Oh the irony... lightning strikes and destroys Big Butter Jesus statue on I-75

[gmoney]

http://www.local12.com/content/breaking_news/story/Jesus-Statue-Burns-After-Lightning-Strike/CBfkr5TE6EKwIvyPC41gKQ.cspx

If you've ever been on I-75 between Cincinnati and Dayton, you've probably seen the "Big Butter Jesus" eyesore sculpture along the side of the highway. Probably about 50 feet tall and known as "Touchdown Jesus" it's been immortalized in song and on the website http://jeeeb.us

Now it has been smoten. Smited? Smitten? Vaporized by an angry God?

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Must be the church it belongs to has gays in their congregation.

[alphafemale]

2. snerk

and during the world cup too....lol

GOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!!!!!

:hide:

[NYC_SKP]

3. There is, of course, a song about the Big Butter Jesus:

From the Bob and Tom Show (radio)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq01UYiMyHg

:P

[JohnnyLib2]

16. We play that on every trip past.......

Alas.

[NM_hemilover]

38. Big butter Jesus and thier song "Toast" go well together,..

Add the devil's pancakes, and some gulf stream syrup and you got breakfast.

[saltpoint]

4. 'Had a chance to see that statue. It's an abomination. One of the

tackiest things I've ever seen.

I'm grateful Thor's aim was true.

[eppur_se_muova]

57. This was Zeus's work.

Thor just has that lumpen hammer.

[saltpoint]

61. Well, I figured it was one of those pantheistic folks up there someplace.

And it was quite a lift to see that damn thing go up in blazes, too!

[jobycom]

5. Check back on it the day after tomorrow.

:rofl: Now we know why the statue's hands were raised to the sky. It was begging God not to strike it!

[petronius]

6. I don't recall ever seeing "tremendous" used to mean 'massive' in this context

I wonder if the caption writer was going for a double entendre with 'great'...

[WCGreen]

7. I'm melting.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. LOL, good one!

[iamthebandfanman]

you know theyll just replace it

but it is pretty fitting...

i hate churches that waste money on such useless things.

there was a local catholic church that said it didnt have the money to put air conditioning in its high school yet it bought a million dollar gold altar for its church...

yeah, im sure god looks real favorably on churches that spend money on useless stupid things that have no real meaning....

i mean seriously
i wonder how they come up with these ideas...
they sit around trying to come up with things to use money for ... the poor... the needy.. the sick...
no no ... A GIANT STATUE OF JESUS! BUT NOT JUST JESUS A GOOFY ASS JESUS !
lol

[gmoney]

49. cost $250,000 to build, supposedly $700,000 worth of damage

There was some damage to the adjacent structure, and supposedly some high-end audio equipment inside it, and the Picasso and Rembrandt paintings they had stored inside, and and and...

[truedelphi]

8. Is there any video of this event?

Maybe God could not believe it was butter? And was just testing it all out.

[gmoney]

11. Probably not...

Evidently the materials were highly flammable and it was down to the frame almost immediately...

[66 dmhlt]

35. Couple of slideshows from local news stations

http://www.wlwt.com/slideshow/news/23900652/detail.html

http://www.whiotv.com/slideshow/news/23901985/detail.html

[Maru Kitteh]

9. Parkay?

[Hissyspit]

12. I just looked at it and they should have nicknamed it "Tarpit Jesus"

or "Quicksand Jesus"

[Archae]

13. Why's it called "Big Butter?"

[unpossibles]

15. because it looks like a butter sculpture

which is another something to be found at state and local fairs in the area.

[rucky]

24. a.k.a. Touchdown Jesus

[WatchWhatISay]

14. Jesus as lightning rod.

Lectrifying!

[charlie]

17. Oh man, THAT one

The eyeball frying horror. Ticky-tacky thrust up your nose.

If I had to pick just one that had to go, that would've been it.

Praise charred, blasted Jesus, it's a MIRACLE.

[annabanana]

29. OLEO-Lord!

That's a funny song, Big Butter Jesus.

[66 dmhlt]

34. ... And the "After" shot

Take Home Message: Do NOT build things of Styrofoam and fiberglass if you expect them to last - especially when you put them outside!

[sakabatou]

48. I see Zeus got fed up with it.

[musette_sf]

18. uh huh huh huh

[Blue_Tires]

23. brilliant!

[Skidmore]

19. What was it made from?

Paper-mache?? It disintegrated.

[Ohio Metal]

32. Fiber-Glass and styrofoam

[Skidmore]

40. Too funny. They don't make religious sculptures the way

they used to when Michaelangelo was around. If you are going to create a graven image, at least be classy about it.

[WatchWhatISay]

62. That's because old Mich didn't feel the need to exagerate everything

Need mega-Jesus to go with their mega churches. The fine art of subtlety has been lost.

[DearAbby]

20. Oh shit...

If Jesus isn't safe...:hide:

[unblock]

21. why does god hate jesus?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

22. It has been... clarified.

:smoke:

[malaise]

25. Getting up off the floor

:rofl:

[JohnnyLib2]

27. Haywood Banks, you're here!

:spray:

[annabanana]

31. AAK!!

(collapsing in paroxysms here)

[ProdigalJunkMail]

26. two gigantic metal poles sticking up about 50 ft

would make a good lightning rod anywhere...just ole Jesus was not properly grounded...

sP

[AnArmyVeteran]

28. There was a church with a steeple that looked like it was giving god the finger.

My friend and I joked about a church steeple for years because the top of the steeple looked like a hand shooting 'the finger' at god. The church was right across from my friend's office. After a few years of joking about it we had a bad thunderstorm and lightning struck the steeple frying it down to its base and of course vaporizing 'the finger'. My friend and I have laughed about that for years because it looked like god finally god fed up with having 'the bird' being shot at him.

(BTW: It was a right wing church full of fundamentalists who built 'the finger'.).

[old mark]

30. See? God hates America...at least parts of Ohio.....nt

[Ohio Metal]

33. I've been Laughing all morning

about this. Now it's been reduced to Stick Figure Jebus! More to laugh at on my way to Dayton!

[leeroysphitz]

36. This is awesome. I'm pleased to see this hideous eyesore destroyed.

I wonder if they'll have the seeds to try and re-build it.

[Ezlivin]

37. Mother Nature: 1, Jesus: 0

It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.

[Ohio Metal]

41. Thor: 1, Jesus: 0

[montanto]

39. There is hope for god yet.

If he gets busy smiting some other shit I might almost be persuaded.

[Liberal_in_LA]

42. pic of the statue, I've never seen it before. Scary thing

[Liberal_in_LA]

43. why is it called 'big butter'?

[gmoney]

45. Because it looks like one of the butter sculptures at the state fair

Butter sculptures are not quite smooth...

I always thought it looked more like mashed potatoes, but Heywood Banks wrote a song about it that was featured on the syndicated morning radio show, Bob and Tom. It was also known as "Touchdown Jesus" due to the position of the arms.

For more fun, visit http://jeeeb.us

[Liberal_in_LA]

46. oh my gosh, you rural people. lol. wasting all that good butter

[gmoney]

47. Yeah, it's bizarre...

Last time I went to the state fair, they had a butter Garth Brooks... yeah, it's been a while.

[geardaddy]

52. Every year at the MN state fair.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Kay_of_the_Milky_Way



Since 1965, sculptures of the winning Princess Kay and other finalists have been carved, one per day, at the Minnesota State Fair. Recent butter sculptures have been carved out of a 90 pound block of Grade A butter, in a walk-in, glass-walled refrigerator. The butter is manufactured by Associated Milk Producers, Inc., in New Ulm, Minnesota. The butter carving booth is one of the most popular exhibits at the Fair. The carving of the butter sculpture takes 6-8 hours per finalist. For nearly 40 years, Linda Christensen has sculpted the Princesses' butter sculptures. Princesses take their butter sculpture home with them at the end of the Fair.

And they each get to keep their butter busts.

[MisterP]

44. goodness, look at the fireball: it's like a John Bay movie nt

[geardaddy]

50. They'll probably just put one of these up now.

[polly7]

54. LOL

:spray:

:rofl:

[TheMightyFavog]

51. Wow, Thor must be pissed

Either that or Dionysus got Zeus drunk again...

[gmoney]

53. Breaking: Video of the strike!

[intheflow]

55. ROFLMAO!!!

:rofl: Oh, shit, that's awesome!

[XOKCowboy]

56. More irony. Hustler MegaStore/Club one mile away.. No damage..

As posted by a local in another post. I'm serious. Google Hustler Monroe OH, click on the map and look just north on I75.

[eppur_se_muova]

58. D'oh! And I thought it was a statue of Tantalus! nt

[Cowpunk]

59. This just shows that God has taste. NT

[GeorgeGist]

60. Perhaps it's God's way of saying ...

I hate Jesus freaks.

[Crunchy Frog]

63. Evidence that God is offended by bad taste.