A Sign that Money Alters Vision

Ever take a look up into the sky and see clouds a bunch of clouds. Stare a little more, and you’ll start to see a rabbit or a turtle, sitting there in the puffy ceiling. But over the past few years, eBay has provided us the luxury of witnessing signs of prominent religious figures in the modern world.

The only reason that I took the time to write this article today is because of a friend’s experience. Today, my buddy Will was eating a hotdog, one that he got at the cookout festival. We were sitting on the couch watching “E.T” on the television, and all of a sudden, we hear, “Oh my god, look at that!”

To our surprise, we looked to see remnants of a hotdog in its bun. But not only that, it looked like a thumb, complete with fingernail. Instantly, we thought about the inplications of the whole situation, and decided that getting cameras and taking some photos of it was the best and probably most satirical way handle the situation.

If this didn’t happen earlier today, I probably wouldn’t have thought about or decided to write about visions and money. If you take a close look, you might be able to see what I am talking about with the hotdog. This is the same case with many of the religious figures that we are seeing on eBay.

First off, lets start with the grilled cheese sendwich with the picture of the Virgin Mary. A sandwich made over 10 years ago sold on eBay in November of 2004 for $28,000 to the Golden Palace Casino, who had planned to take the sandwich on tour before selling the grilled cheese sandwich and giving the proceeds to charity.

Diane Duyser, the woman who made the grilled chesse at her house, claimed that

I went to take a bite out of it, and then I saw this lady looking back at me. I hollered for my husband. It scared me at first.

Mrs. Duyser claims that the sandwich has brough her luck; She has won over $70,000 at a casino near her Florida home. But just how much of this is truth? Since this major sale, we’ve seen many knock-offs come out on eBay.

Another example: Jesus toast. This is another one of the knock-offs that have come out since the sale of the Virgin Mary grilled cheese. After doing some research on Google and Yahoo, I’ve come across how to make your own Jesus Toast. This is definitely an interesting article about how to make your Jesus toast. An excerpt follows:

Carefully cut little slices of butter and arrange them to make the face of The Messiah, making sure to focus on the crucial beard/mullet areas. Inadvertenty note that “Jesus has a butterface” and immediately feel such tremendous guilt that you break down and pray. Very good, my son.

If you’re too lazy to make your own, or you want a piece of supposed “history”, there is currently a Jesus Toast Auction on eBay. And if you’re really interested, I’ve even caught a glimpse of a rare breed of George W. Bush Toast as well. This case, its not only on eBay, but more like manyfactured in a kitchen with a toastburning kit.
That brings me to my main point. Are people sacraficing religious figures to make a profit. I’d say in 99 percent of the cases, yes. I only say 99 percent because I am leaving some wiggle room for those who may have legitimately found their toast that way.

Ponder this: If Jesus (or some other sacren religious figure) appears in your food, shouldn’t that be special to you? Aren’t you either going to keep it, sealed air-tight, or eat it, so the figure “can live inside of you”?
This also fits well with my previous writeup about responsible profitability, relating greed and how the exploitation of common good is regularly taken for granted.

The results of the thumb-like hotdog?