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Woman expects to get "a lot of money" for her Virgin Mary rock
I hate to disappoint a 79-year-old woman, but... Dena Patterson believes eBayers will bid furiously for the rock she found that kind of shows the image of a veiled Mary cradling the baby Jesus in her arms. "I expect to get a lot of money," she says. "This is a rock. It's not like it's a piece of cheese [with the image of Mary]." (Tampa Tribune)
May 15, 2008 | Permalink
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The buyers are nuts or just into extreme Virgin Mary collectables.
Posted by: twerp | May 15, 2008 6:07:07 AM
collectibles...rather
Posted by: twerp | May 15, 2008 6:07:59 AM
Hey, I just looked at ebay and there are several Virgin Mary rocks.
Posted by: twerp | May 15, 2008 6:09:21 AM
If you thought the virgin mary and the baby jesus were on a rock, why would you use it as a doorstop?
Posted by: David | May 15, 2008 6:09:35 AM
It looks like someone's propping ol' Dena upright for her picture. Perhaps the hand of God?
Posted by: ugboss | May 15, 2008 6:15:10 AM
How do we know it isn't the footprint cast of Bigfoot?
Posted by: KDP | May 15, 2008 6:16:14 AM
Big Butter Jesus lives in Ohio!
Posted by: Lou Ford Prefect | May 15, 2008 6:22:03 AM
I'm sorry, but no. Some of these rocks/sandwiches/trees/etc. that people claim have images on them are somewhat neat -- you look at them and think 'Hey, I kinda see what they mean. Sorta does look like Jesus/Santa/Nixon/etc.' But this is a huge stretch. It's a few shapes in a rock.
And besides, anyone can see that this is clearly Grimmace (from mcdonalds) making an :-O face because he's about to be hit in the head by a falling meteorite (directly above his head).
Posted by: EV | May 15, 2008 6:24:06 AM
"I expect to get a lot of money," she says. "This is a rock. It's not like it's a piece of cheese [with the image of Mary]."
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No, this is COMPLETELY different.
Posted by: stopeatingmysesamecake | May 15, 2008 6:32:39 AM
I hope her neighbors will help her with a few dollars to get home.
Posted by: thomas | May 15, 2008 6:33:13 AM
i see a lucrative business in this....
they would do better by taking that money and donating it to a charity or a church somewhere. i dont thnk charities and churches accept paypal.
but i did eat at burger king this morning and did see the image of warhol's campbell's soup can in my french toast sticks. but my hunger overtook my need to fool the public with it.
Posted by: AngrySockMonkey | May 15, 2008 6:34:43 AM
Well, I guess we all know what Charlie Brown is getting for Christmas.
Posted by: jilldini | May 15, 2008 6:39:49 AM
"Patterson, who has had two strokes in recent years, said she is surviving on Social Security checks and does not have much extra money. She hopes the sale of the rock - which served as a doorstop in her home for years - will provide her with enough money to visit her family in West Virginia before her health declines further"
It's kind of hard to feel sorry for her when you realize she's just trying to benefit herself by taking advantage of the stupidity/gullibility of other people.
Posted by: G-Man | May 15, 2008 6:44:15 AM
An image of Mary?? No, it's obviously a depiction of a helmeted extraterrestrial being, like in those old "Ancient Astronaut" books!
Posted by: Mook | May 15, 2008 6:54:57 AM
I hate to break it to the old lady but the image in the rock is not the Virgin Mary holding a baby. It is actually Gloop and Gleep of Herculoidian fame...
http://www.johnrozum.com/images/gloopandgleep.jpg
I'd buy that for a dollar.
Posted by: BallstotheWall | May 15, 2008 7:09:11 AM
The face on that rock is obviously Charlie Chaplin.
Posted by: d'ep | May 15, 2008 7:12:17 AM
Lou...LOL I've driven by Big Butter Jesus a few times. Ridiculous looking.
The rock is pretty cool actually...and I've decided on a new profession. I'm going to find different items with the possible image of the Virgin Mary or Jesus on them and sell them on Ebay...if I can average over 10K on one item...I figure if I sell 5 or more items a year I could support myself. You know...I think one of the old Wooden doors in my house has an image on it!!!
Posted by: Cherie | May 15, 2008 7:20:16 AM
Looked at the picture.
Does not evoke the image of the vigin mary, holy mother of god (and her kid, god jr.).
It looks like a big stone finger, the very finger, in fact, that plays such a large part in the rich stream of communication that graces our commuting hours.
Posted by: nellagain | May 15, 2008 7:34:05 AM
Guys. You are missing the big picture. I sell $10.00 brownies and you can pretty much see whoever/whatever the hell you want.
Posted by: jupiterjim | May 15, 2008 7:35:56 AM
That rock looks more like a cast of one of Bigfoot's feet.
Posted by: Naga Please! | May 15, 2008 7:37:28 AM
Someone will buy it to add to their Virgin Mary rock garden.
Posted by: Phranqlin | May 15, 2008 7:56:11 AM
...people will buy pretty much anything. Take a look at your local Craigslist...it's downright scary.
Posted by: CryMeAriver | May 15, 2008 7:59:36 AM
Juniper...you'd have to sell a hell of a lot of browies to make up for one Virgin Mary image on something for 10K. I'll stick with selling Images to the lemmings...you can have your Bake Sale...
Posted by: Cherie | May 15, 2008 8:09:12 AM
*snickers* Cherie- it's called a wake-n-bake
Posted by: CryMeAriver | May 15, 2008 8:10:14 AM
mY ROCKS AREN'T VIRGIN.
Posted by: A.V. | May 15, 2008 8:29:06 AM
