[rzeznikj at stout]

At this rate, methinks Mr. Kim could make it as a late-night talk show host...8^)

[Das Outsider]

FLAKE: Let's just say that there's a connection to Egypt, for example. Ancient Egypt, actually, since it goes back to 1400 B.C. during the Dynasties.
KIM: You know, Kim arriz rike hot bronde on "Dynassy." Wut huh name?
FLAKE: (stifling laughter, clear throat) Huh...Anyway, I actually acquired photocopies of the translations of papyri--or papyruses--that speak of the goddess Isis being brought back from the dead. Now that piqued my interest right away. I followed that lead and discovered documents, thought to be lost, that said--
KIM: Steebe, Steebe. Kim no innalupt, but, (leans over to Flake) you need rost documin, maybe you check Bugga sracks.

(audience erupts in raffter)

KIM: (with outstretched arms) He got--
BUGGA: I can hear you, you know! This is just--
KIM: No frip out, Sandy Bugga! Ees fun show. Hab good raff. So Steebe, wut Isis chick hab to do with chutch?
FLAKE: Good question. I pieced it all together: the resurrected deity, the Egyptian-Israelite mingling, if you will, and the names. The names "Is-is"--and listen to the phonics here--and "Je-sus" sound a lot alike, right?
KIM: Shuh, shuh.
FLAKE: Now, not only do they sound alike, but the latter is actually a corruption of the former translated. You've got different languages clashing, and--have you ever played the telephone game, Kip?