In Poland, we have this abomination:
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To make it worse, it stands looking upon a cheap supermarket and the sheet metal crown used to hide a cellphone tower. They removed it after they realized, that Jesus’ head is being used to transmit porn.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Not far away we had what everyone called “Big Butter Jesus” or “Touchdown Jesus”:
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The “Big Butter” part comes from the region’s fascination with making butter sculptures:
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The “Touchdown” name, for those that don’t know USA Football (Grid Iron), this is the same gesture the referee makes to signal a valid goal:
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However, after being around for years, Touchdown Jesus is no more. I’m not making this up, it was struck by lightning and being made of fiberglass, burned to the ground.
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Thank you for giving me a good laugh.
solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
This was the context I never knew I needed, thank you.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
If the ending of my story was too abrupt, and you wanted to spend just a bit more time with Touchdown Jesus, here’s the video a passerby caught of Touchdown Jesus burning. You can see the fire fighting vehicle on the left hand side, and the occasional flashes of lighting as the storm that started the fire rages on.
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MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 hours ago
I cannot articulate how perfect this synopsis is.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
That is absolutely glorious.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Thought he was butter because he looks half melted