Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Father, Son, and the Holy Toast

In 1994, Diane Duyser of Hollywood, FL, made some grilled cheese. After taking a bite she looked down at the sandwhich and saw the Virgin Mary's face staring back at her. She was taken aback by this saintly apparition and kept it for ten years. She believed she had been blessed by the Virgin Mary's appearance on her sandwhich. Miraculously the grilled chese sandwhich never rotted over the years and remains in the same condition as when she first removed it from her stove. The grilled cheese performed a second miracle in 2004 by netting Mrs. Duyser $28,000 when she sold the sandwhich on ebay. I believe the real miracle here is the amount of preservatives in the bread and cheese she used.

I personally think it looks more like Greta Garbo than the Virgin Mary.


In 2005, Machelle and Crysta Nylor of Nebraska opened a bag of Rold Gold Honey Mustard pretzels and discovered a pretzel that looked to them like the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus. They sold the 2 inch pretzel on ebay for $10,600.

Again I don't see it. I see a fucked-up treble clef.


In 1996 a manager at a Nashville, TN coffee shop noticed that one of the cinnamon buns he was selling bore a striking resemblance to Mother Teresa. Seven months ago in December of 2005, the infamous "Nun Bun" was stolen! It is feared to have been destroyed by godless heathens.

I DO think this looks like Mother Teresa. Or a Goomba from Super Mario Bros.


The lesson here, I believe, is that people want to see religious icons represented in foodstuff. And they will pay handsomely for it on ebay.

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