Aren't a rod and a staff the same thing?

[edhopper]

and how do they comfort someone?

And preparing a table before you in the presence of your enemies will just make them more ticked off.

[packman]

1. Weellll - the phallic symbol and all

about the rod and the staff "comforting" you. That David knew how to turn a phrase. Keep in mind he hung around with a lot of sheep and King Saul whom he comforted with his lyre playing and singing.

[edhopper]

2. so you are saying

that if there is both a rod and a staff it would have to be two guys?

A staff and a cup would be straight?

[packman]

3. How about a turkey baster and a garlic press?

And I am not getting into cutlery and household appliances , regardless of what you say.

[edhopper]

4. I get the turkey baster

but the garlic press just sounds kinky.

[edhopper]

8. So the rod comforting thing

is sorta sado-masochistic?

[Warpy]

9. Thanks, as I understand sheep chasing

the rod is a thick hardwood thing used to clobber predators. The staff is a lighter softwood thing used to chivvy the flock along the trail and keep them from wandering off. The crook at the end is used to grab errant sheep and bring them back.

[Heddi]

6. I've found comfort many times via a rod or a staff

on a few occasions I found myself comforted by both at the same time. Felt like hell the next morning, and sitting wasn't the most comfortable thing, but we all bear our own crosses.

your mileage may vary, however.

[edhopper]

7. TMI Heddi

[Warren Stupidity]

24. you owe me a new keyboard, I'm just not going to say why.

[Binkie The Clown]

10. The difference is...

rod:



staff:

[salimbag]

20. Now it makes sense

The exact images in my mind!

[Arugula Latte]

23. Figures a white guy is out front and center in that photo.

[Arugula Latte]

11. One has a bend and one is straight.

Sooooo ... yeeeah ...

[olddots]

12. the staff of Rod & Reel the dishing magazine are fundies

that makes sence .

[mountain grammy]

13. I think Rod was doing the comforting

while the staff was cooking breakfast.. or something like that. Pretty sure I was asleep and dreaming during that sermon. I was definitely hungry.

[Brainstormy]

14. rods can be turned into snakes and stuff

that staff thing is just weird.

[NeoGreen]

15. Really?...I thought this was basic stuff...

...

RODS
Rods are scepter-like devices that have unique magical powers
and do not usually have charges. Anyone can use a rod.

STAVES
A staff is a long shaft that stores several spells. Unlike wands,
which can contain a wide variety of spells, each staff is of a
certain kind and holds specific spells. A staff has 10 charges
when created.





You have to be a Wizard or Sorcerer to use a Staff. Any Joe Schmuck can wield a rod.



You need to get out and study the books some more, there dude...

[edhopper]

16. Is this from D&D?

I never played.

[NeoGreen]

17. Yes...

... a similar but slightly derivative game of sorts...

and you poor soul...

...not to have spent some of your teenage years in a friend's basement casting spells upon dragons



and demons,





to say nothing of orcs and goblins.

[edhopper]

18. I was already an adult when it hit

But you should see my comic book collection.

[NeoGreen]

19. Comic book...?

...what's that?

Kind of like a graphic novel?

[edhopper]

21. Or as they say

a pamphlet.

[Arugula Latte]

22. Try not to get a staff infection.

That burning sensation is no fun, I hear.

[NeoGreen]

25. Yes, one must always be careful to carry a rod of...

...cancelation in one hand if they are apt to pull out their rod of wonder often or at inopportune times.