Virgin Mary Cheese Sandwich Arrives At Ripley's Museum - With Bodyguards

[matcom]

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The possibly miraculous grilled cheese sandwich arrived in San Francisco on Wednesday, accompanied by bodyguards.

It will be here for five days only. The grilled cheese sandwich has prior commitments and cannot long remain.

"We're excited to have it,'' said Ian Iljas, manager of the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum at Fisherman's Wharf, which is hosting the sandwich during its Bay Area visit.

Banners hung from the museum entrance. The eyes of the bug-eyed wax man seemed to bug out just a bit more as the sandwich was unveiled in a prime location, next to the 2-foot-wide ball of string and the vampire-killing kit.

The sandwich is said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary in its grill marks. It was cooked 10 years ago by a Florida woman, who sold it in November to an Internet casino for $28,000. The casino took the sandwich on a nationwide tour, out of the goodness of its heart.

"People need to find spirituality these days,'' said Eric Amgar, the sandwich's advance man. "There's nothing wrong with helping them to do that.''

The sandwich was facing a spiritual tough sell in San Francisco, however, where absolutely no one thought the image was that of the Virgin Mary.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/17/BAGPSBCLVV1.DTL

[Jamastiene]

1. You GOTTA be shitting me.

They sent that thing to my dream town? Oh God, save me from some of your followers. Please. I'm begging you...

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[sendero]

3. It boggles the mind..

... the very idea that if there was a God who wanted to tell them something he could just pop in the sky and say it never occurs to them.

They look for the answer in a cheese sandwich. And just what is God saying, "eat at Denny's"? It's just unbelievable.

[Zuni]

8. relax

this is too funny to get angry over. Just sit back and be glad that this doesn't end with violence or disease killing lots of people.

[Sporadicus]

4. Actually, the Ripley's Museum Is the Perfect Repository

It's a testament to the lengths 'true believers' will reach to find proof through some esoteric revelation...or it's proof of the old adage, 'more money than sense.' Believe It...or Not!

[matcom]

5. kick

cause you can never get enough Virgin cheese :bounce:

[pinniped]

6. Count me in as another nay.

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[Zuni]

7. Is this the redneck Shroud of Turin?

I don't know, but I am glad I live in a world that this can happen in. It is news like this that I actually like to read.