Just What We Needed: The LOLCat Bible

Byhenry October 21, 2007

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1 In teh land of Uz wuz a man calded Job. Teh man wuz goodz, afraid of teh Ceiling Cat and evilz.2 Teh man hadz seven sunz and tree doters,3 And lots of sheepz and camlez and rinoceruseses and servnts, srsly.4 His sunz tok turns mading cookies, and they all eated them.5 And Job wuz liek “Oh noes! Wut if cookies were sin? Gota prey, just in cased.”

So goes the LOLCat Bible of Job 1:1-4, which the LOLCat Bible site suggests as a good example of how to translate–for the LOLCat Bible, of course!

Perhaps someone needs a life. Then again, perhaps not …

HT: meeyauw.

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Quietpaths says:

October 22, 2007 at 2:56 pm

If we did not have teens around I might not understand this. What a riot. Wut if cookies were sin? Thank you! LOL

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