Could have been in 'Funnies', except it's not.
What more can be said?
Now this is not anti Indian, just an anti stupidity, post.
This wasn't on shaheens list
50 people looking for solar image of Mary lose sight
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
At least 50 people in Kottayam district have reportedly lost their
vision after gazing at the sun looking for an image of Virgin Mary.
Though
alarmed health authorities have installed a signboard to counter the
rumour that a solar image of Virgin Mary appeared to the believers,
curious onlookers, including foreign travellers, have been thronging
the venue of the ‘miracle’.
St Joseph’s ENT and Eye Hospital in
Kanjirappally alone has recorded 48 cases of vision loss due to
photochemical burns on the retina. “All our patients have similar
history and symptoms. The damage is to the macula, the most sensitive
part of retina. They have developed photochemical, not thermal, burns
after continuously gazing at the sun,” Dr Annamma James Isaac, the
hospital’s ophthalmologist, said.
The hospital has been receiving
patients with these abnormal symptoms since Friday. When the doctors
found a pattern in the case sheets, they reported it to the district
medical officer.
The health department has now put up a
signboard at the hotelier’s house near Erumeli, where the divine image
is said to have appeared, warning people against exposing their eyes to
sunlight.
Even the churches in the vicinity disowned the miracle
during Sunday mass after health officers and doctors approached the
clergy. The house in question has been the centre of local rumours for
a few months. The hotelier, who has since moved to another house, had
claimed that statues of Mother Mary in his house have been crying honey
and bleeding oil and perfumes.
Though people have been flocking
to the “blessed land” - hastily christened Rosa Mystica Mountain - for
long, the mad rush for the image in the sky began a week ago.
There
are quite a few people still seeking the miracle, despite the
experiences of their unfortunate predecessors and strict health
warnings against gazing at the sun with the naked eye.
“The
patients show varying degrees of severity. They are mostly girls in
12-26 age group. Our youngest patient is 12 and the oldest 60. Most of
them were looking at the sun between 2 and 4 pm, when UV1 and UV2 rays
are harshest,” Dr James Isaac said. He added that they could identify
the problem as solar retinopathy because they were aware of the local
sensation.
“Most patients may hopefully improve their vision. But there may be long-term effects on the retina,” he added.
from:
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1152984
wht to say abt them...
Axexa - was drunk like hell (:
Alexa - We were stoned on last Thursday after you left
Rosa Mystica.. there is a lot of buzz of that around the Christian-Mallu. somebody gave me a VCD about the Oil-Blood&Nectar seeping Idol of the Virgin Mary.
The problem with Idols is this.
First you make the Idol with mud, beat it into shape using your hands, bake it in fire, paint it with colours, pack it in cardboard & hay, put it on display, when it gets dusty, dust it with a broom..........then you buy it with money & no sooner it enters your home it become venerable!!!
Now its causing major inconveinence by leaking sometimes blood, sometimes honey & sometimes Oil.
The thing is good ...in the sense that the Blood can be given to Blood banks (its A+), the Oil can be used to generate Electricity & Honey can be used for food!!!
They are using the Rap version of "Blue FULL Moon" for their dance :)
to the old song "Blue Moon"...especially in winter time..
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
They are not wearing any cloths for later part of the body to symbolize the MOON :)
ok now THAT makes me have some really weird thoughts as to how to celebrate moon rocks...
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
And They make a Moon Rock Festival in Kochin to celebrate the feet :)
I know..but they brought back rocks, not gas or oil...or moon rover, or anything else they left there (Or on the set)
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Scarlett - Truth hurts :)
I thought they went to the moon to look for moon rocks...you spoiled my memories...
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
They are same ones that thought there is oil & Gas on the Moon and Send Appolo 11 to explore it :)
I'm not so sure its stupidity that made them stare into the sun...some people just want so badly to have a serious religious experience that they will do anything to obtain it...unfortunately this one has a permanent effect and not the one they were looking for!
As far as walking into things...Was on campus one day talking to a friend and observed a guy "walking" his bicycle while talking to a pretty girl...I told my friend to watch...cause he wasn't paying attention to where he was going. Sure enough..the guy is trying his best to impress this gal, and he runs himself and the bike directly into a stop sign and fell over!! For those of you old enough to remember "Laugh In"..it was just like the little guy in the yelllow raincoat on the tricycle!!
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
"I fail to understand that people still beleive in superstitions and Kerala is supposed to be 100% literate when compared to the other states of India."
The catch word is 'supposed to be'. Being from the place and having lived there for 20 years, i can say it is not so! Unfortunately!
Man walking into a lamp post reminded me of an incident in Qatar some years ago.
A bloke was running across the road never taking his eyes off the oncoming traffic (as they do) and ran straight into a lamp post....head first.
I fail to understand that people still beleive in superstitions and Kerala is supposed to be 100% literate when compared to the other states of India.
I really pity these idiots!!
"It is better to die with memories than to live with only dreams."
"Sometimes love is for a moment, sometimes love is for a lifetime.
Sometimes a moment is a lifetime!
dont be sorry mate. is cool...
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand
just re read your post.
I was being too clever, I ment the title to have a double meaning and I just assumed people knew what I meant.
Sorry for jumping down your throat.
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
What?
"Could have been in 'Funnies', except it's not." because it's NOT funny!
or "man walks in to a lamp post" , would your response be "why do you hate this man so much?"?
I don't go to mythical places with strange men.
-- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
When I lived in Mexico I really enjoyed the frequent news features about apparitions of the virgin Mary.....
rocks
window panes
there was evening a walking cross in a village near where I lived
luckily none had the ill effects of this
do you love india that much or you just hate them so much???
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand