# The Seventh Seal has been opened...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 26, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957 "2004-07-26T17:40:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 18\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/1 "2004-07-26T17:40:42Z")

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[Proof](http://www.nonsoloblues.com/steven_uk.html)  
If David Hasselhof can be a singing star in Germany, why not Steven Seagal tantalizing the French with his dulcet tones.

Oh…look…here come the locust.

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/2 "2004-07-26T20:10:15Z")

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From your link:

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> The exceptional collaboration of Stevie Wonder on « My God », on which he furiously delivers an amazing harmonica solo, adds some magic to the album and to Steven Seagal’s velvet voice.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/3 "2004-07-26T20:25:21Z")

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Hey, maybe this means my dream of a Jean Claude Van Damme gospel album is on the horizon.

In the preceding sentence, the word “dream” shall be defined as “fucking nightmare”.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/4 "2004-07-26T20:54:17Z")

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I never dreamed that I would regard Hello Kitty as a safe cultural haven…

_twitch_

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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/5 "2004-07-27T02:13:40Z")

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> _The exceptional collaboration of Stevie Wonder on « My God », on which he furiously delivers an amazing harmonica solo, adds some magic to the album and to Steven Seagal’s velvet voice._

Someone PLEASE tell me this isn’t the Jethro Tull song.

PLEASE.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/6 "2004-07-27T02:24:56Z")

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**THERE. IS. NO. GOD.**

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/7 "2004-07-27T02:30:53Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> Hey, maybe this means my dream of a Jean Claude Van Damme gospel album is on the horizon.

But think of some great album titles he could have:

“Van Damme the Torpedoes”  
“Van Damme Yankees”  
“Chevy Van (Damme)”

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/8 "2004-07-27T02:48:54Z")

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HIllary Rodham Cliinton was just called “The First Lady of the Democratic Party, The First Lady of the American People.”

Look at the pretty horsemen coming.

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**Author:** ![Feit\_C\_Taj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@Feit\_C\_Taj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feit_C_Taj)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/9 "2004-07-27T02:58:56Z")

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You know, when I read the title, I immediately thought of Police Academy 8 (seven sequels, seven seals - get it?)

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/10 "2004-07-27T04:41:30Z")

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> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> **THERE. IS. NO. GOD.**

Aw, sure there is…he’s just senile, and a borderline psychotic.

And he needs our tears to give him his great power.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/11 "2004-07-27T12:56:08Z")

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Just wait for the music video.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/12 "2004-07-27T16:01:28Z")

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Well, at least he’s got some original song titles. I mean, just look at the tracklisting:

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> 1.GIRL IT’S ALRIGHT  
> 2.DON’T YOU CRY  
> 3.MUSIC  
> 4.BETTER MAN  
> 5.ROUTE 23  
> 6.MY GOD  
> 7.LOLLIPOP  
> 8.NOT FOR SALE  
> 9.DANCE  
> 10.JEALOUSY  
> 11.WAR  
> 12.STRUT  
> 13.GOREE  
> 14.THE LIGHT

If you go [here](http://www.nonsoloblues.com/steven2.html) you can actually hear a little. Click at your own risk.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/13 "2004-07-27T16:03:33Z")

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> [@Ranchoth](#):
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> Aw, sure there is…he’s just senile, and a borderline psychotic.
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> And he needs our tears to give him his great power.

[Eric Cartman]  
Oh, your tears are so yummy! The tears of unfathomable sadness! Yes! Yes!  
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/14 "2004-07-27T16:41:19Z")

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> HIllary Rodham Cliinton was just called “The First Lady of the Democratic Party, The First Lady of the American People.”
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> Look at the pretty horsemen coming.

This is just brilliant.

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/15 "2004-07-27T17:10:12Z")

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> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> [Proof](http://www.nonsoloblues.com/steven_uk.html)  
> If David Hasselhof can be a singing star in Germany, why not Steven Seagal tantalizing the French with his dulcet tones.

So if Hassellhoff/Germany is equivalent to Seagal/France, who is Germany’s answer to Jerry Lewis? 😕

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**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:** [July 27, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/16 "2004-07-27T17:34:28Z")

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> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> Oh…look…here come the locust.

Just one? Whew! You had me worried there for a minute. 😃

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**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/17 "2004-07-27T17:55:25Z")

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> [@Sean Factotum](#):
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> So if Hassellhoff/Germany is equivalent to Seagal/France, who is Germany’s answer to Jerry Lewis? 😕

Steven Wright (except he may be a little to hyperactive for the Germans)

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seventh-seal-has-been-opened/256957/18 "2004-07-27T18:00:51Z")

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> [@Ponder Stibbons](#):
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> Just one? Whew! You had me worried there for a minute.

Yeah, buit it’s a really big one. It could get into the air ducts and keep us awake for _weeks_. 🙂
