Creosote Christ

[naomi24]

http://www.thesun.co....d-on-a-drainpipe.html

Alex Cotton has contacted the Pope to ask him to bless the image, and the spokesman for the diocese seems impressed - but does anyone here really take this sort of thing seriously?

Alex said "God only knows why he chose my drainpipe to appear on, but I hope this won't mean floods of pilgrims flocking to my house after this."

The Sun's headline made me laugh - but maybe she should have thought about the pitfalls of becoming a bit of a celebrity before contacting the press!

[wildwood]

I'm afraid Alex is mistaken. The stain is clearly an image of a werewolf falling down on its face.

Is there so little news that the Sun feels the need to pay credence to this kind of rubbish? At least the 'shroud's' image can be taken as that of his Nibs'.

[Nadis]

I don't like the smell of creosote but at least it's probably the correct colour of Jesus.

[Nadis]

I saw a cloud roll by on a sunny afternoon that looked remarkably like Mel Gibson. That's the nearest I got to an image of Jesus or his movie about jesus.

[ummmm]

I have Jesus's face in some flaking paint. May I should phone 'The Sun'....I also have Ian Brown and a dog :-)

[ummmm]

*maybe*

[Nadis]

Ian Brown and his dog!!!
Praise The Lord !

[Nadis]

Sorry "ummmm", a dog.

[squarebear]

Any normal person would think, ooh yes it looks like a face and then paint over it.

[Ankou]

maybe the image can turn the rainwater into wine.
that would get a different sort of pilgrim flocking to her house.

[ummmm]

Yeah....me..lol

[Ankou]

i could be convinced to pay me respects.
so long as it was free.

[ludwig]

I do like the Sun's headlines. They recently had a picture of Prince William and Desmond Tutu both blowing vuvuzelas, and the caption was..

'One toots ones toot, and Tutu toots one too'.

Classic.

[naomi24]

^^Ha ha! Excellent!

[Whickerman]

Hard to add anything...!

EXCEPT - this - http://www.irishtimes...09/1224250319175.html

[lslowry]

saw a dog turd today that looked just like a walnut whip

[naomi24]

Good grief! Your example, Whicker (hello, by the way), is bad enough (and your bidet suggestion is more appropriate) - but I can't see anything at all in your cloud, Eddie. I mean, seriously - are the people that see something in these things the 'full ticket?' (And it's likely the religious apologists will lambaste me for that - but if they feel their criticism is worthy, I'll justifably expect the onslaught to be accompanied by a rational explanation). In Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre one witnesses people weeping and wailing over a piece of stone (supposedly that upon which Christ's body lay in his tomb) - which, if given a moment's thought, clearly can't possibly be genuine. What on earth is going on in these people's heads?

[naomi24]

Sorry - Eddie suggested it looked like a bidet. My mistake.

[birdie1971]

It's a well documented phenomenon known as Pareidolia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia


The ridiculous notion that religious messages or images appear in everyday items is excellently lampooned in this sketch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfqht0LEOWQ