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My breakfast with Jesus.


With the supposed faces of Jesus and the Virgin Mary Virgin Mary: see Mary.

Virgin Mary

immaculately conceived; mother of Jesus Christ. [N.T.: Matthew 1:18–25; 12:46–50; Luke 1:26–56; 11:27–28; John 2; 19:25–27]

See : Purity
 on food and other items catching tens of thousands of dollars at eBay auctions, you may wonder how you, too, can get in on the action.

You have several options: First, there is the step-by-step guide to creating "Your Own Personal Jesus Toast" on the website blacktable.com. But, truth be told, the end result leaves much to be desired and seems unlikely to attract even the most gullible gul·li·ble  
adj.
Easily deceived or duped.



[From gull2.]


gul
 bidder.

Then there is the "Blessed Grilled Cheese Virgin Mary Creation Kit," which "includes: bread, toaster See intranet toaster and Video Toaster.

(jargon) toaster - 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller).
, two bottles of holy water, and detailed instructions." It made worldwide headlines for web designer Chris Curry For the American horror writer who writes under the name "Chris Curry", see Tamara Thorne.
Christopher Curry was the co-founder of Acorn Computers, with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper.
 two years ago when he posted it on eBay with an opening bid of $3,500. Of course that's a bit pricey Pricey

Term used for an unrealistically low bid price or unrealistically high offer price.


pricey

Of, relating to, or being an unrealistically high offer. An offer to sell a security at $50 when the current market price is $47 is pricey.
, and besides, it no longer seems to be on the market.

Your best bet--and at $29.99 for a set of two, much more affordable--is the "Jesus Pan" from the website jesuspan.com. Now, the site's ad copy proclaims, you can "worship at every meal with Jesus Pan" and "imagine serving heavenly hotcakes at the next church breakfast."
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Title Annotation:eBay auctions
Author:Scherer-Emunds, Meinrad
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2006
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