Sweet Suffering Jesus!
Posted on Sunday, December 23, 2007I know this is old news but that never stopped me before.
Well? What do you think?
Should it have have been banned?
This life-size chocolate figure was to be displayed in a New York gallery during Holy Week, but protests by Catholic-Fat-Bastard-Watch International forced the gallery to abandon the idea. It seems they thought it was offensive to overweight Catholics.
A spokesman for the group explained their position: We’d be just as offended if it was made from potatoes. Or cheese. Or pizza. Or delicious, pure 100% beef burgers with mouth-watering barbecue sauce. Or, mmm, donuts with ice cream and whipped cream and, mmmm, lard and deep-fried fatty fat stuff with, with , with, mmmm, steak and fat and sugar and dripping maple syrup and sausages …
But then I went for a pint with parkenstein and he reminded me about Tom Waits’s song “Chocolate Jesus”, so here it is.
Hmm.
And then I started thinking, what other Jesus songs.
And then I thought, what could be cooler than Coolhand Luke singing Plastic Jesus?
I first read about it here.
Stumble it!
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December 24th, 2007
Cool hand Luke, thanks Bock for reminding me of one of my forgotten favourites.Just going to write a note to santa for the DVD. Them jebus people have got to much time on their hands to be worring about chocolate they should be out helping the people with no chance of any chocolate this Christmas.
December 24th, 2007
me too, Bock. Thanks for Cool Hand, brings it all back.
Have a good season.
Lard Mohommad… that’s the one to get the fists flying though
December 24th, 2007
But which bit would you eat first? That could be REALLY offensive. Bagsy me first! Do you remember those ridiculous coffee table books called Rude Food that were around in the 70’s? You could have Rude Religious Food - it’s a whole new publishing concept! Didn’t Depeche Mode do a dirge called Own Personal Jesus. I think he was probably referring to heroin…la la la…..festive cheer…have a good Christmas Bockster. I intend to start with a Bucks Fizz around 08:00 x
December 24th, 2007
PS: Do you think Flirty Bertie A has asked his trophy book-bride for a new pair of yellow moleskins for Christmas? I should bloody hope so - he must have worn them out by now.
December 24th, 2007
Tony: Lard Muhammad might cause a bit of effigy-burning.
Rockmother: The same thought crossed my mind, except I wondered what bit you’d eat last.
December 24th, 2007
Your own….
Chocolate….
Jesus….
December 25th, 2007
soul
June 13th, 2008
I like your blog, but I especially enjoy your commentary on religion, and our Monkey-Boy. The Plastic Jesus song jumps into my head every-now-and-then, as does the following line from a Jimmy Buffet song: “my head hurts, my feet stink, and I don’t love Jesus.”