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Old 04-21-2005, 10:40 PM   #31
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Given that we are supposed to be dealing with all powerful supernatural beings, I always wonder why these "miraculous" images are of such questionable quality. Surely full colour photorealistic images aren't beyond their ability?
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Old 04-22-2005, 06:17 AM   #32
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Yeah, and I saw Yoda in the clouds yesterday. So what does that tell you?

C'mon people! It's a freakin' water stain! :banghead: The city needs to get a crew out there to fix it.

I think I'm going to go home and cook up a bunch of grilled cheeses to see what I can come up with. It could be worth something!
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Old 04-22-2005, 07:56 AM   #33
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Look!
It's the Virgin Mary!
I would recognize her anywhere.
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Old 04-22-2005, 08:03 AM   #34
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When I find myself beside a freeway,
Mother Mary comes to me,
She is just a wall stain,
Let it pee.
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Old 04-22-2005, 08:08 AM   #35
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Don't tell the fundies I got about half a dozen stains just like this in my basement. Ok, I only got four, but they do bear a striking resemblance to.....water stains.

...just like the one in the underpass.

So why is it only Mary that has images of her pop up in random places? Why don't we get images of, say, St. Christopher, or JC himself?

The mind boggles.

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Old 04-22-2005, 08:16 AM   #36
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Yeah, and I saw Yoda in the clouds yesterday. So what does that tell you?

C'mon people! It's a freakin' water stain! :banghead: The city needs to get a crew out there to fix it.
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A bystander touches the section of the Kennedy Expressway underpass on Chicago's northwest side Tuesday, April 19, 2005, where a yellow and white stain on a concrete wall, many believe to be an image of the Virgin Mary has been discovered.
Water you say? White and yellow stains on a concrete overpass wall, whatever could it be? Looks like plain old wino piss to me. Here is one of the faithfull communing with the piss stain. I mean, if the spirits move you feel free to chant "All hail the holiest mother of all piss stains!", while rubbing you damn hands over a piss stain on an underpass but wash your hands before lunch will ya! (I think these people have forgotten some important lessons that I learned in college: never drink any spirits stronger that Gin before breakfast.)
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I think I'm going to go home and cook up a bunch of grilled cheeses to see what I can come up with. It could be worth something!
Mmmmm, Blessed Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese, how sacri-licious!

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Old 04-22-2005, 08:19 AM   #37
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i am gonna splice this with the other thread on this topic.
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Old 04-22-2005, 01:38 PM   #38
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I also thought this thread said "underpants stain". Since so many of us misread the title, it could be a message from above.

Perhaps her next appearance will be on (or in?) somebody's tighty-whiteys.
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Old 04-23-2005, 01:50 AM   #39
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Its a simple case of a salt (or some other type of) stain happening to bear a superfical resemlance to a human form. Your imagination finlls in the details. Here's and excellant example:
The Face on Mars

Check out the 3 images taken over the years as resloution got better. :Cheeky:
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Wow, theyve added a lot of candles since last time I saw a picture.... People can be amazingly stupid sometimes. Honestly, i really want to walk over there with a garden hose and end it.

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