I don’t know why I like these stories:
Some see Virgin Mary in underpass stain
“CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — A steady stream of the faithful and the curious, many carrying flowers and candles, have flocked to an expressway underpass for a view of a yellow and white stain on a concrete wall that some believe is an image of the Virgin Mary.
Police have patrolled the emergency turnoff area under the Kennedy Expressway since Monday as hundreds of people have walked down to see the image and the growing memorial of flowers and candles that surround it. Beside the image is an artist’s rendering of the Virgin Mary embracing Pope John Paul II in a pose some see echoed in the stain…
…A police officer kept the crowd of about three dozen from getting too close to the traffic but didn’t stop them gathering around the stain. The stain is likely the result of salt run-off, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The agency does not plan to scrub it off the wall.”
This prompts a candidate for Quote of the Week:
“We’re treating this just like we treat any type of roadside memorial,” said IDOT spokesman Mike Claffey. “We have no plans to clean this site.”
That’s remarkable! Through Mother Nature, the Virgin Mary was rendered in salt runoff! At least it wasn’t the last vestiges of some homeless guy’s drunken micturation against the wall.
David and I are sitting here arguing whether it looks more like a penis (my opinion)or a vagina (his theory). But it certainly doesn’t look like the Virgin Mary!*
*Any blasphemy implied is unintentional.
But come on people!
I’m sitting here wondering why the Virgin Mary wrote “GO CUBS” next to her image.