“You get gold.”
“You get frankincense.”
“But wait, there’s myrrh!”
Meanwhile, to help Mary take her mind off that, here is some nail polish
“Er, well, um, if you’re dropping by again, do pop in. Heh. And thanks a lot for the gold and frankincense, er, but don’t worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right? Heh. Thank you. Good-bye.”
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Particularly relevant since myrrh was used as a burial spice.
Maybe it was the myrrh that resurrected Jesus. I’m taking a bag of myrrh to the cemetery this afternoon and see what havoc I can wreak.
Myrrh at the time was an anointing oil used during burial rights/ preparation, so no.
Jesus, Lazarus, and I can’t think of anyone else who died at the time, but those two came back, so maybe?
Nailed to the North Pole. Just more proof of war crimes that have been occurring in the War on Christmas.
My first thought after laughing at this was… “wtf even IS myyrh, anyway?”
a fragrant gum resin obtained from certain trees and used
Cheap fucking bastard gave the baby Jesus chewing gum.
The German word sounds similar to a German word for carrot so as a child I thought that’s what he got
Möhren
Bet you were wondering wtf was so wise about that wise man.
“I bring you Frankincense!”
“I bring you gold!”
“I bring you carrots, herp derp”
Myrrh isn’t really a chewing gum, moreso a resinous material which can be used as both a binder and a scent. It’s often used in incense along with other resins and gums like copal. Other examples of gums include gum Arabic and xanthan gum
Stop ruining my jokes with additional info, damn it!
It’s used in incense and was worth as much or more than gold because it’s hard to collect in mass.
Seems like calling Myrrh “chewing gum” would be akin to calling a factory-new Bugatti Chiron “a busted-ass jalopy”. Which, depending on whom you’re talking to, is exactly what the Bugatti might be, I reckon.
Unthankful genZ! Just got a present and all they do is asking unrelated questions. Next time you’ll get no myrrh, how does that sound?
Not to be pendantic, but the wise men were visitors from the far east, not the same Romans that went on to crucify Jesus according to the myth
I think the “we” here is humanity.
Well maybe the romans were just faster than them?
They also had the cooler pole.
