Quote of the day

Thursday 28th May, 2009

“People might think I’m nuts, but I like to think it’s Jesus looking out for us.”

- one of Margaret Moran’s constituents celebrating her resignation Claire Allen, 36, who is convinced that she found an image of Jesus on the underside of a Marmite lid. Her husband Gareth said: “The kids are still eating it, but we kept the lid.” He explained: “Claire saw it first and called her dad to come and take a photo of it. When I first looked at it I wasn’t sure, but when I moved it away from me it started coming out. I thought yeah, she’s right – that’s the image of Jesus.” Claire said her 14-year-old son Jamie had also remarked on the likeness. She told the South Wales Echo: “Straight away Jamie said ‘that looks like God’, and my other boys (Robbie, 4, and Tomas, 11) even said they could see a face. …We’ve had a tough couple of months; my mum’s been really ill and it’s comforting to think that if he is there, he’s watching over us.”

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8 Comments

  1. Dave May 28th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    Hasn’t it crossed your mind that she might not be quite as serious as you imply she is. Is the undertone that she’s a religious nutcase ? Your manifesto makes some firm statements against faith schools, so I presume you are not neutral on the matter.

    I suggest you stick to writing about politics – this is a good blog, apart from posts such as the above which display a shallowness of mind.

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  2. LFAT May 28th, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    Errr, Dave, I cut and paste my quotes of the day from other sources – not a word of this post was mine. By all means, criticise the BBC for their ’shallowness of mind’. On a personal note, I don’t think she was joking for a second and I would have put this story up on my blog even if someone claimed to see David Beckham in marmite.

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  3. Shaun Pilkington May 28th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Ah but LFAT, Jesus saves but Beckham *scores*…

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  4. Stu May 28th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Jesus: you either love him or you hate him.

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  5. LFAT May 28th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    Nice, Stu, nice.

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  6. Shaun Pilkington May 28th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Funny aside – I’m a right handed atheist marmite-hater but the majority of my girlfriends. right up to my lovely wife, are left handed marmite eaters. Opposites attract, eh?

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  7. Bill Quango MP May 28th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    Why would Jesus appear on a marmite lid?
    Why am I asking..?
    Why?

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  8. James Barlow May 29th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    The wonderful world or Paraeidolia

    More appearances of Jesus (and Mary) here:

    And finally tonight, Jesus…

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