God was a boatbuilder

[floatingkiwi]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/God_the_Geometer.jpg

I knew it. I found this picture of God with his dividers. And what else does anyone,( or being), do with dividers other than build wooden boats?

[Canoez]

Funny, I thought the big guy was more of a designer (build it xx cubits by...) and a material supplier than a builder. I'd always heard he had a builder named Noah.

[TimmS]

funny looking plank that he's spiling there....

[SchoonerRat]

I knew it. I found this picture of God with his dividers. And what else does anyone,( or being), do with dividers other than build wooden boats?
I navigate with dividers.

Maybe he's lost his way.

[gert]

Is that a "fractal" he's trying to measure?

Perhaps he just created it and is checking it to make sure we'll be suitably confused.

[Thorne]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/01/91/6dff828fd7a0aeca9b03f010.L.jpg

[James McMullen]

Satan was a boat designer too, apparently.

Ever heard of that damnable contraption called the "jet ski"?

[Michael Beckman]

Norse mythology had better boatbuilders!
In Norse mythology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology), Skíðblaðnir (the name can be anglicized (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse_orthography) as Skídbladnir, Skídhbladhnir or Skíthblathnir) is the ship of Freyr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr). The ship was made by Dvalin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvalin) and his brothers, dwarves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_dwarves) and sons of Ívaldi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivaldi). It was made at the request of Loki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki), and was given to Freyr as part of Loki's reparation for the theft of Sif (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sif)'s golden hair. The ship was big enough to hold the whole of the host of Asgard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgard), and whenever the sails were hoisted, a fair wind followed. It could travel over both land and sea. According to the Ynglinga saga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynglinga_saga), Skíðblaðnir was made by so many parts and with such ingenuity that it could be folded like a cloth and carried in one's pouch.

[BarnacleGrim]

Hence the PS Skibladner:

http://www.skibladner.no/images/SKIBL_06iii.jpg

The worlds oldest steamboat in regular service! I've even been down below and seen the beautiful triple expansion engine in operation!
http://www.skibladner.no/engelsk/index.htm

[James McMullen]

Uh-oh. . . .dammit! Now I want a side-wheeler of my very own. Thanks a whole lot, Barnacle Guy. :rolleyes:

[rbgarr]

The old saw...

Q. Has their ever been a perfect boat?

A. The Ark: perfectly designed to suit it's purpose, built with free labor, with no change orders, launched (just) on schedule, sailed with all captain's orders obeyed without fail, with no trouble from the passengers. Found her first (and only) available port with unerring navigation, docked herself and lasted only as long as needed.

[James McMullen]

The Ark: perfectly designed to suit it's purpose, built with free labor, with no change orders, launched (just) on schedule, sailed with all captain's orders obeyed without fail, with no trouble from the passengers. Found her first (and only) available port with unerring navigation, docked herself and lasted only as long as needed.Or in other words, completely mythical! There's never been a boat made like that.

[Kaa]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/God_the_Geometer.jpg



That thing amazingly looks like a fractal. And on the cover of a mid-XIII century bible, no less!

Kaa

[floatingkiwi]

Man, wooden boat freaks, I have found much to my pleasant surprise, are some of the smartest people about and are very particular in their grammar and spelling and will be quick to undermine the flaws one might display in their attempt to show a little light hearted fun on the forum pages, pointing out the exact relationship between a particular device God is holding and the planet we live on, depicted by a fractal . I am doomed to point out all the spelling mistakes on a restaurant menu before eating, or ordering.
To me knowledge, is power.These pages reveal the evidence of a group of people who, apart from matter relating to that of wooden boats ,know just about anything one would care to know about subjects varying in type and degree beyond what one would find just about anywhere. I also appreciate the way some of y'all graciously don't pretend to know about something, but, instead, point out a member who might.
I will rephrase the description of what I thought when I found that pic.
Looky here. I knew it. I found this Picture of God, holding what appears to me to be a tool used by someone,( or being), who might enjoy the feel and appearance of an handheld device which could, I would like to think, be associated with the construction and navigation of wooden sailing vessels.
There we go.
And hey. If Jesus was a carpenter, it wood make sense that his father participated in the shaping and uses of ,I reckon, the best building material on the planet.

[floatingkiwi]

I use dividers,( as well as navigating), for transferring distances onto wood. For example the spaces in the bilge to floors being made.
What do you guys use?
Kerry

[prestonbriggs]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/God_the_Geometer.jpg

I knew it. I found this picture of God with his dividers. And what else does anyone,( or being), do with dividers other than build wooden boats?

Don't y'all remember anything? Jesus was a carpenter, right?

Preston

[floatingkiwi]

Is that a "fractal" he's trying to measure?

Perhaps he just created it and is checking it to make sure we'll be suitably confused.


Yeah mate,LOL. The planet in a nutshell.

[boylesboats]

Uh-oh. . . .dammit! Now I want a side-wheeler of my very own. Thanks a whole lot, Barnacle Guy. :rolleyes:

Plenty of them running up and down Missouri and Mississippi rivers.. We did have one here in St. Joseph..
If ya own a bank, you can have one built..

[RFNK]

I really wanted to stay OUT of this thread but .... what the heck IS that thing being measured? Rick

[floatingkiwi]

I have decided, for now, that the object God is spiling in the picture is indeed an ovum of the human female.He is contemplating our existence and our destiny.

[Windsong]

This is inspiring. Noahs Ark
http://www.worldwidechristian.net/Noah's%20Ark.htm
Enjoy
Lars

[I, Rowboat]

Wow. Absolutely wow. My heartfelt congratulations to such an awe-ispiring undertaking. Well done, Johan Huibers. Good on ya mate.

WTF!? I am missing something? It's a slab-sided hunk of sh!t and a lamentable waste of wood. What is it about certain Bronze Age mythologies that compels many people to mis-allocate so many material (and mental) resources. This is not awe-inspiring; it is shameful.

[Glen Longino]

It's a replica?
1/2 the length and 1/3 the width of the biblical description? Hardly a replica, is it?
I think it's a simple gimmick built to impress gullible adults and their unfortunate children with the wonders of Almighty God, and the possibilities of the Myth, while they ignore the wily woodenboat builder who has a secret alliance with God. Sneaky bastid!:)

[BarnacleGrim]

I thought the Dutch knew better. This one doesn't even float on its own.

Speaking of the ark, saw this plastic toy ark in a catholic home once. Complete with little injection molded animals and a little injection molded Noah. The indoctrination machinery at work, couldn't be less subtle! :D

[Glen Longino]

I thought the Dutch knew better. This one doesn't even float on its own.

Speaking of the ark, saw this plastic toy ark in a catholic home once. Complete with little injection molded animals and a little injection molded Noah. The indoctrination machinery at work, couldn't be less subtle! :D

They have no shame, Senor Grim!!:rolleyes::eek::):)

[I, Rowboat]

The indoctrination machinery at work, couldn't be less subtle! :D

Too true. You've got to get to them early and disable the B.S. detector and break their spirit. Otherwise they won't have a proper respect and fear of authority figures or "revealed" truth.

Even then it's no guarantee the meme-virus will take.

[Tinman]

I thought the Dutch knew better. This one doesn't even float on its own.

Speaking of the ark, saw this plastic toy ark in a catholic home once. Complete with little injection molded animals and a little injection molded Noah. The indoctrination machinery at work, couldn't be less subtle! :D

Hey Barnacle? It was a frikken toy. Let it go man.

[I, Rowboat]

Hey Barnacle? It was a frikken toy. Let it go man.

Yeah, Barnacle, lighten up. We're all entitled to impose preposterous notions regarding the arrangement of the Universe on impressionable, defenseless young minds under our care.

[James McMullen]

And when they're too young to indoctrinate yet, you can still make them useful around the house. For example, the baby mop:

http://www.coated.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/baby-mop.jpg

[floatingkiwi]

And when they're too young to indoctrinate yet, you can still make them useful around the house. For example, the baby mop:

http://www.coated.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/baby-mop.jpg

Dude, now THAT is funny. Is that thing for real?

[BarnacleGrim]

Hey Barnacle? It was a frikken toy. Let it go man.
It was an American brand, Fisher Price, I think, so I didn't even make the connection with the catholic family at first. In fact they were very nice people, not zealots at all.

[jclays]

I have decided, for now, that the object God is spiling in the picture is indeed an ovum of the human female.He is contemplating our existence and our destiny.
Thats deep dude....I'll need a wee bit more coffee for that to take hold.. I like it.....