Gives new meaning to a supreme pizza.
Ma-DOH-na!
Venerating a baking sheet? Might I suggest God would be the proper focus of worship?
"AveCado"
Reminds me of the old SNL skit with Fr. Guido Sarducci and his "Finda da Pope ina da Pizza" contest.
At least that smudge does actually look like an image.
Gee, the headline seems so positive. If the headline writer gives their imprimatur, I guess it's a done deal.
I guess if it brings some people peace and happiness than I don't see the harm. I agree that it looks like a thumb though or at least a finger pointing. Our world is so serious that people seek out things to calm them down. As a Catholic, I think it is cool that people get some happiness out of it.
'Virgin Mary' toast fetches $28,000
The toast is not intended for consumption
A decade-old toasted cheese sandwich said to bear an image of the Virgin Mary has sold on the eBay auction website for $28,000.
An internet casino confirmed it had purchased the sandwich, saying it had become a "part of pop culture".
Goldenpalace.com says it will take the sandwich on world tour before selling it and donating the money to charity.
Diane Duyser, from Florida, says the sandwich has never gone mouldy since she made it 10 years ago.
By the time the sandwich auction closed on Monday the sale had received over 1.7 million hits on the auction site.
'Mystical power'
"We will definitely use the sandwich to raise money for charity, and we hope it will raise people's spirits as well," said Richard Rowe, the casino's CEO.
"With the... thousands of search engine queries, it is obvious that this is something people want to know more about... and Golden Palace will help spread the word.
"We believe that everyone should be able to see it and learn of its mystical power for themselves."
Last week, Mrs Duyser told reporters the sandwich had brought her luck - including winnings of $70,000 at a casino near her Florida home.
I went to take a bite out of it, and then I saw this lady looking back at me. I hollered for [my husband]. It scared me at first
Diane Duyser
Mrs Duyser says she noticed the image burned into her sandwich as she was about to tuck into it in autumn 1994.
"I went to take a bite out of it, and then I saw this lady looking back at me," she said, according to the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
"I hollered for him," she said, gesturing to her husband, Greg. "It scared me at first."
She says she has done nothing to preserve the sandwich except keeping it in a plastic box, but "it doesn't fall apart or crumble or anything".
Nevertheless, before auctioning her sandwich Mrs Duyser cautioned buyers that it was "not intended for consumption".
The item has inspired sellers to place dozens of spin-off items on the online auction site, including attempts at replica burnt toast, T-shirts, ornamental plates, and domain names.
One seller is even offering a "Virgin Mary" sandwich toaster - though the item description includes the caveat that the item "may or may not reproduce the Virgin Mary image".
If people need to see a silhouette of the virgin mary on a cookie sheet to validate their faith then perhaps there isn't a whole lot of faith there to begin with. Just my humble opinion.
You never know when someone will pop up, eh :>)
I'm pretty sure I saw Ringo Starr at a bus stop in Gillete, Wyoming once.
Ping
Words fail me...
I have to say it looks as if someone was cooking a pork chop.
Just saying that's what it could be.
I washed the Twelve Apostles off of my baking sheet.
Valentine's Day. Drop cookies.
It's a pity this woman didn't give more thought to this. Had she convinced an innocent little girl to claim that Mary materialized as the cafeteria marm, and had personally handed her the tray along with an innocuous greeting for all people, perhaps she could have gotten the RCC to build a shrine at the school.
Dang, she's really been getting around lately.