Comments on: In a Blaze of Glory

In a Blaze of Glory

tizzie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:48:36 -0800

Update to this. Last night, Big Butter Jesus burnt down. Apparently, it was an act of God.

By: tizzie

tizzie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:51:52 -0800

Amateur on-the-scene video here.

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:53:07 -0800

No word from church officials about whether they plan to rebuild the statue. Christ, it's tempting.

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:54:44 -0800

It'll raise itself in three days.

By: notsnot

notsnot — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:00:55 -0800

orthogonality: "It'll raise itself in three days." Damn it! The *one* time I've got the snappy comeback...

By: EndsOfInvention

EndsOfInvention — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:05:20 -0800

Well you can't say we weren't warned: "You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above..."

By: smoothvirus

smoothvirus — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:12:02 -0800

Wow, I saw a British documentary about statues just two nights ago that featured that statue.

By: chavenet

chavenet — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:23:33 -0800

A wood and styrofoam sculpture over a steel framework anchored in concrete. This is covered with a fiberglass mat and resin exterior. Built to burn, in other words... This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

By: Electric Dragon

Electric Dragon — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:25:07 -0800

Any news on which particular god is suspected? Have any shifty looking characters with big hammers been seen in the vicinity? Or maybe a big Greek bloke with a beard?

By: Stan Carey

Stan Carey — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:25:35 -0800

"I was pretty upset," Andy Caudill says. "Seeing a big thing of our Lord and Savior gone." Icon only imagine.

By: glaucon

glaucon — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:27:37 -0800

I grew up north of that thing and went to college in Cincinnati, so I've driven past it more times than I could count. It's better for drivers, anyways - people would always brake check as they rubbernecked 'da Christ. Or stop their car in the emergency lane to take pictures, which is pretty intelligent on a very busy stretch of highway*. *Note: That is not intelligent.

By: bwg

bwg — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:32:38 -0800

Christ, what an ashhole.

By: adoarns

adoarns — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:46:11 -0800

Just passed this nine days ago en route to Holiday World in southern Indiana. I'm no great theologian but it always seemed so very ostentatious.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:50:47 -0800

Good. That was one crappy Christ. Shouldn't he be a bit bigger than that cross he was supposed to have such trouble with? And what happened -- his prototype Walk On Water! (WOW!) sandals don't work on water?

By: valkyryn

valkyryn — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:54:11 -0800

First thought: "Good lord, that thing was tacky." Second thought: "Oh, shit, that's a covered peril! Did we insure that?" *checks* "Whew." Third thought: "I wonder if GoogleMaps has it..." Nope.

By: vbfg

vbfg — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:54:46 -0800

Is that his Myers-Briggs type on the cross?

By: PlusDistance

PlusDistance — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:58:41 -0800

DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

By: orville sash

orville sash — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:00:05 -0800

Personally, I'm more interested in Big Baby Jesus. And trust me, no one can burn him down.

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:04:36 -0800

Amateur on-the-scene video here. That statue is burning like it was made out of witches and heretics. I'm told they are quite combustible.

By: tizzie

tizzie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:15:08 -0800

The Hustler Superstore, which is located at that same exit, was not affected. I'm just sayin'.

By: samsara

samsara — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:15:47 -0800

Any news on which particular god is suspected? Have any shifty looking characters with big hammers been seen in the vicinity? Or maybe a big Greek bloke with a beard? Definitely betting on Zeus for this one....

By: adipocere

adipocere — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:17:42 -0800

So, they made a giant wire frame connected right to a body of water, but when lightning strikes it during a storm, it "cannot be a coincidence." Ummm .... This sounds like a job for SCIENCE!

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:20:27 -0800

Cut Scene: Oral Roberts is seen walking away from camera whistling. Oral jumps, clicks heels, camera freezes. Cue credits.

By: MtDewd

MtDewd — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:25:00 -0800

Burning Man, East

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:28:14 -0800

This is why I've always worshipped Vulcan. Ain't no little bolt of lightning gonna fry his naked butt! PRAISE VULCAN!

By: I'm Doing the Dishes

I'm Doing the Dishes — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:38:58 -0800

Bing Maps has it. Hint: click the rotate buttons to view it from different angles.

By: charred husk

charred husk — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:40:21 -0800

Nooooo! That was always the highlight of our trip down to see the Red play!

By: charred husk

charred husk — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:49:20 -0800

Also, I love how two different interpretations entered my mind when watching the video of it burning: "God had destroyed that prideful icon." "JESUS IS ON FIRE!! OMG ITS ENDTIMES!!!1!!" On a related tangent, a large church burnt down some months ago here in Toledo. I loved the sense of humor they had about it - they hung a sign out in front of the demolished building that read, "On FIRE for the Lord!"

By: furtive

furtive — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:50:14 -0800

It doesn't matter if half the images are missing, here's the original Fark Photoshop this Amusingly large Jesus thread.

By: jimmythefish

jimmythefish — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:56:42 -0800

Item #14B State Legislature Meeting Item: Jesus-Related Accessory Buildings: Ohio Building Code amendment 41.2.4.5 (b) should read: All butter-like Jesus statues over 50ft tall shall be constructed to be non-flammable (strike inflammable, ambiguous).

By: clvrmnky

clvrmnky — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:57:57 -0800

God is making changes to his career, and has to leave behind the old things that defined that. Sort of like a child star making the leap to adulthood. So cute!

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:00:27 -0800

his prototype Walk On Water! (WOW!) sandals don't work on water? Not unless you have pow - wer...

By: Daddy-O

Daddy-O — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:02:57 -0800

That Jesus guy has the worst luck.

By: a non e mouse

a non e mouse — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:03:09 -0800

Wha whaaa whaaaaat? Jesus was the Terminator???

By: Daddy-O

Daddy-O — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:07:33 -0800

Really though, if you construct a giant lightning rod, anchor it in a pond, and cover it with flammable material you should pretty much expect this to happen.

By: vkxmai

vkxmai — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:16:15 -0800

Speaking of graven images and crazy Christian fundamentalists, Rex's Erection (of Ernest Angley Ministries) probably won't burn down any time soon.

By: tizzie

tizzie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:22:43 -0800

vkxmai, I lived about two blocks away from Rex Humbard when I was in high school. The big house he lived in, on Portage Path in Akron, had a totem pole in the front yard. I always thought that was a bit incongruous.

By: Stan Carey

Stan Carey — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:26:22 -0800

They could replace it with a statue of Mary Margarine.

By: drlith

drlith — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:27:23 -0800

And what to we burn, apart from witches?

By: rocket88

rocket88 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:31:54 -0800

Has anyone blamed the gays yet? No? I blame the gays.

By: lordrunningclam

lordrunningclam — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:32:34 -0800

The only thing visible this morning is the charged frame of the structure. Actually, I think the lightning charge was probably grounded away pretty quickly.

By: adamrice

adamrice — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:32:40 -0800

Obligatory link to MC 900-ft Jesus.

By: inthe80s

inthe80s — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:35:22 -0800

No link to the Big Butter Jesus song?

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:43:35 -0800

Definitely betting on Zeus for this one.... Zeus had the means, motive, and opportunity. However, he claims to have been in Peru, in the guise of a great bull llama, mating with a mortal at the time of the lightninging of the Jesus.

By: kmz

kmz — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:44:42 -0800

"On FIRE for the Lord!" posted by charred husk Eponysterical!

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:48:53 -0800

Crucifried.

By: theora55

theora55 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:49:41 -0800

If there turns out to be a God and a heaven and a hell, we'll all be having a great party.

By: Artful Codger

Artful Codger — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:51:57 -0800

Michelangelo's David ~~it's not~~ it wasn't.

By: dirtdirt

dirtdirt — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:51:59 -0800

Man, if I was God I'd be pissed off enough to strike that thing with lightning too. Can't be bothered to give my kid legs? I'll show you. Compelling quote from the article: "Seeing a big thing of our Lord and Savior gone. It's pretty sad." Indeed.

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:54:17 -0800

Is this the part where we make fun of Christians? Yes, as there is absolutely no difference between someone who dedicates their life to serving the poor and the prisoner, the widow and the orphan, and someone who spends a quarter of a million dollars on a plastic foam and fiberglass idol over a steel frame to publicize their business . Lord, save me your thin-skinned followers.

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:54:38 -0800

I've seen similar incidents where people half-jokingly claimed, "you should have known better for installing that organ/hiring that live band/serving wine at communion."

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:54:44 -0800

* from!

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:57:16 -0800

Oh sure, but if it happened at a Mosque, they'd all be saying "See, this is God's will!" And they're dumb enough they think Muslims have 60 foot tall statues of Mohammed.

By: The Winsome Parker Lewis

The Winsome Parker Lewis — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:58:31 -0800

"I was pretty upset," Andy Caudill says. "Seeing a big thing of our Lord and Savior gone. It's pretty sad." That's basically how I described it too.

By: Hammond Rye

Hammond Rye — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:05:43 -0800

i'd call it a FRIGHTENING rod. (silence)

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:07:26 -0800

And yet God still lets this awesome and ominous thing stand, which most of the normals in Denver hate. I'm just saying, if he's on the Right Wing Christians' side, shouldn't he be zapping the gigantic horrifying statue that greets people to the New World Order Masonic Fema Camp coverup that is the Denver International Airport? All I'm saying is, maybe God is a member of Skull and Bones.

By: wreckingball

wreckingball — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:08:41 -0800

I'm so glad that nobody seems to have been injured in the fire. Because this way I can delight in this news without reservation. Had I known that ghastly thing was only made out of spray-foam and fiberglass, I might have been tempted to torch it ages ago.

By: zarq

zarq — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:09:15 -0800

A shame the video left out what happened afterwards. Damndest thing, too. This voice from the heavens boomed: NEXT TIME, KNOW THY LEVITICUS

By: dhens

dhens — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:09:30 -0800

Meanwhile, further north on I-75, Jesus abides. (Not my photo.)

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:15:26 -0800

The Hustler Superstore, which is located at that same exit, was not affected. I'm just sayin'. You're just sayin' what? That God missed?

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:18:31 -0800

Our church just paid to have a lightning rod installed on our building. If only we had known about this idea!

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:19:07 -0800

A blurry "before" picture on Google Street View. (Cluetip: On the inset map, drag the little yellow man icon around to some of the blue dots to see visitors' photos.)

By: briank

briank — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:20:01 -0800

Just another case of Jesus on toast.

By: Huplescat

Huplescat — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:25:06 -0800

I have an Emglo air compressor and the manufacturer's warranty covers acts of God. The only catch is, you have to get the cops to certify that God did it. On a related note, fundamentalist religionists have a hard time distinguishing the sacred from the profane.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:33:27 -0800

Big Butter is watching you. Well, not anymore...

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:36:04 -0800

I don't understand why they have him rising out of the water in the first place. A reference to baptism? Some Bible story/passage I'm not aware of? As it is, every time I saw a photo of this statue I thought "It's Cthulhu Jesus."

By: valkyryn

valkyryn — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:40:39 -0800

I don't understand why they have him rising out of the water in the first place. I think once you've gotten it in your head that you need to build a massive foam and fiberglass statute of Jesus next to the interstate that one can plausibly assume that you aren't making any sense.

By: tzikeh

tzikeh — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:42:26 -0800

I Can't Believe It's Not Savior!

By: John of Michigan

John of Michigan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:43:58 -0800

If there turns out to be a God and a heaven and a hell, we'll all be having a great party. That pretty much sums up my hopes for the afterlife. (You do get used to hellfire, right, I mean, eventually? Like being in Arizona for a week. Sucks at first, but after a couple of days, you're like, eh.)

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:46:04 -0800

And CROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:51:03 -0800

Today, the Son of God... *sunglasses* became a hunka-hunka-burning-love. YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

By: Juicy Avenger

Juicy Avenger — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:52:35 -0800

I can't stop laughing at how the metal frame of "Touchdown Jesus" looks exactly like a field goal.

By: DreamerFi

DreamerFi — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:11:29 -0800

This far down the thread, and still no Wodan and Thor jokes?

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:12:43 -0800

Christ, what an ash-hole.

By: zarq

zarq — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:13:19 -0800

This far down the thread, and still no Wodan and Thor jokes? Pssst.

By: Rat Spatula

Rat Spatula — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:13:27 -0800

Juicy A., here's your Tuesday theme song.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:13:55 -0800

Oh hot damn, I even searched for that before, but forgot to search including the comma, then realized it after I posted it and now I owe bwg a beer. The end.

By: Esteemed Offendi

Esteemed Offendi — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:14:56 -0800

I guess they haven't learned the riddle of steel yet. Crom laughs at your four winds. He laughs from his mountain.

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:24:43 -0800

This far down the thread, and still no Wodan and Thor jokes? Wodan and Thor and are drinking in a bar with 62ft Jesus. 'Here's mud in yer eye', 62ft Jesus says to Wodan and downs his drink. Time comes to pay the tab, Thor is totally hammered and Wodan says they're broke. 'Looks like the highballs are on me', says 62ft Jesus.

By: DreamerFi

DreamerFi — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:34:23 -0800

Psst Thanks zarq, missed that. You just restored my faith in the site...

By: everichon

everichon — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:39:18 -0800

I can't stop laughing That blasphemous grin will be wiped from your face when charred MechaJesu wrests itself from its turfy bath and walks the land, casually flinging the unfaithful like Beanie Babies about the flat Ohio landscape.

By: QIbHom

QIbHom — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:41:34 -0800

I was trying to ignore the "shifty" comment. While Odhin probably rides a Harley, and therefore knows how to shift, I don't think the Aesir are the shifty type.

By: ericb

ericb — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:55:38 -0800

"'It sent goosebumps through my whole body because I am a believer,' said Levi Walsh, 29. 'Of all the things that could have been struck, I just think that that would be protected. ... It's something that's not supposed to happen, Jesus burning,' he said. 'I had to see it with my own eyes.'"*

By: zarq

zarq — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:58:14 -0800

"It's something that's not supposed to happen, Jesus burning,' he said. Hey Levi? This is not the first time this has happened. Perhaps the Almighty is trying to tell you something, bud.

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:59:21 -0800

It's something that's not supposed to happen until you have a rudimentary understanding of electricity.

By: PHINC

PHINC — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:00:18 -0800

I've heard of this Jesus man.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:06:22 -0800

From the 3rd link... Church officials say it will cost $700,00 to resurrect the giant Jesus. Despite the poor job security these days, I imagine some days it must be loads of fund to be a newspaper editor.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:17:55 -0800

I don't understand why they have him rising out of the water in the first place. The first time He tried to walk on water didn't go so well and He had to take a mulligan.

By: misha

misha — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:37:48 -0800

I don't think the other gods are going to want to take public responsibility for this. It's bad for their image. Now, if a Spartan covered in ashes shows up on video surveillance? Then we have something to worry about. He's running out of deities to kill, after all.

By: six-or-six-thirty

six-or-six-thirty — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:42:27 -0800

Holy shit! I live in Cincy, and the storm last night was insane, constant lightning, watched two buildings get hit, it was incredible. This, however... I don't know. Weird as it may be I think the whole region is going to reel over it. It's kind of a thing around here. Everybody knows Touchdown Jesus. Honestly, I can't believe I found out about it on MeFi.

By: vibrotronica

vibrotronica — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:05:45 -0800

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: MC 900-ft Jesus is the best MC name in the history of MC names. Also: Take heart! The Statue of Liberation Through Christ still stands!

By: zarq

zarq — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:09:52 -0800

Also: Take heart! The Statue of Liberation Through Christ still stands! She depicts and combines Christianity with patriotism to showcase the origins of God's design for America. She stands over 72 feet at the corner of Winchester and Kirby Road in Memphis.
You mean it really exists? Like in the real world, exists? I always thought the site was an elaborate religious metaphor.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:11:17 -0800

Any news on which particular god is suspected? Have any shifty looking characters with big hammers been seen in the vicinity? I don't know, Thor has worked so hard to clean up his image, and he's been busy with his film lately, it just doesn't make sense for him to do this. I wonder if someone is trying to frame him. Does Loki have an alibi?

By: vibrotronica

vibrotronica — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:17:10 -0800

Oh yes, it exists.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:17:11 -0800

What a bummer. I'm pretty anti-religion, but I love big, wacked out stuff like this. I'll bet that there are plenty of non-Christians in Ohio who are sad right now. (On preview, what six-or-six-thirty said) Let's hope they rebuild it to last. .

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:18:42 -0800

vibrotronica: "Also: Take heart! The Statue of Liberation Through Christ still stands!" Wow. That is brilliant. I must see it.

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:31:37 -0800

I always thought the site was an elaborate religious metaphor. Well, I always thought that about Scripture, too, but there is a not insignificant number of human beings who fail to grasp the literal-metaphorical distinction. See also: Joe Literally Biden and every fundamentalist, like, ever.

By: Mcable

Mcable — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:39:13 -0800

Made me almost as happy as this.

By: zarq

zarq — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:47:25 -0800

She is 72 feet tall, and she has a lone tear dripping down her cheek, lamenting America's betrayal of Christ. Lady Liberty: Shaming People Into Being More Religious Since 1999.

By: Mr. Bad Example

Mr. Bad Example — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:01:03 -0800

MC 9,000-Degree Jesus.

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:34:11 -0800

It figures that The Statue of Liberation Through Christ would be at World Overcomers Church. Are there still as many strip clubs on Winchester in Memphis as there used to be?

By: vibrotronica

vibrotronica — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:40:06 -0800

Not really, Halloween Jack. It just hasn't been the same since Platinum Plus was shut down.

By: Isosceles

Isosceles — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:48:57 -0800

He is Resin. (Sorry)

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:01:43 -0800

Apparently police are now ticketing drivers who stop to take pictures of the ruins, something they weren't as interested in doing before the lightning strike.

By: tizzie

tizzie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:13:31 -0800

The 911 dispatcher is probably going to get crucified for her reaction.

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:19:55 -0800

And just like that, on the local news in Detroit, the wife of the pastor compared Jesus Christ to the Terminator.

By: T.D. Strange

T.D. Strange — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:20:32 -0800

I want to read the insurance claim: Adjustor: You're claiming what now? Pastor: Our Jesus burned down. It was worth $250,000 Adjustor: How did it burn down? Pastor: An act of god. Adjustor: ...

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:21:17 -0800

Oops, wrong link.

By: wierdo

wierdo — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:33:44 -0800

tizzie wrote: "The 911 dispatcher is probably going to get crucified for her reaction." I didn't listen to the audio, but as written, it's pretty hilarious.

By: saulgoodman

saulgoodman — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:22:56 -0800

Maybe this was God's ironic rejoinder to Palin's: "Drill, Baby, Drill." Listen closely and you can hear thousands of Richard Dawkins devotees around the world chanting in unison: "Burn, Baby, Burn!"

By: lonefrontranger

lonefrontranger — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:49:14 -0800

oh hai, mom called me about this when it happened. Prior commentary of mine on Jesuszilla, further musings on the FPP topic via MeCha here. true story: Lawrence Bishop (the dude who owns all the adjacent land, runs the church, and built that abomination) is, or was, pretty high up in the hierarchy of Quarter Horse society in the Midwest. Kid/tween/teen lfr and family raised and showed QH back in the 70's and 80's, and LB was at that time a judge and prominent elder statesman of the local QH association. holy crap, they still got that ugly-assed 60's looking logo?!... anyhoo, in my experience that cat was crazier than a sackful of weasels at the best of times. Real old-skool Billy Sunday rantin'-ravin' histrionic megalomaniacal bipolar kinda crazy. His horses were prety much batshit, too, so I'm guessing it's contagious. to sum up: I'm betting LB rebuilds an even more grandiose tacky monument to himself than the first one was.

By: rubah

rubah — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:15:03 -0800

I don't get why it's being called Big Butter Jesus. None of the Ohioans I know ever called it that.

By: toodleydoodley

toodleydoodley — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:03:19 -0800

Had I known that ghastly thing was only made out of spray-foam and fiberglass, I might have been tempted to torch it ages ago. posted by wreckingball at 10:08 AM on June 15 [+] [!] wait wait waitaminute. so that thing was just 60-whatever feet of coat hangers and Great Stuff? Something tells me this is a new form of sculpture that could totally supplant chainsaw art for the flea-market set.