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?