No, I’n not cussing—this is exactly what I saw on the subway this morning. A gentleman was wearing it on a chain around his neck, and it was dangling hypnotically in front of me all the way to 33rd Street.
It was about two inches long, and Jesus was made entirely of “diamonds,” and was wearing a kicky little “ruby” loincloth. He didn’t even have a cross behind him: he was just standing there, knees slightly bent and arms outstretched, as if he were belting out “Mammy” at the Palace Theater.
Eh. I see stuff like that all the time, which no longer phases me. The one that got me the most was a giant diamond and silver microphone hanging from a chain around a girl’s neck and she was so little (she was like 5 or so) that she had to bend down because of the sheer weight of it.
I picked up a gruesome, bejewelled crucifix on a chain last time I was in Dubai.
The really cool thing about it was that if you pushed down Jesus’ head, a flame shot out of his hand. A friend of mine went round the pub wearing it, saying “have you seen the light of Jesus?” then lighting their cigarettes with it.
Well, except, no—I kept hoping the train would lurch and Liberace Jesus would flip over so I could see if he had a rhinestone butt, too. No such luck. The kicky little ruby loincloth, by the way, was fabulous—very Sarah Jessica Parker.
“Oh, frabjous day!” you must have exclaimed. “Now I can run to the SDMB and rag on that horrible Jesus fellow and piss off all the Christians who adore and worship Him.”
Whether it is a child praying, a person feeling blessed, or a man expressing his faith with a necklace, you seem unable to help yourself — you are bound and determined to ridicule, provoke, and disrespect anything and everything to do with God and those who believe in Him. Your threads are rather like a busted bagpipe that manages to eek out only one low, droning note.
You might feign being misunderstood, and hide behind a pretext of just relating what you saw. But the fact that you framed your title in a such a manner that you felt it necessary to begin your OP with a disclaimer belies what your intentions were here.
In any case, I’m glad you got the opportunity to get your jollies. You have your reward. Enjoy.
oh, for God’s sake (pun/no pun, your choice) Libertarian, GET A GRIP!
life-long Catholic ringing in here. i see no disrespect to God, Jesus, Christians or any others in the OP. what i DO see is commentary on taste. as in “what were they thinking when someone designed that lil’ sparkler? and where can i get some of whatever the hell they were on???”
