I know I shouldn't go there, but . . . If you zoom in on the orb, it appears to have a cross shaped stopper, which would make this a flask of chrism, i.e., the holy hand grenade. The "Infant Jesus of Prague" is the most common image of flask.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Prague My only defense of all this is that I'm still waiting for the coffee to brew ,. . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/20/2008 4:13 PM >>> Gotta know your religious symbolism knarF. That globe in his hand means it's baby Jesus. Funny, he doesn't look like any Jewish kid I know. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:02 PM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know why, but I find something mildly humourous about this one: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-more-could-there-possibly-be.html > > Comments welcome. > > Thanks in advance. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. !SIG:4925d30d134704030518159! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
