I need a new deity

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

So, we really need some sort of deity (or perhaps patron saint), whose big function is that he stops you from saying something that would land you in hot water. Not that you were intentionally shooting off your mouth, but more like you put your foot in.

The other day I was about to make a crack but didn't and moments later I realized that it would pretty much be instantly taken as an insult by the person I was going to say it to. Now, if you're me, the inside voice/outside voice editor is pretty much asleep at the switch so to have actually aborted a statement is pretty incredible. Certainly not the work of my own mortal faculties. Clearly a Higher Power is involved.

I was thinking maybe his name is Faux Pas, but that seems wrong (unless I'm giving praise that he'd spared my humble ass). Unfortunately, if the Google translator is at all good, the opposite of faux pas is Vraie Pas, and that rolls off the tongue even less easierly.

Perhaps it should be Charlie Chaplin as he ate his own shoe and remained silent.

later
Tom

Comments

[bonisagus.livejournal.com]

What about Clio or Melpomene?

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

I don't think they invented a muse for what you don't say.

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

I agree that there should be someone to light a candle to when you don't say something you shouldn't. And there should be someone to placate when you do say something you shouldn't. Aside from the person you said it to.

[bonisagus.livejournal.com]

True. However, maybe they might tell him to say the right thing rather than the wrong one or at least the thing that is thematically appropriate.

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

Miss Manners.

[drwex]

Miss Manners is indeed a demigod in her own right but I'm not sure this would be her domain.

On the other hand, I do like Vraie Pas - it sounds like a Voudon deity and I can see that.

[da-popa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, looks like we might need a new one. The closest I could find were:

• Saint Thomas More (http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_20001031_thomas-more_en.html): Patron of Statesmen & Politicians
• Gabriel the Archangel (http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/saintg03.htm): Patron of Communication.

BTW, this site (http://www.catholic-forum.com/saintS/patron00.htm) indexes many of the saints' patronages, maybe you can find a good one. =)