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Woman lobs Him onto eBay

Published Wednesday 15th August 2007 17:48 GMT

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holyeggplant5 

By Mike Iwan Phillips
Posted Wednesday 15th August 2007 18:33 GMT

I notice their ebay ID is holyeggplant5, I assume that means that they are not the first to be blessed by God in this way.

But ... 

By James
Posted Wednesday 15th August 2007 19:03 GMT

Are the Teskes Lutherans?

Eggplant? 

By Fraser
Posted Wednesday 15th August 2007 19:45 GMT

Oh, you mean Aubergine.

Mmmmmm, 

By adnim
Posted Wednesday 15th August 2007 19:48 GMT

just like god itself, the lettering in this slice looks man made. Will there now be a flood of god/jesus shaped things available on ebay?

I have said previously the unscrupulous will pray on the gullibility of the religious.

Note:Before someone mentions the lack of capitalisation. It is intended and not a spelling mistake.

The Downward Spiral 

By Cameron
Posted Wednesday 15th August 2007 21:55 GMT

When people buy this stuff, it is certainly a hallmark of how absolutely stupid most of humanity is... or just how clever the other group is when they sell fake crap online to religious nuts for big bucks.

I for one, intend to exploit these morons to my full potential. For I will inscribe random bible quotes in toast, and be rich.

re: mmmmm, admin 

By Erik Aamot
Posted Wednesday 15th August 2007 22:04 GMT

ok on the intended, though inconsistant lack of capitalisation ...

... however ...

did you mean "pray" or "prey" ?

@Erik 

By Finnbar
Posted Wednesday 15th August 2007 23:55 GMT

Presumably, you mean inconsistent?

:P

Unscrupulous seeking gullible 

By Ole Juul
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 03:27 GMT

I too have an inconsistent lack of capitalisation.

Oil 

By Richard
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 08:25 GMT

Looks like a case of oil + finger to me. Aubergines go like that.

*Smacks head at not thinking of this myself*

God... gid... 

By Matt Bucknall
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 08:42 GMT

Looks like gif to me. Oh praise to the great LZW patents in the sky!

@Finnbar 

By 4.1.3_U1
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 10:00 GMT

Shouldn't it be incontinent?

:(-~

Batman's nemesis? 

By AdamV
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 10:09 GMT

Holy Eggplant, Batman, it's Aubergine Girl!

surely, completely genuine? 

By Dave
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 11:04 GMT

except the word looks like 'Gef' to me

Here's one I always wonder about 

By A J Stiles
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 11:04 GMT

OK, here's one I always wonder about with all these religious sightings in strange places.

How come when anybody sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, they're always Roman Catholic? And how come when anybody sees a verse from the Qur'an, they're always Muslim? Why is it only Hindus who discover statues of cows that drink real milk?

Now, a Jew seeing a Qur'an verse, the Virgin Mary appearing to a staunch Protestant, or a Muslim seeing the face of Jesus ..... *that* would be something like news. Wake me when it happens.

Magic 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 11:08 GMT

It's been put there by an auber-genie.

Differentiation 

By Nano nano
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 11:29 GMT

Eggplants are aubergines that produce small whitish egg-shaped fruits.

Aubergines are egglants that produce large aubergine-coloured fruits.

Hope that's clear now.

Title 

By John L. Lee
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 12:37 GMT

If there was an Italian pope it would only be recognized as a miracle if made into eggplant parmisian using Parmigiano Reggiano.

surely 

By Olly Molyneux
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 13:21 GMT

Surely if there is one slice with 'GOD' on it then there'll be loads of slices with 'GOD' on them, granted, in ever decreasing sizes. If she hasnt already put them in the moussaka already she could make a fortune.

O_o 

By Matthew Sinclair
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 13:30 GMT

What a load of....eggplant?

Who buys this junk!?

Geeze...maybe i should grab random things from the house and say these where blessed by god or something!

@adnim 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 14:42 GMT

Intentional it may be, but that doesn't make it any incorrect.

I don't believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy, but I still write them as per the rules of English.

Maybe it's a captcha 

By Tony
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 14:45 GMT

and this one really, really counts.

I wonder if she is religious 

By Dave
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 15:06 GMT

If so, I think it's hysterical that the first thing this person thinks of is money. Talk about complete hypocrisy.

I wish I thought of this. Oh wait...the crumbs from my sandwich, they (shuffle shuffle) spell out 'Jesus'! Jesus wants me to sell them on eBay!

The greatest thing is that some complete moron will buy this, and declare it proof of a god. What a joke.

Who buys this stuff? 

By Silas Humphreys
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 16:31 GMT

Golden Palace, of course! They bought the Jesus toastie, among other things, not to mention their renting a young Scottish lass's ample charms...

If it's on ebay and it's daft, Golden Palace will give you money for it.

Rules of English? 

By adnim
Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 17:27 GMT

@ Mr/Ms Anonymous: *shrugs* It is a choice, and an indication of my contempt that I spell such words without capitalisation. I stick the stamps on my snail mail envelopes upside down too. Btw tooth fairy is not capitalised in the majority of on-line dictionaries.

@Erik I meant prey, as I am sure you understood. My mistake though. A mistake which will keep me awake all night with wurry ;)

Americans.. 

By Tawakalna
Posted Friday 17th August 2007 08:19 GMT

Don't you just love them? From now on I will devote my life to fabricating, sorry - *discovering* (yes that's it) divinely-inspired fruit and vegetables and household bric-a-brac that I can provide to our less-discriminating transatlantic cousins at a fair market price for their edification and the validation of their devout (if sometimes rather unseemly) faith. For this I shall have my piety rewarded by the transfer to my various Paypal accounts of significant quantities of electronic dollars, which when converted into a sensible medium of exchange (Sterling) shall prove once again that industriousness is next to godliness, at least for people who put "In God We Trust" on their currency.

I have a tea stain on my desk that looks just like the Holy Spirit in Piero della Francesca's "Baptism of Christ" and our local Cathedral is where baby Jesus lived (I'm going to Hell, aren't I?)

Eggplant Alphabet 

By A. Merkin
Posted Friday 17th August 2007 16:42 GMT

Based on the tri-lobed symetry of the eggplant anatomy, here are some other words we could expect to find:

GOD, DUP, DUD, ODD, PUD, GOO, POO, DOG, PUP, PUG, DUG, DUO, DOC, COD, COG, COO, CUD, CUP and ELVIS.

@Olly Molyneux 

By A. Merkin
Posted Friday 17th August 2007 18:23 GMT

"Surely there'll be loads of slices with 'GOD' on them..."

INFIDEL!!! There is ONLY ONE GOD in the Eggplant and Felicia is his prophet!

As M.P. sez, "Follow the Gourd!"

GoldenPalace fodder 

By pctechxp
Posted Sunday 19th August 2007 14:55 GMT

wish I could come up with something like this to improve my cashflow

@adnim 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Monday 20th August 2007 16:56 GMT

How old are you adnim; 14, maybe 15 or are you disturbed in some manner? I mean contempt for capital letters must be indicative of some vastly complex, though possibly undiagnosed, condition.

I mean really, what has J or G done to deserve this contempt? Were you abused by one of them as a child? Was the monster under your bed named Geraldine or something. Everyone is most interested in learning about the issues that have so scarred you.

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