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Jesus -- what's that smell? (Poll!)(Updated!)

Tue Mar 22, 2005 at 05:09:25 PM PDT

[Update] Thanks to all the suggestions (and the speed of the net), I now have a product in the marketplace!

Some South Dakotan's have hit a vein in the vast gold mine that is religious credulity. They've created candles that smell like Jesus:

The obvious question is, 'how do you capture the scent of Jesus?' It's all spelled-out in Psalm 45. Candle maker Karen Tosterud explains, "It's a Messianic Psalm, referring to when Christ returns, and his garments will have the scent of myrrh, aloe and cassia." Wondering what this would smell like, Karen ordered a combination of oils that produce a sort of flowery-cinnamon aroma. Then she called on a friend, who just happened to be a candle maker. "And in October, we got our first batch of 768 candles. We had no idea how it would go."

They've since sold 10,000. And I swear I read somewhere that all proceeds will benefit the victims of secular humanism and unbridled liberalism.

So, now, let's see if I got this straight...

  • A grilled cheese sandwich with the Virgin Mary's countenance is eBay pay dirt.
  • Grandstanding about two or three moral issues is enough for the GOP to hoodwink even welfare Christians.
  • And adding a dab of praise-and-worship themes to imitated pop music grabs a huge share of the music market.

Well, I'd like to know why we didn't have Jesus-smelling candles before!

Let's stop sitting on our thumbs, folks! How can we get our fair share of this fattened herd of sheep?

How about "water-wine"?  It's the best pre-blessed wine you'll never drink: we put tap water in a fancy wine bottle, cork it, and charge fine-wine prices!

"Oh, the 33 C.E. vintage is really blooming this year!"

What other money making ideas do we have?

Poll

I would expect to pay how much for water-wine?

14%2 votes
21%3 votes
21%3 votes
42%6 votes

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