# The Newest Crazy eBay Auction: Jesus on a Pancake **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876 "2006-02-10T16:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/1 "2006-02-10T16:44:15Z")
I saw it on the news the other day, and [here](http://cgi.ebay.com/Jesus-PanCake_W0QQitemZ6251847554QQcategoryZ1447QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) it is! ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/2 "2006-02-10T16:57:51Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > I saw it on the news the other day, and [here](http://cgi.ebay.com/Jesus-PanCake_W0QQitemZ6251847554QQcategoryZ1447QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) it is! The hell? I see absolutely nothing no matter how I squint. And $2,225? I’m off to the kitchen to cook me up some Jesus pancakes! Wasn’t he supposed to have turned up on a cracker at some point? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/3 "2006-02-10T17:46:17Z")
Even the Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese sandwich was better than this one. Let’s predict where He shows up next. I call the pogo stick. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/4 "2006-02-10T18:00:24Z")
A few years a go I visited a local “chapel” (this was in Monroe, MI) where a very earnest and apparently sincere lady had preserved a jesus-on-a-pancake. I was quite suprised to see that Jesus was actually quite apparent on the pancake. The virgin Mary on the burnt breadstick, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/5 "2006-02-10T18:02:43Z")
If you click on the second, closer image, it is definitely there. So much so that it looks like an impression or mold to me, not a divine apparition. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/6 "2006-02-10T18:15:53Z")
Supersize, then maximize, you can make it out better. I predict that next, Jesus sits on a Ritz. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/7 "2006-02-10T18:22:07Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Supersize, then maximize, you can make it out better. > > I predict that next, Jesus sits on a Ritz. puttin jesus on a ritz?? is he _super duper_ like gary cooper? note: that is the very first time i’ve emphasized a word with asterisks. i now realize why i’ve never done it. it’s gay. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/8 "2006-02-10T19:09:37Z")
When I looked at this earlier, the bids had gone up to over $5,000. Now it’s back down to $730. Appears some bids may have been withdrawn? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/9 "2006-02-10T19:22:58Z")
I dunno, looks more like Cheech Marin to me. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/10 "2006-02-10T19:52:22Z")
I think this is going to be my new swear expression: _Jesus Christ on a flapjack!!_ Actually, with those “strands” that form the image, it looks more like a latke. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/11 "2006-02-10T19:53:50Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Let’s predict where He shows up next. I call the pogo stick. He tried that, but He fell off. Now He’s on a crutch. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/12 "2006-02-10T20:17:48Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I think this is going to be my new swear expression: _Jesus Christ on a flapjack!!_ > > Actually, with those “strands” that form the image, it looks more like a latke. Somebody on the radio thought it looked like Fidel Castro. I think it looks like some sort of old-fashioned Russian icon of a Saint. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/13 "2006-02-10T20:35:20Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > When I looked at this earlier, the bids had gone up to over $5,000. Now it’s back down to $730. Appears some bids may have been withdrawn? Well, at least it’s up to $740 as I type. As the [bid history](http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=6251847554) shows, there have been bogus bids of as much as $14,999 canceled. Hmmm, Dick Kass – no way _that_ could be a fake name… :rolleyes: I laughed a bit when I saw that the seller was located in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood. I grew up in Northeast Ohio, and one of the perennial gags accompanying major snowfall was to call a radio or TV station and announce that “Our Lady of Beachwood” was among the schools that were closed due to the inclement weather. Beachwood, you see, has a strong majority of Jews (during the 1970’s, if not now, over 90%) among its population. ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/14 "2006-02-10T20:48:59Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > Somebody on the radio thought it looked like Fidel Castro. I think it looks like some sort of old-fashioned Russian icon of a Saint. I was thinking more [Van Gogh](http://www.wt-group.com/stpics/Paris/VanGogh_VanGogh.jpg). Don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/15 "2006-02-11T06:22:00Z")
I think it looks more like [The Zig Zag Man](http://www.zigzag.com/Index.HTM) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/16 "2006-02-11T21:32:11Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I think this is going to be my new swear expression: _Jesus Christ on a flapjack!!_ > > Actually, with those “strands” that form the image, it looks more like a latke. I came here to post that “Sweet Jesus on a Pancake!” was going to be my new swear. Would it be sacrilege or blasphemy to cover Jesus with syrup? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/17 "2006-02-11T21:38:33Z")
I just looked, and the bid was $911.00. How eerie is that? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/18 "2006-02-11T22:36:47Z")
I own saxophones that cost less than that. _Rare vintage_ saxophones, in playing condition. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/19 "2006-02-12T00:18:19Z")
Does anyone else see the cartoon dog behind Pancake Jesus? His head is popping out just to Jesus’s right side, about forehead level. Big toothy grin and pointy ears. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-crazy-ebay-auction-jesus-on-a-pancake/343876/20 "2006-02-12T01:31:47Z")
Well, the bidding is currently up to $1950, and the seller has decided to donate all proceeds to charity! Of course, just _which_ charity is not specified… And yeah, **Dusty** , I see Jesus’s little furry friend.