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Workers at a gourmet chocolate company, Bodega Chocolates, discovered under a vat a 2-inch-tall column of chocolate drippings that they believe bears a striking resemblance to the Virgin Mary.
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That is by no means the Virgin Mary, but quite obviously an owl with squinted eyes sitting on a slap of rock (the owl is looking to the left in the pictures).
Don Enrico
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Have a look at the beak, Random Dan! This bird belongs to the order Strigiformes, not Falconiformes!
Don "not an ornithologist and not playing one on TV" Enrico
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That would go really well with the Mother Teresa cinnamon roll...
You know, one might hope that one's deities would choose to reveal themselves in less edible and ephemeral ways.
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quote:Originally posted by Random Dan: My Maltese Falcon observation was a reference to this 1941 publicity photo.
I think the evidence speaks for itself.
Random Dan
You may have a point there, Random Dan.
Does anybody have a scale modell of Humphrey Bogart at hand to re-create the picture above with the chocolate bird from the OP? Not that you would need to scale down Mr. Bogart a lot, but ...
Don "looks bigger on TV" Enrico
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quote:Originally posted by Oceanic Aura: That would go really well with the Mother Teresa cinnamon roll...
You know, one might hope that one's deities would choose to reveal themselves in less edible and ephemeral ways.
Or at least something healthy and nutritious. Why hasn't there been Virgin Mary broccoli or a Jesus carrot? Seems like God is a junk food junkie, just like me
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quote:Originally posted by Don Enrico: Does anybody have a scale modell of Humphrey Bogart at hand to re-create the picture above with the chocolate bird from the OP? Not that you would need to scale down Mr. Bogart a lot, but ...
That is the chocolate bird from the OP. Random Dan is faking his evidence!
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quote:Originally posted by Don Enrico: Does anybody have a scale modell of Humphrey Bogart at hand to re-create the picture above with the chocolate bird from the OP? Not that you would need to scale down Mr. Bogart a lot, but ...
That is the chocolate bird from the OP. Random Dan is faking his evidence!
I did use photoshop, but only to clean up some..er.. scratches.
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quote:Originally posted by Oceanic Aura: That would go really well with the Mother Teresa cinnamon roll...
You know, one might hope that one's deities would choose to reveal themselves in less edible and ephemeral ways.
Or at least something healthy and nutritious. Why hasn't there been Virgin Mary broccoli or a Jesus carrot? Seems like God is a junk food junkie, just like me
That's because God is love.
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quote:Originally posted by Don Enrico: Does anybody have a scale modell of Humphrey Bogart at hand to re-create the picture above with the chocolate bird from the OP? Not that you would need to scale down Mr. Bogart a lot, but ...
That is the chocolate bird from the OP. Random Dan is faking his evidence!
I only realised that now!
Good Job, Random Dan!
Don "impressed by chocolate" Enrico
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If Christ and the BVM only appear in delicious treats, does that mean we can expect Satan to manifest iin a quiche? Or is that a redundancy...
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Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus Make me feel good inside Got to be a chocolate Jesus Keep me satisfied
Well I don't want no Anna Zabba Don't want no Almond Joy There ain't nothing better Suitable for this boy Well it's the only thing That can pick me up Better than a cup of gold See only a chocolate Jesus Can satisfy my soul
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quote:Since the discovery Monday, Angiano's employees have spent much of their time hovering over the tiny figure, praying and placing rose petals and candles around it.
Is that the smartest thing you can do, lighting candles next to meltable chocolate?!
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I think if my employees were hovering around instead of doing any actual work, they wouldn't be my employees much longer. "OK, that's enough, if you want the chocolate mary, you can buy her on ebay."
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"Now if you'll excuse me, I need to appear on a tortilla." - The Simpsons.
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"Hey you got chocolate on my Mary!" "Hey you got Mary in my chocolate!"
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I think it looks like an owl as well. Also, you all OMANK
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Many See Virgin Mary in Chocolate Drippings from a Vat
With word of the discovery spreading, a steady stream of the curious and devout have been making the pilgrimage to Bodega's lobby where the tiny chocolate piece is displayed.
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Gone are the days when God appeared in a burning bush. Now God and Mary appear as food.
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quote:Originally posted by VersesBatman: Gone are the days when God appeared in a burning bush. Now God and Mary appear as food.
A sign of the times perhaps?
People used to worship fire, now they worship food.
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According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a worker in a Kenosha factory accidentally became trapped in a vat of chocolate. He was freed after 2.5 hours of softening the chocolate with cocoa butter, a duration that seems to me to be un-conch-enable....
I wonder if such and experience makes a person prone to visions of the Blessed Chocolate Virgin?
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