Some excitement at this evening's "Tea Light Labyrinth" service.
It was a lovely idea, based on Ps 119:105, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." A labyrinth of tea lights. The idea being that Beaker Folk would wander through the labyrinth, their feet literally lighted by the tea lights on the floor, and experience the sense of being on life's journey until they emerged, refreshed and ready for a glass of sparkling grape juice.
But Young Keith made a minor error or two in laying out the labyrinth, didn't he. Specifically, in accidentally laying it out so there was no way out from end to the other. As the Beaker folk wandered their meandering paths around the Moot House they started in awe, moved to confusion and ended up in some concern.
So the concern increased as they stacked up at the dead end. And then the concern turned to panic as one or two of their trouser legs caught fire. At this point the sprinklers should have gone off, but we'd put in the emergency override after the Streams of Water service. So the whole thing staggered to an end with Young Keith and I running around the Moot House, throwing beakers of water over the sizzling Beaker Folk. Completely messed up the whole filling up / emptying out of beakers cycle. It'll be 19 years now till we can get that straight.
Perhaps the dead end was deliberate, an attempt to rid yourself of some 'troublesome' beaker folk, by frying them - but ill conceived as you could have had the same effect by preaching for two or three hours.
ReplyDeleteIt's long past time that lot should have invested in battery powered tealights. Some of them have flickering 'flames' these days. Or how about ones with colour changing bulbs?
ReplyDeleteWe’re the beakers only half full?
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