# Bosda And Saint Basil **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302 "2005-08-02T14:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302/1 "2005-08-02T14:29:49Z")
> [@](#): > > 2 August. Feast Day of St Basil the Blessed, a shoe-maker’s apprentice who went about Moscow naked, taking goods from the shops to give to the destitute. It was said he rebuked the Czar, Ivan the Terrible. So…being a naked shoplifter who screams deranged jabber at high officials of the government makes you a Saint, hmmm? _…Veeeeerrry…interesting…_ Is this a good career move for me? Who on the SDMB would light a candle to Saint Bosda The Butt-Nekkid? Who on the SDMB would light a candle to Saint Bosda The Butt-Nekkid, if I gave you a really good deal on a Giant Plasma TV that fell off the back of a truck? 😉😃 Finally, if made a Saint, do I get to smite people? ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302/2 "2005-08-02T14:43:05Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Finally, if made a Saint, do I get to smite people? Well, maybe, but you’d have to beat Og to it. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302/3 "2005-08-02T17:17:50Z")
Oooh, can I be the first member of The First Church of St. Bosda the Butt-Naked? I _know_ the services will be awesome, and as for communion, whoa, yeah! Hey I’ve got another idea, can I be a disciple? Cool! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302/4 "2005-08-02T18:23:31Z")
I don’t think I could remain respectfully solemn during the services while all that ritual nekkid butt slapping was going on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302/5 "2005-08-02T18:30:20Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > So…being a naked shoplifter who screams deranged jabber at high officials of the government makes you a Saint, hmmm? And gets you damn nice [place to live](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil's_Cathedral). ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302/6 "2005-08-02T19:24:09Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Is this a good career move for me? Well, um, it depends on your requirements. Such as breathing. If you want Saint Bosda The Butt-Nekkid to be a lock, I think you’ll have to consider martyrdom. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302/7 "2005-08-03T00:05:17Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > And gets you damn nice [place to live](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil's_Cathedral). Eh, not bad. Be nicer if I dressed it up with a few plastic flamingos, ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-and-saint-basil/315302/8 "2005-08-03T00:14:22Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Be nicer if I dressed it up with a few plastic flamingos, 😃 I take it [these](http://www.discountcandleshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/2413) will be the official candles of St. Bosda the Butt-Nekkid?