You're probably just not squinting hard enough!
I try to imagine eavesdropping on this scene and all I hear is "Look over there - it's the Virgin Mary! Why she's here to protest the war in Iraq, of course. It must be that Mother Teresa's doing. It's a complete miracle! Now, let's gather round & pray."
Fortunately, for those of us with a few marbles left, there is a God.
Posted by ÿ at February 11, 2003 04:00 AMI like the Mother Teresa bit -- how long before she gets confused with the Virgin Mary? 100 years? 200?
The cult of the Virgin Mary is actually a fascinating study, from Our Lady of Akita in Japan, to Fatima in Portugal to Guadalupe in Mexico (my personal favourite). How did this figure, who's not mentioned much more than a dozen times in the Bible, become the instrument for such widespread devotion? Is it a gender thing?
you know, if I squint my eyes, the water bottle on my desk starts to look a little like her (head crowned in blue, arms open to receive her children). Do you think I should contact the Evian people?
Posted by: marijke on February 11, 2003 02:46 PM .Yes, immediately, let the Evian people know. If nothing else, it could be the start of an excellent ad campaign, and I'm being serious here.
I feel a bit boring for posting this story. It's like making fun of Bush, instead of refraining out of respect for a man with serious learning disability. But I couldn't stop myself. There's something about this quote: "It'll be pretty close to where it was before, but I can't guarantee the miracle, I can't guarantee that I can get the Lady back. But I tell you what, it'll be a great coup if I could."
A miracle! A coup! I fuckin' love it!!!!
Posted by: ÿ on February 11, 2003 03:40 PM .Leave it to Wisconsin to tell it like it is:
"I saw an apparition but it wasn't Mary," Garry Quinn of Hocking, Wisconsin in the US, said referring to the beach's bikini-clad babes. "It's hot out here, so if she does show up, hopefully she will be wearing sunscreen."
from theage.com.au
Posted by: beaners on February 11, 2003 06:17 PM .The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding
bureaucracy.