Government Official Quotes Ministry Psalm 69 Lyrics Meme

This is an edited comedic meme based on a US government press briefing scene. The speaker, a composite edited to combine the appearance of a formal government official with industrial metal band Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen's features (dreadlocks, multiple facial piercings, visible tattoos across the neck, hands, and chest under a formal blue suit), stands at a podium marked with an edited seal reading "DEPARTMENT OF WAR". The text below the image quotes a nonsensical lyric line: "So there was only one thing that I could do was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long", which is incorrectly attributed to "Psalm 69". The joke comes from the contrast between the stuffy, formal government press setting and the aggressive, silly metal lyrics presented as a Christian Bible verse, referencing Ministry's 1992 album *Psalm 69: The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste* where the quoted lyrics from the track "Jesus Built My Hotrod" originate.

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So there was only one thing that I could do was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long - Psalm 69

Overview

This is an edited comedic meme based on a US government press briefing scene. The speaker, a composite edited to combine the appearance of a formal government official with industrial metal band Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen's features (dreadlocks, multiple facial piercings, visible tattoos across the neck, hands, and chest under a formal blue suit), stands at a podium marked with an edited seal reading "DEPARTMENT OF WAR". The text below the image quotes a nonsensical lyric line: "So there was only one thing that I could do was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long", which is incorrectly attributed to "Psalm 69". The joke comes from the contrast between the stuffy, formal government press setting and the aggressive, silly metal lyrics presented as a Christian Bible verse, referencing Ministry's 1992 album Psalm 69: The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste where the quoted lyrics from the track "Jesus Built My Hotrod" originate.

Origin notes

This meme was first shared on Reddit meme subreddits, with the stated original title "Jesus was an architect..." referencing the opening line of Ministry's track "Jesus Built My Hotrod" that the quoted lyrics are taken from. It is a photoshopped edit of an official US government press briefing photograph: the creator altered the speaker's appearance, changed the Department of Defense seal on the podium to read "Department of War", and added the lyric caption to create the absurdist joke.

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