1. "Inventive Name for a Business"
Posted by Edisto on Oct-20th-02 at 6:42 PM

Let me first say that this isn't a religious item.  I'm not pushing religion nor denigrating anybody's religion.  I think we all have the right to think and do what we please in that regard.  With that said: I was listening to my car radio today, and there was a news story about one of the hottest items on the market -- the Jesus Christ action figure.  It has long hair, a beard, a long white robe -- and wheels!  Several chains are carrying it, and it's been a big hit at all of them.  One of the chains is called, "Jesus Christ Superstore."

I checked out the JC Superstore and was pretty disappointed to find they'd sold out of the JC action figure -- especially since it came with a Death Killer-Cross pump action over-under shotgun. 

Seriously, though -- if you click on the FAQ section it looks like this site is a put-on.  But I'm sure there are stores that do carry similar action figures.  The ones shown on this site don't appear to have wheels.

http://www.jesuschristsuperstore.net/index.html

No, there really is a thing, actually a whole series of action figures featuring Jesus. I saw them all on conan o'brien. He had the catalogue and they ended up buying them all and showing them. THEN he added his own versions after about a week of getting the most laughs he could from the real thing. He found them in a catalogue for kids who are going to first holy communion. They market them to kids.

They are quite ridiculous looking. but very funny.

Ooooh!  That is too wild!  I see they're completely sold out of Christians AND Jews.  I guess the Christians were et by lions.  Reminds me of the old story about the woman who took her little boy to see the movie "Quo Vadis" (this was back in the fifties, folks).  In one scene, a group of Christians are loosed into an arena with hungry lions.  The lions immediately pounce on the Christians and begin devouring them.  The little boy watched wide-eyed for a moment and then started crying.  Concerned, his mother asked, "Honey, what's wrong?"  Pointing at the screen, the child answered through his sobs, "That poor little lion ain't got no Christian."
(I think you're right; this does seem to be a gag website.  The newsman was apparently taken in by it.)