Jesus Appears In Truck Window!!

foxholeatheist · 5th November 2009, 08:08 AM

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Jim Stevens said he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup. Stevens, of Jonesborough, said nearly every morning, an image that looks to him like the face of Jesus Christ has appeared in the condensation on the driver's side window of his Isuzu truck. A Johnson City Press photo of the truck showed a facial image.

Stevens said when he first saw the image, he figured it would evaporate and not return. But it kept reappearing for two weeks now.

Stevens said folks at the grocery store he goes to were amazed to see the image.

He said he isn't going to wash the truck for a while.

It looks more like Lemmy to me.

Olowkow · 5th November 2009, 08:43 AM

Definitely trumps the baby with Islamic verses on its legs. God, what a prankster!

Towlie · 5th November 2009, 10:35 AM

I'll bet it would really shatter those folks to learn that nobody has the slightest idea what Jesus looked like.

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos · 5th November 2009, 10:36 AM

No photos of Jesus?!

~~ Paul

Olowkow · 5th November 2009, 10:56 AM

http://www.rei.com/product/623337
Antifog lens cleaner. If I remember correctly, writing on a mirror with glycerol will produce secret message only seen when the mirror is fogged. Of course, the news media, nor the pickup owner, will ever try to figure out who drew it.

madurobob · 5th November 2009, 11:05 AM

Thats a pretty crisp image - like someone used a template and sprayed anti-fog on the window.

ETA: D'oh! Just as Olowkow points out.

Vic Vega · 5th November 2009, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by Towlie

I'll bet it would really shatter those folks to learn that nobody has the slightest idea what Jesus looked like.

Imagine how they would feel if they realized that he probably looked more like Osama bin Laden than Willem DaFoe.

Olowkow · 5th November 2009, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by madurobob

Thats a pretty crisp image - like someone used a template and sprayed anti-fog on the window.

ETA: D'oh! Just as Olowkow points out.

It comes in a spray bottle also. Jesus templates extra.

madurobob · 5th November 2009, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Olowkow

It comes in a spray bottle also. Jesus templates extra.

I'd be willing to bet sometime in the past month or so he's paid someone to clean his truck and this was their version of the mint hotel housekeepers leave on pillows.

Towlie · 5th November 2009, 01:21 PM

Could we be seeing the beginning of the most successful hoax since the crop circle?

foxholeatheist · 5th November 2009, 01:55 PM

Damn good hoax in my book.

madurobob · 5th November 2009, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by Towlie

Could we be seeing the beginning of the most successful hoax since the crop circle?

Yes, as soon as I figure out how to work this slim jim...

I'm thinking mysterious appearances of verses from the Koran in a few cars at the local mega-church.

foxholeatheist · 5th November 2009, 02:22 PM

Lemmy! For Lemmy is God.

Olowkow · 5th November 2009, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by madurobob

Yes, as soon as I figure out how to work this slim jim...

I'm thinking mysterious appearances of verses from the Koran in a few cars at the local mega-church.

With a pic of Sarah Palin! Now you're talking!

quadraginta · 5th November 2009, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by madurobob

Yes, as soon as I figure out how to work this slim jim...

I'm thinking mysterious appearances of verses from the Koran in a few cars at the local mega-church.

No need for a break-in. The condensate's on the outside.

I'm thinking Frank Zappa. The ancestry is right, and he's more deserving of reverence.

The possibility that he might be mistaken for a more ... divine (?) figure would only add to the irony.

madurobob · 5th November 2009, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by quadraginta

No need for a break-in. The condensate's on the outside.

Really?

Not in my cars, not usually. Usually it is too many people breathing in the car on a cool day, or too many steaming pizzas picked up on the way home, or something like that. But, maybe I've just not been paying attention (or maybe I have rain-x on all my outside glass so I never notice).

Anway, it would be a lot easier to tag the outside glass!

quadraginta · 5th November 2009, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by madurobob

Really?

Not in my cars, not usually. Usually it is too many people breathing in the car on a cool day, or too many steaming pizzas picked up on the way home, or something like that. But, maybe I've just not been paying attention (or maybe I have rain-x on all my outside glass so I never notice).

Anway, it would be a lot easier to tag the outside glass!

Rain-X is good.

After the vehicle is occupied the dynamics change. If you're in the habit of keeping your venting on recirculate then changing it to exterior air will make a big difference. All that inside moisture is coming from the occupants, and recirculate leaves no way for it to get out.

Depending on the vehicle, running your AC can make a difference. Some automatically do that when you set to defrost.

Anyhow, the 'mornin' dew' or 'the frost on the punkin' is out there on all the cars in the morning, too.

madurobob · 5th November 2009, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by quadraginta

Rain-X is good.

After the vehicle is occupied the dynamics change. If you're in the habit of keeping your venting on recirculate then changing it to exterior air will make a big difference. All that inside moisture is coming from the occupants, and recirculate leaves no way for it to get out.

Depending on the vehicle, running your AC can make a difference. Some automatically do that when you set to defrost.

Yup, AC is the trick. Recirc or not makes little difference in my cars most of the time (used to in my little civic), but the AC clears away the fog in a second or two.

Originally Posted by quadraginta

Anyhow, the 'mornin' dew' or 'the frost on the punkin' is out there on all the cars in the morning, too.

I must confess, I work from home so my morning commute is from the bedroom to the study. The Mrs takes the kids to school, so I haven't seen the inside - or outside - of a car early in the morning in ages.

So, I'm going to make a template and try it on the Mrs' car first to see if she notices. If it works, I'm going on a window cleaning spree. First a few cars in the church parking lot as mentioned, then in January a bunch of UNC logos on cars in parking lots of that silly little seminary in Durham.

quadraginta · 5th November 2009, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by madurobob

So, I'm going to make a template and try it on the Mrs' car first to see if she notices. If it works, I'm going on a window cleaning spree. First a few cars in the church parking lot as mentioned, then in January a bunch of UNC logos on cars in parking lots of that silly little seminary in Durham.

Are ya gonna use Frank?

Lisa Simpson · 5th November 2009, 05:10 PM

Ringo Starr is appearing in a water drop.

quadraginta · 5th November 2009, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by Lisa Simpson

Ringo Starr is appearing in a water drop.

Oh, he does that all the time.

Publicity glutton.

poeatszeitgeist · 5th November 2009, 05:41 PM

Wow. I lived in Johnson City, TN for two years. It's about an hour and a half from my home town (which in a rural area, isn't very far at all.)

It really doesn't surprise me. Johnson City, TN is right on the fringes of the Appalachian Mountains (Aka, the belt-buckle of the Bible Belt). It does make me a little sad that this is the first thing I see as far as any national coverage of the area. Better than a murder, I do suppose.

I haven't seen anything on the local news station (I'm sure I've just missed it), but I'll see if any of my friends in JC saw anything about it in the newspaper. Either way, I may have to go take a trip down there to see this / perfectly miraculous event. /sarcasm.

GT/CS · 5th November 2009, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by quadraginta

No need for a break-in. The condensate's on the outside.

I'm thinking Frank Zappa. The ancestry is right, and he's more deserving of reverence.

The possibility that he might be mistaken for a more ... divine (?) figure would only add to the irony.

http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blo...frankZappa.jpg

His grave is unmarked. Maybe this is why!

GT/CS · 5th November 2009, 07:04 PM

Looks an awful lot like dust art.

negativ · 5th November 2009, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by quadraginta

No need for a break-in. The condensate's on the outside.

I'm thinking Frank Zappa. The ancestry is right, and he's more deserving of reverence.

The possibility that he might be mistaken for a more ... divine (?) figure would only add to the irony.

http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blo...frankZappa.jpg

He's got twenty million dollars
In his Heavenly Bank Account . . .
All from those chumps who was
Born again

He's got seven limousines
And a private plane . . .
All for the use of his
Special Friends

He's got thousand-dollar suits
And a Wembley Tie . . .
Girls love to stroke it
While he's on the phone

At the House of Representatives
He's a groovy guy . . .
When he Gives Thanks
He is not alone . . .

He is dealin'
He is really dealin'
IRS can't determine
Where The Hook is

It is easy with the Bible
To pretend that
You're in Show Biz
(And a-one, and a-two, and a . . . )

They won't get him
They will never get him
For the naughty stuff
That he did

It is best in cases like this
To pretend that
You are stupid

He's got Presidential Help
All along the way
He says the grace
While the lawyers chew
Oh yeah
They sure do

And the Governors agree to say
"He's a lovely man!"
He makes it easier for
Them to screw
All of you
Yes that's true

'Cause he helps put The Fear of God
In the Common Man
Snatchin' up money
Everywhere he can

He's got twenty million dollars
In his Heavenly Bank Account
You ain't got nothin', people

pakeha · 6th November 2009, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by madurobob

Yes, as soon as I figure out how to work this slim jim...

I'm thinking mysterious appearances of verses from the Koran in a few cars at the local mega-church.

Tempting. Very tempting.
But- won't the faithful believe its the Devil's handicraft or that of some hapless immigrant and opt for a stompin'?

m_huber · 6th November 2009, 01:35 AM

My dad once took a shower and saw, in clear english, the words "Trust Jesus" on the mirror. He was rather shocked, so he showed my mother and brother. As it turned out, my brother, who was around 4 at the time, had climbed up on the counter and written the words in shaving cream. After that incident, dad started covering the bathroom mirror with shaving cream because it is such an effective fog blocker

madurobob · 6th November 2009, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by pakeha

Tempting. Very tempting.
But- won't the faithful believe its the Devil's handicraft or that of some hapless immigrant and opt for a stompin'?

Actually, I'm pretty sure they'll have no idea how to read Arabic. So, if they're curious, they'll find someone who can (plenty enough at the various nearby universities). How they'll react when they realize it is from the Koran is anybody's guess. But at least at that point they will have involved someone else.

Belz... · 6th November 2009, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by Olowkow

http://www.rei.com/product/623337
Antifog lens cleaner. If I remember correctly, writing on a mirror with glycerol will produce secret message only seen when the mirror is fogged. Of course, the news media, nor the pickup owner, will ever try to figure out who drew it.

No need to. They "know".

Andrew Wiggin · 7th November 2009, 01:41 AM

I see so many possibilities. Window porn!

A

Foolmewunz · 7th November 2009, 01:55 AM

Someone ought to get in there Saturday night and do his windows so that when he gets up for church on Sunday it says,
"Gee, you're a gullible dipstick, aren't you?"

Akhenaten · 7th November 2009, 02:40 AM

This is a sooper blown-up version of the pic in the OP. I've made no other changes than a crop and enlarge.

There are obvious jpeg artefacts, of course, but there is also a faint repeating "shadow", or echo, to the right of the Jeebus head.

I believe that the Jeebus head was pasted into the image and whatever was originally on the window was erased after the paste instead of before it.

The result is that the erasing, probably done with a 'clone' tool, started too close to the edge of the main image and accidentally cloned part of it.

I have another theory . . .

On staring at the damn thing for too long, it seems to me that they might have copied whatever was on the window, enhanced it and pasted it back, but they still hadn't erased either the original blob or perhaps an earlier attempt that didn't work out.

I believe I can see the faint remainder of a completely different Jeebus head to the right of the main one, but I acknowledge that at least some pareidolia is involved in this analysis.

In either of the above scenarios, my conclusion is that it's a shoop.

Other posters should be able to duplicate my result with basic software by cropping the original image to the same area that I have, and resizing the image to 600 pixels wide, maintaining the original width/height ratio.

Akhenaten · 8th November 2009, 03:47 AM

Bump for comments 'cos I hate having stuff going asserted and unchallenged.

Especially if the source is a bit dodgy.

Olowkow · 8th November 2009, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Akhenaten

Bump for comments 'cos I hate having stuff going asserted and unchallenged.

Especially if the source is a bit dodgy.

Definitely cool that you found the other face on the window.

Too bad we don't have more/better pics to examine. I keep wondering how he showed the folks at the grocery store. He drove there with no view out that window? Why is the dew so heavy on the vertical windows, but none on the metal? It looked like it was pretty sunny and warm (shirt sleeves) in the picture, etc. Just too many unanswered questions.

Akhenaten · 8th November 2009, 08:11 AM

Couldn't agree more with your last statement.

I'd never assert one thing or another with any certainty on such a poor single image.

madurobob · 8th November 2009, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by Akhenaten

Couldn't agree more with your last statement.

I'd never assert one thing or another with any certainty on such a poor single image.

Agreed. This could easily be shopped, or just as easily created with a practiced application of anti-fog. The image quality is so poor there is no way to know from just the image.

quadraginta · 8th November 2009, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by madurobob

Agreed. This could easily be shopped, or just as easily created with a practiced application of anti-fog. The image quality is so poor there is no way to know from just the image.

That's the important part.

Have you tried it yet?

m_huber · 8th November 2009, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Olowkow

Definitely cool that you found the other face on the window.

Too bad we don't have more/better pics to examine. I keep wondering how he showed the folks at the grocery store. He drove there with no view out that window? Why is the dew so heavy on the vertical windows, but none on the metal? It looked like it was pretty sunny and warm (shirt sleeves) in the picture, etc. Just too many unanswered questions.

There is dew on the metal above and behind the window. The plastic cover on the back doesn't have any dew on it. The man is wearing a shirt with sleeves rolled up, so it may be that it was a cool night that then warmed up (such as would produce condensation). There are pretty significant shadows in the background, so the photo was probably taken between 9-11 in the morning.

I drove just last night with condensation on my window. If you know the area and you can see out the windshield, you don't need to clean the windows. Or, this may offer an explanation: When I roll down my window, it doesn't always contact the side in all places. Some spots get condensation wiped off and some don't.

Skeptical Greg · 8th November 2009, 02:08 PM

Looks like a copy of the Shroud of Turino to me ...

madurobob · 8th November 2009, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by quadraginta

That's the important part.

Have you tried it yet?

Got the anti-fog and made a template. I'll test it tomorrow and post pics soon.. assuming there is enough condensation in the AM.

5th November 2009, 08:08 AM	#1
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5th November 2009, 08:43 AM	#2
Olowkow Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,475	Definitely trumps the baby with Islamic verses on its legs. God, what a prankster!
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5th November 2009, 10:36 AM	#4
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5th November 2009, 10:56 AM	#5
Olowkow Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,475	http://www.rei.com/product/623337 Antifog lens cleaner. If I remember correctly, writing on a mirror with glycerol will produce secret message only seen when the mirror is fogged. Of course, the news media, nor the pickup owner, will ever try to figure out who drew it.
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5th November 2009, 11:05 AM	#6
madurobob Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Blue Heaven, NC Posts: 3,796	Thats a pretty crisp image - like someone used a template and sprayed anti-fog on the window. ETA: D'oh! Just as Olowkow points out.
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5th November 2009, 10:35 AM	#3
Towlie Muse Join Date: May 2009 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 564	I'll bet it would really shatter those folks to learn that nobody has the slightest idea what Jesus looked like.

5th November 2009, 11:10 AM	#7
Vic Vega Critical Thinker Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 491	Originally Posted by Towlie I'll bet it would really shatter those folks to learn that nobody has the slightest idea what Jesus looked like. Imagine how they would feel if they realized that he probably looked more like Osama bin Laden than Willem DaFoe.
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5th November 2009, 11:24 AM	#8
Olowkow Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,475	Originally Posted by madurobob Thats a pretty crisp image - like someone used a template and sprayed anti-fog on the window. ETA: D'oh! Just as Olowkow points out. It comes in a spray bottle also. Jesus templates extra.
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5th November 2009, 11:35 AM	#9
madurobob Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Blue Heaven, NC Posts: 3,796	Originally Posted by Olowkow It comes in a spray bottle also. Jesus templates extra. I'd be willing to bet sometime in the past month or so he's paid someone to clean his truck and this was their version of the mint hotel housekeepers leave on pillows.
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5th November 2009, 01:21 PM	#10
Towlie Muse Join Date: May 2009 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 564	Could we be seeing the beginning of the most successful hoax since the crop circle?

5th November 2009, 01:55 PM	#11
foxholeatheist Muse Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baghdad, Iraq Posts: 611	Damn good hoax in my book.
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5th November 2009, 02:17 PM	#12
madurobob Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Blue Heaven, NC Posts: 3,796	Originally Posted by Towlie Could we be seeing the beginning of the most successful hoax since the crop circle? Yes, as soon as I figure out how to work this slim jim... I'm thinking mysterious appearances of verses from the Koran in a few cars at the local mega-church.
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5th November 2009, 02:22 PM	#13
foxholeatheist Muse Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baghdad, Iraq Posts: 611	Lemmy! For Lemmy is God.
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5th November 2009, 02:38 PM	#14
Olowkow Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,475	Originally Posted by madurobob Yes, as soon as I figure out how to work this slim jim... I'm thinking mysterious appearances of verses from the Koran in a few cars at the local mega-church. With a pic of Sarah Palin! Now you're talking!
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5th November 2009, 03:00 PM	#15
quadraginta What was the question? Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Vale of Humility Posts: 1,129	Originally Posted by madurobob Yes, as soon as I figure out how to work this slim jim... I'm thinking mysterious appearances of verses from the Koran in a few cars at the local mega-church. No need for a break-in. The condensate's on the outside. I'm thinking Frank Zappa. The ancestry is right, and he's more deserving of reverence. The possibility that he might be mistaken for a more ... divine (?) figure would only add to the irony.
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5th November 2009, 03:36 PM	#16
madurobob Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Blue Heaven, NC Posts: 3,796	Originally Posted by quadraginta No need for a break-in. The condensate's on the outside. Really? Not in my cars, not usually. Usually it is too many people breathing in the car on a cool day, or too many steaming pizzas picked up on the way home, or something like that. But, maybe I've just not been paying attention (or maybe I have rain-x on all my outside glass so I never notice). Anway, it would be a lot easier to tag the outside glass!
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5th November 2009, 04:12 PM	#17
quadraginta What was the question? Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Vale of Humility Posts: 1,129	Originally Posted by madurobob Really? Not in my cars, not usually. Usually it is too many people breathing in the car on a cool day, or too many steaming pizzas picked up on the way home, or something like that. But, maybe I've just not been paying attention (or maybe I have rain-x on all my outside glass so I never notice). Anway, it would be a lot easier to tag the outside glass! Rain-X is good. After the vehicle is occupied the dynamics change. If you're in the habit of keeping your venting on recirculate then changing it to exterior air will make a big difference. All that inside moisture is coming from the occupants, and recirculate leaves no way for it to get out. Depending on the vehicle, running your AC can make a difference. Some automatically do that when you set to defrost. Anyhow, the 'mornin' dew' or 'the frost on the punkin' is out there on all the cars in the morning, too.
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5th November 2009, 04:36 PM	#18
madurobob Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Blue Heaven, NC Posts: 3,796	Originally Posted by quadraginta Rain-X is good. After the vehicle is occupied the dynamics change. If you're in the habit of keeping your venting on recirculate then changing it to exterior air will make a big difference. All that inside moisture is coming from the occupants, and recirculate leaves no way for it to get out. Depending on the vehicle, running your AC can make a difference. Some automatically do that when you set to defrost. Yup, AC is the trick. Recirc or not makes little difference in my cars most of the time (used to in my little civic), but the AC clears away the fog in a second or two. Originally Posted by quadraginta Anyhow, the 'mornin' dew' or 'the frost on the punkin' is out there on all the cars in the morning, too. I must confess, I work from home so my morning commute is from the bedroom to the study. The Mrs takes the kids to school, so I haven't seen the inside - or outside - of a car early in the morning in ages. So, I'm going to make a template and try it on the Mrs' car first to see if she notices. If it works, I'm going on a window cleaning spree. First a few cars in the church parking lot as mentioned, then in January a bunch of UNC logos on cars in parking lots of that silly little seminary in Durham.
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5th November 2009, 05:08 PM	#19
quadraginta What was the question? Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Vale of Humility Posts: 1,129	Originally Posted by madurobob So, I'm going to make a template and try it on the Mrs' car first to see if she notices. If it works, I'm going on a window cleaning spree. First a few cars in the church parking lot as mentioned, then in January a bunch of UNC logos on cars in parking lots of that silly little seminary in Durham. Are ya gonna use Frank?
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5th November 2009, 05:14 PM	#21
quadraginta What was the question? Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Vale of Humility Posts: 1,129	Originally Posted by Lisa Simpson Ringo Starr is appearing in a water drop. Oh, he does that all the time. Publicity glutton.
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5th November 2009, 05:41 PM	#22
poeatszeitgeist New Blood Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Southwest Virginia, USA Posts: 12	Wow. I lived in Johnson City, TN for two years. It's about an hour and a half from my home town (which in a rural area, isn't very far at all.) It really doesn't surprise me. Johnson City, TN is right on the fringes of the Appalachian Mountains (Aka, the belt-buckle of the Bible Belt). It does make me a little sad that this is the first thing I see as far as any national coverage of the area. Better than a murder, I do suppose. I haven't seen anything on the local news station (I'm sure I've just missed it), but I'll see if any of my friends in JC saw anything about it in the newspaper. Either way, I may have to go take a trip down there to see this / perfectly miraculous event. /sarcasm.

5th November 2009, 07:01 PM	#23
GT/CS Graduate Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,653	Originally Posted by quadraginta No need for a break-in. The condensate's on the outside. I'm thinking Frank Zappa. The ancestry is right, and he's more deserving of reverence. The possibility that he might be mistaken for a more ... divine (?) figure would only add to the irony. http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blo...frankZappa.jpg His grave is unmarked. Maybe this is why!
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5th November 2009, 07:11 PM	#25
negativ Graduate Poster Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: the land of make-believe Posts: 1,743	Originally Posted by quadraginta No need for a break-in. The condensate's on the outside. I'm thinking Frank Zappa. The ancestry is right, and he's more deserving of reverence. The possibility that he might be mistaken for a more ... divine (?) figure would only add to the irony. http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blo...frankZappa.jpg He's got twenty million dollars In his Heavenly Bank Account . . . All from those chumps who was Born again He's got seven limousines And a private plane . . . All for the use of his Special Friends He's got thousand-dollar suits And a Wembley Tie . . . Girls love to stroke it While he's on the phone At the House of Representatives He's a groovy guy . . . When he Gives Thanks He is not alone . . . He is dealin' He is really dealin' IRS can't determine Where The Hook is It is easy with the Bible To pretend that You're in Show Biz (And a-one, and a-two, and a . . . ) They won't get him They will never get him For the naughty stuff That he did It is best in cases like this To pretend that You are stupid He's got Presidential Help All along the way He says the grace While the lawyers chew Oh yeah They sure do And the Governors agree to say "He's a lovely man!" He makes it easier for Them to screw All of you Yes that's true 'Cause he helps put The Fear of God In the Common Man Snatchin' up money Everywhere he can He's got twenty million dollars In his Heavenly Bank Account You ain't got nothin', people
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6th November 2009, 12:39 AM	#26
pakeha Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,026	Originally Posted by madurobob Yes, as soon as I figure out how to work this slim jim... I'm thinking mysterious appearances of verses from the Koran in a few cars at the local mega-church. Tempting. Very tempting. But- won't the faithful believe its the Devil's handicraft or that of some hapless immigrant and opt for a stompin'?
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6th November 2009, 01:35 AM	#27
m_huber Muse Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 725	My dad once took a shower and saw, in clear english, the words "Trust Jesus" on the mirror. He was rather shocked, so he showed my mother and brother. As it turned out, my brother, who was around 4 at the time, had climbed up on the counter and written the words in shaving cream. After that incident, dad started covering the bathroom mirror with shaving cream because it is such an effective fog blocker
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6th November 2009, 06:38 AM	#28
madurobob Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Blue Heaven, NC Posts: 3,796	Originally Posted by pakeha Tempting. Very tempting. But- won't the faithful believe its the Devil's handicraft or that of some hapless immigrant and opt for a stompin'? Actually, I'm pretty sure they'll have no idea how to read Arabic. So, if they're curious, they'll find someone who can (plenty enough at the various nearby universities). How they'll react when they realize it is from the Koran is anybody's guess. But at least at that point they will have involved someone else.
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6th November 2009, 08:17 AM	#29
Belz... Fiend God Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In a multiverse of my own creation Posts: 15,537	Originally Posted by Olowkow http://www.rei.com/product/623337 Antifog lens cleaner. If I remember correctly, writing on a mirror with glycerol will produce secret message only seen when the mirror is fogged. Of course, the news media, nor the pickup owner, will ever try to figure out who drew it. No need to. They "know".
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7th November 2009, 01:41 AM	#30
Andrew Wiggin Critical Thinker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: A small planet named for it's dirt. You'll find it filed under 'mostly harmless' Posts: 405	I see so many possibilities. Window porn! A
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7th November 2009, 01:55 AM	#31
Foolmewunz Grammar Resistance Leader Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 9,825	Someone ought to get in there Saturday night and do his windows so that when he gets up for church on Sunday it says, "Gee, you're a gullible dipstick, aren't you?"
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7th November 2009, 02:40 AM	#32
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Pither Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford Australia Posts: 3,785	This is a sooper blown-up version of the pic in the OP. I've made no other changes than a crop and enlarge. There are obvious jpeg artefacts, of course, but there is also a faint repeating "shadow", or echo, to the right of the Jeebus head. I believe that the Jeebus head was pasted into the image and whatever was originally on the window was erased after the paste instead of before it. The result is that the erasing, probably done with a 'clone' tool, started too close to the edge of the main image and accidentally cloned part of it. I have another theory . . . On staring at the damn thing for too long, it seems to me that they might have copied whatever was on the window, enhanced it and pasted it back, but they still hadn't erased either the original blob or perhaps an earlier attempt that didn't work out. I believe I can see the faint remainder of a completely different Jeebus head to the right of the main one, but I acknowledge that at least some pareidolia is involved in this analysis. In either of the above scenarios, my conclusion is that it's a shoop. Other posters should be able to duplicate my result with basic software by cropping the original image to the same area that I have, and resizing the image to 600 pixels wide, maintaining the original width/height ratio.
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8th November 2009, 03:47 AM	#33
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Pither Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford Australia Posts: 3,785	Bump for comments 'cos I hate having stuff going asserted and unchallenged. Especially if the source is a bit dodgy.
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8th November 2009, 07:31 AM	#34
Olowkow Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,475	Originally Posted by Akhenaten Bump for comments 'cos I hate having stuff going asserted and unchallenged. Especially if the source is a bit dodgy. Definitely cool that you found the other face on the window. Too bad we don't have more/better pics to examine. I keep wondering how he showed the folks at the grocery store. He drove there with no view out that window? Why is the dew so heavy on the vertical windows, but none on the metal? It looked like it was pretty sunny and warm (shirt sleeves) in the picture, etc. Just too many unanswered questions.
Olowkow Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,475	__________________ It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. --Albert Einstein Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven. --Shakespeare Last edited by Olowkow; 8th November 2009 at 07:32 AM.

8th November 2009, 08:11 AM	#35
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Pither Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford Australia Posts: 3,785	Couldn't agree more with your last statement. I'd never assert one thing or another with any certainty on such a poor single image.
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8th November 2009, 08:26 AM	#36
madurobob Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Blue Heaven, NC Posts: 3,796	Originally Posted by Akhenaten Couldn't agree more with your last statement. I'd never assert one thing or another with any certainty on such a poor single image. Agreed. This could easily be shopped, or just as easily created with a practiced application of anti-fog. The image quality is so poor there is no way to know from just the image.
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