You know, I’ve gotten used to getting some pretty strange emails with all the various versions of the Nigerian Scam and all the other spam that comes flying at me through cyberspace… but this one has to take first place in Most Bizarre Email ever received:
From: “Neateye” <nitaigouranga@aol.com>
Subject: Gouranga
Call out Gouranga be happy!!!
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga …
That which brings the highest happiness!!
And that’s it. 
What the heck?!
It’s a religious chant of some sort. For years now stickers and posters etc have been popping up all over the place with the exact same phrase that appears in your E-Mail.I even had a little one stuck on my lunch box at one stage…never did me no harm.
Slan,
D.
Wow, you people never cease to amaze me with your vast knowledge on all manner of things…thanks for the link, Beth!
And dubh, I don’t quite know what to say about you having that on your lunchbox… 
Well, you know how it is here…questions answered within fifteen minutes or double your money back. 
Sure isn’t the constant repetion of the Hare Krishna chant much the same thing as repeated sayings of the Rosary,both devices delivering a kind of “Religious high”.
Same thing only with different words.
Slan,
D.
..runs for cover before the blasphemy brigade launch a counter attack…
You have Hare Krishna on your lunchbox too?
Reminds me of the joke about the bloke who had “Meg” tattooed on his… His girlfriend Sue complained about it until later she discovered it was actually “Made in Hong Kong.”
Maybe it’s like “Serenity now!”
Aderyn or Amelie?
Depends on the nature of the question… 
(edited to clarify: not sure what you’re asking? if it’s to ask if that’s Amelie in my avatar, then yes. one of the greatest movies ever!)
WOO HOO!! Do I get to be the president of the blasphemy brigade? “Ready the anti-blasphemy rocket…all phasers on “stun”…fire only on my command!” I just have always wanted to say that stuff
seriously though, I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a “religious high” after saying the Rosary. Can’t speak about the Hare Krishna chant, as I’ve never done it 
I chant all the time, just not ‘gouranga, gouranga, gouranga’. Of course I’m not chanting much of anything at the moment because I think I may die of coughing…is it possible for one to die of coughing? It certainly feels as though it is. 
~a rather miserable ad who almost managed to type those few sentences without having a five-minute coughing fit
I’m sorry you’re sick ad! I hope you’re feeling better soon
BTW, speaking of chanting, I’ll bet Fly chants Schni-schna-schnappi schnappi-schnappi-schnapp. Can’t you just hear him?
The thing is, I was sick over three weeks ago-- the main cold symptoms lasted about 3 or 4 days, but this cough will not go away for anything! In fact, I think it’s getting worse. :-/
And yes, I can hear Fly all the way here in Atlanta… he might want to lower it just a notch.
This all reminds me of the humorous version of “Old Time Religion” that Pete Seeger and others sing. One of the verses goes:
Hare Krishna, he must laugh on,
To see me dressed in saffron,
With my hair that’s only half on,
And it’s good enough for me.
Of course, my favorite verse is this one:
Let us pray with those old Druids,
They drink fermented fluids,
Waltzing naked through the woo-ids,
And it’s good enough for me.
Hurrah for fermented fluids and romps in the woods!!
… and there I was thinking ‘they can’t spell guarana.’
hehe… enough guarana and you’d speed your way right along to that highest happiness!!
I second that hurrah! 
That avatar of yours is strangely distracting, Izzy. Not that I’m asking you to change it, of course.