March 22, 2010
Published: 14 May 09 13:48 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/19452/20090514/
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A restaurant in southern Sweden has put a potato up for auction after staff discovered what they believed to be the face of Jesus Christ in a spud that "hopped out of the frying pan" earlier this week.
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But then again, I'm a Mormon.
One thing I want to know is, how come whenever someone sees a face in food (or anything else for that matter) why do automatically assume it's the face of Jesus or the Virgin Mary? How come they don't say, "Oh look, honey. There's the face of Keith Richards in my grilled cheese sandwich." :shrugs:
Except it wasn't Jebus, but he had vomited over a baby.
Hit the bus window and rebounded it did.
Mum unhappy.
'Fried potato with 'face of Mohammad' on eBay'
Yes - or No.
Things that make you go HHhhhmmmmm...
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Most stupid occurrence for sometime...
*what is the world coming to?*
:footnote: NO.
Stupidity is catching...
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The "software" in our brains is set up to present information to us based on a "model" of the world around us. As a safety feature it is much better to mistake a shadow for an attacker than an attacker for a shadow. Therefore we are prone to create mental images where infact none exist.
This is why we see faces in clouds... or especially if you are cathiolic, undereducated and often female, the virgin mary!
Rorschach test?
Creeps
Here's an example of it:
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I wonder how much you could get if you ripped up that bit and put it on E-Bay?
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*one only....at present!*
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*one of his angels perhaps?*
Family see Jesus image in Marmite
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8071865.stm
*reminder, must restock the back gold*
And just like Jesus, this thread comes back from the dead to eat your brains!
Family see Jesus image in Marmite
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8071865.stm
*slow, or just another great mind?* ::wink::
Scroll down to post #26:
http://www.thelocal.se/discuss/index.php?s...15&start=15
I tried to make the topic a little clearer, but remember that almost anyone can change it to whatever they want (within reason).