Althouse: "Straight away Jamie said 'that looks like God', and my other boys (Robbie, four, and Tomas, 11) even said they could see a face."

March 9, 2010

"Straight away Jamie said 'that looks like God', and my other boys (Robbie, four, and Tomas, 11) even said they could see a face."

"People might think I'm nuts, but I like to think it's Jesus looking out for us. We've had a tough couple of months; my mum's been really ill and it's comforting to think that if he is there, he's watching over us."

And by "there," she means in the lid of a jar of Marmite.

I'm only linking to this because it's on BBC.com, where it's ranking #4 on the "most read" stories list (and thereby encouraging the once-proud network to print more nonsense).

8 comments:

traditionalguy said...: The Shrine of the Marmites sounds like a good tourist draw.; 3/9/10, 1:23 PM
MadisonMan said...: Actually, he's watching over the Marmite -- or he was -- and it didn't seem to do the Marmite much good; it was still eaten.; 3/9/10, 1:27 PM
Jeff with one 'f' said...: "...and thereby encouraging the once-proud network to print more nonsense."

This is small beer compared to the BBC's long record of bias and spin...

http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/; 3/9/10, 1:28 PM
prairie wind said...: If it comforts her a little during a tough time, what's the problem? When BBC gets a tip about a story like this, they aren't bound to run it. I feel bad that this family is now exposed to ridicule just because BBC was amused by a silly story; they had to know the family would look like nutcases.

wv: homie, like Marmite; 3/9/10, 1:31 PM
Hoosier Daddy said...: I feel bad that this family is now exposed to ridicule just because BBC was amused by a silly story; they had to know the family would look like nutcases.

Hey we should be glad that we have these kind of religious nutcases rather than the ones that self-detonate in crowds.

Maybe I should Twitter that and see if anyone gets the humor.; 3/9/10, 2:14 PM
corsair the rational pirate said...: So instead of living in the real world, it is ok to fill your head full of nonsense and wander around thinking marmite is going to save you.

Yeah. Nothing wrong there.; 3/9/10, 3:38 PM
Andrea said...: Hm. If I thought I saw Jesus in a jar of anything, I'd keep it to myself and my fellow Christians, not blab about it to a BBC reporter. It's not exactly a secret that the news media thinks people who see religious figures (well, Christian ones anyway) in mundane objects = funny subjects that they are free to ridicule. I think this woman, like so many other people, couldn't resist the idea of being talked about by an "important" news organ like the BBC. Maybe she thought the distraction of sudden fame would make her feel better about her problems, or get people feeling sorry for her and offering to help out. But let's not treat her like an exploited innocent.; 3/9/10, 5:03 PM
Methadras said...: Hey, at least it wasn't Vegamite. Blech!!!; 3/9/10, 6:03 PM