{"id":557,"date":"2008-06-27T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=557"},"modified":"2008-06-27T06:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T12:10:00","slug":"jesus-in-a-jar-an-equal-opportunity-offender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/jesus-in-a-jar-an-equal-opportunity-offender\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus-in-a-Jar &#8212; an equal-opportunity offender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mobile-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bp3.blogger.com\/_77gB19IZDW4\/SGTYxllzStI\/AAAAAAAAAJ4\/pg-rqDtfwRo\/s1600-h\/2006-06-26%2BJesus-in-a-Jar-746047.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bp3.blogger.com\/_77gB19IZDW4\/SGTYxllzStI\/AAAAAAAAAJ4\/pg-rqDtfwRo\/s320\/2006-06-26%2BJesus-in-a-Jar-746047.jpg?w=605\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216532614817729234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought I&#39;d try going below the limits of my own grossness. I&#39;ve always known that I&#39;m capable of transcending (is that the right word?) all known limits when it comes to grossness.<\/p>\n<p>But I didn&#39;t know I could get THIS low!<\/p>\n<p>An ex-girlfriend and I came up with a pretty grotesque idea&#8230; to put foetusses in snow globes, and sell them as souvenirs at abortion clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday in the bath, a flash of inspiration almost drowned me with its radicalness.<\/p>\n<p>Yup&#8230; these little souvenirs can be customised and sold at almost ANY place of religious worship.<\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ve got Jesus-in-a-Jar. Mohammed-in-a-Mug. Moses-in-a-Magnum. Krishna-in-a-Carafe. And finally, Buddha in a bottle (here we only use very big foetusses&#8230; real feeders).<\/p>\n<p>I figure if I&#39;m going to offend someone, I might as well offend EVERYone. I apologise for not having anything to do with Scientologists. I just couldn&#39;t think of the appropriate container. Hubbard-in-a-Humidore? I dunno.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#39;re going to kill me for this, I&#39;d appreciate it if you wait till I&#39;m about to die of old-age. Thanks. Knew you&#39;d understand.<\/p>\n<p><i>This pic was sketched into my Moleskine notebook while my hands were still moist from bathing. I then scanned it, and coloured it in Photoshop CS2.<\/i> <\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I&#39;d try going below the limits of my own grossness. I&#39;ve always known that I&#39;m capable of transcending (is that the right word?) all known limits when it comes to grossness. 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