo the Slime
Bigger Boo
Roger the Potted Ghost
Prince Froggy
Navel Piranha
Marching Milde
Hookbill the Koopa
Sluggy the Unshaven
Raphael the Raven
Tap-Tap the Red Nose
King Bowser