Virgin Mary Pizza Pan

[groover]

Religious Sightings

A shrine in Houston is dedicated to an image bearing the likeness of the Virgin Mary that appeared on a baking pan on Feb. 23, 2007. Guadalupe Rodriguez, a cafeteria worker at Pugh Elementary on the East Side, not pictured, discovered the image while cleaning the dishes from lunch on Ash Wednesday. The cooking sheet is now on display in the front yard of a home a few blocks away from the school, with numerous visitors coming to see the image.
(Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle/AP Photo)

If the Virgin Mary is appearing in a pizza pan, it must mean that Jesus is going to rise soon, as soon as the dough is ready!

[Chris D]

Make mine pepperoni.

[Jimmy Cantiello]

Looks like male genitalia to me.

[Mike Schwartz]

I'm kinda partial to the grease stains on the upper side boarders

[Dr Dave]

Nah, it's Jesus's thumb!

[steve(thelil)]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Cantiello

Looks like male genitalia to me.

As they say, you see what you wanna see.

I see a joystick. (No, it's not the same thing)

[rollhead]

Well, at least you can eat the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich.



And the Jesus fishstick:

[groover]

Originally Posted by rollhead

Well, at least you can eat the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich.

Looks more like Mary Pickford to me.



Mary Pickford in the 1920s

[rollhead]

This is my Milton Friedman Texas Toast. I am going to sell it at an auction at the Heritage Foundation if Gordon won't give me $10,000 for it.

[rollhead]

Originally Posted by groover

Looks more like Mary Pickford to me.



Mary Pickford in the 1920s

I had a girlfriend once who was a dead ringer for Dorothy Gish. She dumped me, which is why I am so mean today.

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by rollhead

Well, at least you can eat the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich.



And the Jesus fishstick:

Marcello is on his way!

[Dan G]

On one of the more bizarre episodes of Miami Ink, the woman who grilled the Virgin Mary grilled cheese had it tattooed on her boob. Kat von D, the tattoo artist, was happy to do it because a) she is into religious imagery, and b) grilled cheese sandwiches are one of her favorite foods.

The woman probably would have been better off spending the money on dental work than a tattoo.

[steve(thelil)]

I once had an egg McMuffin that looked just like Elvis's Fetus's dead twin Jesse.

[groover]

pan marked by super supreme being
From correspondents in Houston, Texas
February 27, 2007 12:00am

Article from:


WHEN an image of the Virgin Mary appeared on one of their pizza pans on Ash Wednesday, the dinner ladies at Pugh Elementary School knew that it had to be more than just the cheese and pepperoni talking. This had to be a message from God.

Guadalupe Rodriguez, 59, who had scrubbed at the greasy stain to no avail, hastened to the head teacher for a second opinion.

The principal confirmed that the school kitchens seemed to have been singled out for divine intervention.

Within hours, the apparition had become the talk of Houston and the pan a focus for pilgrims.

One woman arrived at dawn the next day to seek healing for her disabled grandson; another prayed for God's blessing on her eight-year-old's coming hospital operation.

Throughout the weekend, worshippers flocked to the home where the pan is now on display to pay their respects.

"I see an image of the Blessed Mother. It's a sign that something is going to happen," one visitor, Vincent Santiago, said.

This is not the first time that the Virgin Mary's face has appeared in unlikely places.

Previous examples of simulacra - religious images appearing on inanimate objects - include a grilled cheese sandwich bearing the outline of the Madonna, which fetched $US28,000 on the internet for its Florida owner in 2004. She preserved the sandwich in a plastic container, after noticing a Virgin Mary shape on the bread. In 2005, hundreds of visitors left flowers, candles and rosaries in a Chicago underpass after salt residue created a stain resembling the Virgin Mary.

Scientists call this phenomenon religious pareidolia, when the eye sees religious images in objects such as tree trunks and grilled cheese sandwiches. But for true believers, science has nothing to do with it.

The so-called miracle of Pugh Elementary unfolded as Ms Rodriguez scoured the pans that had been used to cook the pupils' lunch of pizza, chicken nuggets and cookies.

"On the third rinse, I started watching it, trying to discover what it was," she said.

"It showed to me like it is the Virgin Mary."

Anel Villareal, a pupil, recalled the excitement around the school.

"They said, 'The Virgin is in the cafeteria' and I ran over there to see and, my God, it was the Virgin. I cried when I see her with my own eyes."

The hallowed item has been put on show outside the home of a member of the parent-teacher association. But others, including Ms Rodriguez, say they want a slice of the action -- prompting talks over who should have custody.

Ultimately, interest in the pan might end up being about more than just religious belief.

But Ms Rodriguez, who has been told she can take ownership from today, said: "It's all about faith."

The Times

[rollhead]

Originally Posted by steve(thelil)

I once had an egg McMuffin that looked just like Elvis's Fetus's dead twin Jesse.

I bet Graceland gave you a bundle for it.

[rollhead]

Originally Posted by groover

the Virgin Mary appeared on one of their pizza pans on Ash Wednesday, the dinner ladies at Pugh Elementary School in Houston knew that it had to be more than just the cheese and pepperoni talking. This had to be a message from God

Why does it not surprise me that the same city that brought us Enron (Houston) also brought us the pan-pizza Virgin Mary?


KEN LAY: And most of all, we believe that God in fact is in control and indeed that he does work all things for good for those who love the Lord. And we love our Lord and ultimately, all of these things will work for good.

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by groover

This had to be a message from God.

I say that to myself a half a dozen times a day.

[walto]

Originally Posted by rollhead

This is my Milton Friedman Texas Toast. I am going to sell it at an auction at the Heritage Foundation if Gordon won't give me $10,000 for it.

That looks more like Groucho to me.

I saw a Trotsky tree limb once. Never figured out a way to sell it or even took a picture, though. Dumb schmuck, I am.

[groover]

If Pizza Hut can get their hands on that pan, they might really expand their market with Virgin Mary Pan Pizza. A little taste of the Holy Mother in every bite!

[rollhead]

Originally Posted by walto

That looks more like Groucho to me.

I saw a Trotsky tree limb once. Never figured out a way to sell it or even took a picture, though. Dumb schmuck, I am.

The last think you want to do is get caught with a Trotsky tree limb in Mexico City.

[Gary Sisco]

Go ahead and scoff. One day you'll see for yourself Our Lady Of The Buick Bumper.

[john williams]

Hey, you might have the virgin - I'm not so sure she's a virgin anyway coz she sure gets around! - but we have the Messiah himself on the side of a railway platform at Waverton station, Sydney.



Or maybe it's William Shakespeare.

[GoodSpeak]

I am reminded of a time were a Bakersfield resident claimed he could see the Virgin Mary in a hub cap.


Right.



And I can see Jesus in GW Bush.






Pssh

[Pete C]

I once saw an oatmeal cookie with 72 virgins. The 73 of us fought over it.

[Ron Thorne]

Originally Posted by steve(thelil)

I once had an egg McMuffin that looked just like Elvis's Fetus's dead twin Jesse.

Of course you did.

[Gary Sisco]

I saw Elvis the other day at Lum's. He ain't dead. He is fat.