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Excuse Me Sir, Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Jesus Christ?
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About
"Excuse Me Sir, Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Jesus Christ?" is an expression typically paired with images of overly persistent or intrusive animals or characters, as to poke fun at the door-to-door evangelism practiced by some Christian missionaries.
Origin
On October 17th, 2011, FunnyJunk user pablocabron submitted a demotivational poster image featuring a seagull resting on the head of an eagle with the caption "Excuse me, sir / Can you spare a moment for Jesus Christ?" (shown below). Within the next two years, the post received more than 3,800 up votes and 450 comments.
![2a8.jpg EXCUSE ME, SIR Can you spare a moment for Jesus Christ?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/577/162/2a8.jpg)
Background
For several decades, the so-called "door-to-door evangelism" has been a common practice among numerous Christian denominations, most notably the Jehovah's Witnesses and the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In a typical visit, the missionaries would ring a stranger's door bell and ask "excuse me (sir or mam), do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior" in an attempt to convert people into Christianity.
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Spread
On October 7th, 2012, 9gag[2] user daffyduckydack submitted a photograph titled "Excuse me, sir. Can you spare a moment for Jesus Christ?", featuring a polar bear sticking his head through a window (shown below). Within the first nine months, the post gained over 31,000 up votes and 9,600 Facebook likes.
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On January 10th, 2013, the Internet humor site Daily Dawdle[3] posted a compilation of several notable examples from the series. On April 27th, a page titled "Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about Jesus Christ?" was created on Facebook.[4]
Notable Examples
![Voldemort EXCUSE ME SIR DO YOU HAVE TIME TOTALK ABOUT OUR LORDAND SAVIOR, LORD VOLDEMORT? quickmeme.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/576/254/a14.jpg)
![a38.jpg EXCUSE ME SIR, BUT DO' YOU'HAVE A MOMENT TO TALKABOUTOUR LORD AND SAMOR JESUS CHRIST](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/576/242/a38.jpg)
![Do you have a moment to hear the word of Sauron? EXCUSE ME SALES CEN DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO HEAR THE WORD OF SAURON?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/576/236/f37.jpg)
![Doggy door EXCUSE ME SIR DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT JESUS CHRIST](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/576/234/dfb.jpg)
![Mormon Parasite EXCUSE ME SIR DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO TALKABOUT JESUSCHRISTE edenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/576/240/aad.jpg)
![98a.jpg Can I haue a moment of your time.. To tell you about the lorile memecenter.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/576/272/98a.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] FunnyJunk – Excuse me sir
[2] 9gag – Excuse me sir can you spare a moment for Jesus Christ
[3] Daily Dawdle – 10 animals that wonder if you can spare
[4] Facebook – Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about Jesus Christ?
Top Comments
Bunko0
Jul 18, 2013 at 05:34PM EDT
MrEmceeRage
Nov 27, 2013 at 12:39AM EST