OT: The Virgin Mary Appears!

Subby · 04-19-2005, 10:57 AM

Mon Apr 18, 1:44 PM ET

Bette Shober (L) and Joanne Vrablik (R) take a closer look at what people believe to be an image of the Virgin Mary under a freeway underpass in Chicago, April 18, 2005. Police said the image might have been caused by stains from road salt that dripped from the Kennedy expressway onto the wall, but hundreds of believers have been coming to the underpass to view the image and pray at the spot. REUTERS/John Gress

Suicane75 · 04-19-2005, 10:58 AM

It looks like a vagina.

Kodos · 04-19-2005, 10:59 AM

I saw that on the local news last night. Just pathetic. I suppose I could go see it in person pretty easily...

WSUCougar · 04-19-2005, 11:00 AM

All I see is a grilled cheese sandwich...?

JeeberD · 04-19-2005, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

It looks like a vagina.

For reals...

Telle · 04-19-2005, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

It looks like a vagina.

Maybe it's Mary's vagina?

KWhit · 04-19-2005, 11:22 AM

You have got to be kidding me.

WrongWay · 04-19-2005, 11:29 AM

Either this picture does not do it justice, or these people are freaking idiots.

MizzouRah · 04-19-2005, 11:40 AM

It looks like some is reaching up to the sky with their hands formed for praying.

Todd

Passacaglia · 04-19-2005, 12:11 PM

Weird. I live on Fullerton, and I take that entrance to get to the Kennedy on my way to work. I was there this morning, but didn't notice anything. Maybe it was too early?

KWhit · 04-19-2005, 12:24 PM

What's the over/under of people who look at this and make some comment about how she appeared to welcome the new pope?

Bea-Arthurs Hip · 04-19-2005, 12:42 PM

They are claiming it resembles Our Lady of Guadalupe..

http://www.sancta.org/cgi/display.no..._night_sky.jpg

http://www.nbc5.com/slideshow/438832...qs=;s=13;w=320

http://www.nbc5.com/news/4388177/detail.html

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Maybe it's Mary's vagina?

You are a real classy guy.

jbmagic · 04-19-2005, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Weird. I live on Fullerton, and I take that entrance to get to the Kennedy on my way to work. I was there this morning, but didn't notice anything. Maybe it was too early?

you should go back and carve it out and sell it on Ebay. you probably get a lot of money for it.

TLK · 04-19-2005, 12:47 PM

I believe she appeared to welcome the new pope.....

Passacaglia · 04-19-2005, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jbmagic

you should go back and carve it out and sell it on Ebay. you probably get a lot of money for it.

I'm more curious about whether I should avoid it because of the traffic, or drive by to see all the craziness.

KWhit · 04-19-2005, 12:49 PM

Thanks for that, Lion King.

WSUCougar · 04-19-2005, 12:50 PM

I think it looks more like a photon torpedo. Maybe I should don some Vulcan ears and head on up the interstate.

MizzouRah · 04-19-2005, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jbmagic

you should go back and carve it out and sell it on Ebay. you probably get a lot of money for it.

What is it a turkey?

Todd

Suicane75 · 04-19-2005, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bea-Arthurs Hip

You are a real classy guy.

Hey, Marys the one showing her vagina to everyone.

judicial clerk · 04-19-2005, 01:11 PM

Are those candles or beer cans at the foot of the image?

Bea-Arthurs Hip · 04-19-2005, 01:13 PM

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Hey, Marys the one showing her vagina to everyone

Once again pure class and tolerance .

Domine Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra, salva nos ab igne inferiori, perduc in cælum omnes animas, præsertim eas, quæ misericordiæ tuæ maxime indigent. Amen.

Suicane75 · 04-19-2005, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bea-Arthurs Hip

Once again pure class and tolerance .

Domine Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra, salva nos ab igne inferiori, perduc in cælum omnes animas, præsertim eas, quæ misericordiæ tuæ maxime indigent. Amen.

Dude, its a stain in a highway underpass.

MizzouRah · 04-19-2005, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bea-Arthurs Hip

Once again pure class and tolerance .

Domine Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra, salva nos ab igne inferiori, perduc in cælum omnes animas, præsertim eas, quæ misericordiæ tuæ maxime indigent. Amen.

Marmel · 04-19-2005, 01:18 PM

It looks more like a penguin than a virgin. To me at least.

Bea-Arthurs Hip · 04-19-2005, 01:21 PM

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Dude, its a stain in a highway underpass.

I understand this, I never claimed it was a miracle or an apparition. I responded to your blasphemous comments about the Mother of God. I was
Offended as I have a great love for the Blessed Mother. Just as if you were to post something here in reference to my earthly mother. That’s it in a nutshell Suicane.

Franklinnoble · 04-19-2005, 01:30 PM

I think it looks like Bea Arthur's vagina.

Suicane75 · 04-19-2005, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

I think it looks like Bea Arthur's vagina.

It is a little green.

Bea-Arthurs Hip · 04-19-2005, 01:37 PM

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I think it looks like Bea Arthur's vagina.

gottimd · 04-19-2005, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

It is a little green.

Hey Green is my favorite color, I take offense to that!

Passacaglia · 04-19-2005, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by judicial clerk

Are those candles or beer cans at the foot of the image?

I think I read that people lit candles, but there are always homeless in that underpass, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were beer cans. Which of course makes me think it's a good thing Mary came down to support some woman taking a nursing school test, ignoring the homeless that are ALWAYS in that underpass.

sterlingice · 04-19-2005, 02:22 PM

...

SI

Telle · 04-19-2005, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Bea-Arthurs Hip

I understand this, I never claimed it was a miracle or an apparition. I responded to your blasphemous comments about the Mother of God. I was
Offended as I have a great love for the Blessed Mother. Just as if you were to post something here in reference to my earthly mother. That’s it in a nutshell Suicane.

So how is mentioning Mary's vagina blasphemous? It's one of her most famous attributes.. both for it's virginal state and who she birthed through it. And I personally think that vaginas are beautiful things.. but then maybe I've been getting a little too into the wonders of the female body since my recent out-of-hospital natural childbirth.

Huckleberry · 04-19-2005, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bea-Arthurs Hip

I understand this, I never claimed it was a miracle or an apparition. I responded to your blasphemous comments about the Mother of God. I was
Offended as I have a great love for the Blessed Mother. Just as if you were to post something here in reference to my earthly mother. That’s it in a nutshell Suicane.

What was blasphemous?

Did Mary not have a vagina? I don't recall that part.

Question: through what did Jesus enter the world of men?

I'm pretty sure the answer is Mary's vagina.

Are you just scared of that word? Vagina?

Franklinnoble · 04-19-2005, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Huckleberry

What was blasphemous?

Did Mary not have a vagina? I don't recall that part.

Question: through what did Jesus enter the world of men?

I'm pretty sure the answer is Mary's vagina.

Are you just scared of that word? Vagina?

This post cracks me up.

ISiddiqui · 04-19-2005, 04:26 PM

No, don't you know... Mary didn't have a vagina, it was an ass birth

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Now THAT was blasphamous... and you're welcome.

ice4277 · 04-19-2005, 04:51 PM

So, let me get this straight. It's ok to make fun of the Virgin Mary's vagina, but, it is not ok for me to call it "faggoty" to do so.

ISiddiqui · 04-19-2005, 04:53 PM

Yes. You got it!

Desnudo · 04-19-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Telle

So how is mentioning Mary's vagina blasphemous? It's one of her most famous attributes.. both for it's virginal state and who she birthed through it. And I personally think that vaginas are beautiful things.. but then maybe I've been getting a little too into the wonders of the female body since my recent out-of-hospital natural childbirth.

I don't think it was so much blasphemous as an opportunity to spout sanctimonious bull shit.

Telle · 04-19-2005, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Desnudo

I don't think it was so much blasphemous as an opportunity to spout sanctimonious bull shit.

Oooooh... now that makes much more sense

Desnudo · 04-19-2005, 05:27 PM

Carpe diem!

Franklinnoble · 04-19-2005, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Desnudo

Carpe diem!

Or, better still, Carpe Lumbus!

sterlingice · 04-19-2005, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Desnudo

I don't think it was so much blasphemous as an opportunity to spout sanctimonious bull shit.

Kindof like a certain "faggoty" thread, which is growing ever longer as we speak?

SI

Joe Canadian · 04-19-2005, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Huckleberry

Are you just scared of that word? Vagina?

Because I'm feeling extra immature today...

Vagina!!! Vagina!!! Vagina!!!

Desnudo · 04-19-2005, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

Or, better still, Carpe Lumbus!

Don't need to tell me twice.

Passacaglia · 04-20-2005, 06:49 AM

Anyway, back to the rest of the Virgin Mary...I drove past it on my way home yesterday, and there was a policeman directing traffic from the exit ramp, and I'd say at least 100 people there. There were a few flags hung on the wall -- one was city of Chicago flag, and the other two I couldn't recognize. As I drove away on Fullerton, there were a lot of people walking toward it, but it was a warm day, so there might have been a lot of people out anyway, although probably not that many at 3 PM on a weekday. On my way to work this morning, there was still at least one policeman on the scene, and about 10-15 people there, some taking pictures -- I expected there to be fewer people at 6:15 am, though.

I'm curious as to how long this thing will last. It doesn't look like it's going anywhere, so it will probably last until people get bored with it.

Airhog · 04-20-2005, 06:51 AM

Carpe Jugulum!

Huckleberry · 04-20-2005, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Telle

So how is mentioning Mary's vagina blasphemous? It's one of her most famous attributes.. both for it's virginal state and who she birthed through it. And I personally think that vaginas are beautiful things.. but then maybe I've been getting a little too into the wonders of the female body since my recent out-of-hospital natural childbirth.

Rock on. My older daughter was born with the help of a midwife at a hospital. My younger daughter was born at home with a midwife. The at-home experience was fantastic.

Congratulations.

Subby · 04-20-2005, 09:43 AM

I think there is an uncanny resemblence to the Virgin Mary that I have seen depicted in murals and paintings...the western european one, not the black one...

Telle · 04-20-2005, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Huckleberry

Rock on. My older daughter was born with the help of a midwife at a hospital. My younger daughter was born at home with a midwife. The at-home experience was fantastic.

Congratulations.

Thank you. I really can't stop telling people about how amazing the experience was. I had my daughter at a birthing center and it was great there, but I'm contemplating a home birth in the future (especially if we move to an area without any freestanding birthing centers).

timmynausea · 04-20-2005, 06:42 PM

Guys, there is no way that was really the Virgin Mary. I was looking at her schedule earlier and she is booked for the whole week on a tortilla in Iowa.

04-19-2005, 11:00 AM	#4
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	All I see is a grilled cheese sandwich...? __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

04-19-2005, 12:11 PM	#10
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Weird. I live on Fullerton, and I take that entrance to get to the Kennedy on my way to work. I was there this morning, but didn't notice anything. Maybe it was too early? __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

04-19-2005, 12:49 PM	#16
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Thanks for that, Lion King. Last edited by KWhit : 04-19-2005 at 12:49 PM.

04-19-2005, 12:50 PM	#17
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	I think it looks more like a photon torpedo. Maybe I should don some Vulcan ears and head on up the interstate. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

04-19-2005, 01:18 PM	#24
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	It looks more like a penguin than a virgin. To me at least. __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

04-19-2005, 10:58 AM	#2
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	It looks like a vagina.

04-19-2005, 10:59 AM	#3
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I saw that on the local news last night. Just pathetic. I suppose I could go see it in person pretty easily...

04-19-2005, 11:22 AM	#7
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	You have got to be kidding me.

04-19-2005, 11:29 AM	#8
WrongWay Banned Join Date: Jan 2005	Either this picture does not do it justice, or these people are freaking idiots.

04-19-2005, 11:40 AM	#9
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	It looks like some is reaching up to the sky with their hands formed for praying. Todd

04-19-2005, 12:24 PM	#11
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	What's the over/under of people who look at this and make some comment about how she appeared to welcome the new pope?

04-19-2005, 12:47 PM	#14
TLK Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Allen Park, MI	I believe she appeared to welcome the new pope.....

04-19-2005, 01:11 PM	#20
judicial clerk College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Portland, OR	Are those candles or beer cans at the foot of the image?

04-19-2005, 01:30 PM	#26
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	I think it looks like Bea Arthur's vagina.

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04-19-2005, 04:26 PM	#35
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	No, don't you know... Mary didn't have a vagina, it was an ass birth . Now THAT was blasphamous... and you're welcome. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

04-19-2005, 04:51 PM	#36
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	So, let me get this straight. It's ok to make fun of the Virgin Mary's vagina, but, it is not ok for me to call it "faggoty" to do so.

04-19-2005, 04:53 PM	#37
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Yes. You got it! __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

04-19-2005, 05:27 PM	#40
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	Carpe diem!

04-20-2005, 06:49 AM	#45
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Anyway, back to the rest of the Virgin Mary...I drove past it on my way home yesterday, and there was a policeman directing traffic from the exit ramp, and I'd say at least 100 people there. There were a few flags hung on the wall -- one was city of Chicago flag, and the other two I couldn't recognize. As I drove away on Fullerton, there were a lot of people walking toward it, but it was a warm day, so there might have been a lot of people out anyway, although probably not that many at 3 PM on a weekday. On my way to work this morning, there was still at least one policeman on the scene, and about 10-15 people there, some taking pictures -- I expected there to be fewer people at 6:15 am, though. I'm curious as to how long this thing will last. It doesn't look like it's going anywhere, so it will probably last until people get bored with it. __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

04-20-2005, 06:51 AM	#46
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04-20-2005, 09:43 AM	#48
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	I think there is an uncanny resemblence to the Virgin Mary that I have seen depicted in murals and paintings...the western european one, not the black one... __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

04-20-2005, 06:42 PM	#50
timmynausea College Starter Join Date: Dec 2002	Guys, there is no way that was really the Virgin Mary. I was looking at her schedule earlier and she is booked for the whole week on a tortilla in Iowa.

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