In Ohio (USA) a six story high statue of Jesus holding his hands up like he just scored a goal against Brazil in the world cup was struck by lightening and raised to the ground (there is even a youtube of it!) Here is a picture of the statue (before the strike) all I can say is, what an eye-sore, or as our tree hugging Prince Charles would probably say "its a monstrous carbuncle"
Locals called it "touchdown Jesus" because of the position of its arms, I would be less charitable, but as always in these kinds of situations the hand of reality is more powerful than the hand of God, here is the "after" shot once those satanic electrons and exothermic chemical reactions had taken their natural course..
Maybe the builders of this statue should have spent a little more time listening in science class (especially the bit about electricity and lightening conductors) and a little less time dreaming about anthropomorphising ancient mythology. I could make a joke at this point about Americans insisting on frying everything, but I won't, that would be tacky, just like this foam and plaster idol!
3 comments:
Obviously a sign from God.
Obviously! :)
The construction looked a bit papier-mache jesus to me. They will probably spend $500K in tax exempt donations to build a larger, fire-proof version. Which is probably a much better use of the money than helping people who are poor & need to eat, for example.
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