HOW BIZARRE NEWS (4-13-09)

WEDDING AD SPACE?

A Romanian groom is trying to pay for his marriage by selling advertising space on his wedding tie. The 26 year old man has set up a website for bidders - and reckons he'll easily pay for the ceremony and some special presents. Companies can pay nearly 100 dollars for a slot near the top of his tie, $50.00 for one in the middle or just $10 to have their name at the bottom of the tie. http://www.cravatamea.com/ - keeps a running total of all bids.

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CLEAN YOUR SOUL ON-LINE

Sinners, take heed: There's a product available now in parts of New York that will leave you with that "almost baptized feeling." It's called SoulWow -- with the cleansing power of confession. In a YouTube parody of the popular ads for ShamWow absorbent towels, a priestly pitchman named Father Vic calls on Roman Catholics in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island to partake. The ad campaign was launched before Palm Sunday by the dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Centre in an effort to increase the number of people who confess during Holy Week. Church officials say they've seen an upsurge of followers seeking absolution. SoulWow: http://www.soulwow.com/

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LEGO JESUS

Parishioners at a church in Sweden celebrated Easter yesterday by unveiling a 6-foot-tall statue of Jesus that they had built out of 30,000 Lego’s. It took the 40 volunteers about 18 months to put all the tiny plastic blocks together, and their creation shows a standing Jesus facing forward with his arms outstretched. The church was filled to capacity with about 400 worshippers on Sunday when the statue went on display behind the altar, and some of the children in the congregation couldn't help but touch the white art work.