tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post111176005775206501..comments2024-01-09T13:55:46.379-05:00Comments on 15 Minute Lunch: Of Road Grime and ReligionJohnny Virgilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-1113181481438899512005-04-10T21:04:00.000-04:002005-04-10T21:04:00.000-04:00I've got news for you--they put up these little sh...I've got news for you--they put up these little shrines everywhere. They put one in front of John F Kennedy Jr's apartment after he and Carolyn were killed. I saw one at the entrance to a shopping center. (After all, this is New Jersey.)miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-1112019704126752272005-03-28T09:21:00.000-05:002005-03-28T09:21:00.000-05:00Awesome. Everytime I see those I think. Wow some...Awesome. Everytime I see those I think. Wow some idiot died here. Here's something even more ridiculous. On the road behind my parents house I used to drive past this house that had a whole shrine in the front yard that said MATT in huge letters spelled out in black rocks in a bed of white rocks around a tree stump. I asked about it one time and it was in memory of a kid that hit that tree almost certainly being a jackass and driving too fast on a curvy road. It was erected by the parents of the kid on these strangers property and they cut the tree down too in his memory. Brilliant. Their moron kid wasn't successful in killing these people's tree with his car so they asked them if they could cut it down in his memory.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15453112106752625255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-1111871961028702272005-03-26T16:19:00.000-05:002005-03-26T16:19:00.000-05:00So I guess I have to bring back the present I got ...So I guess I have to bring back the present I got you for your birthday. I could have swore you told me you thought those crosses were cool.Shamus O'Drunkahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492140972265969422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-1111841448133407332005-03-26T07:50:00.000-05:002005-03-26T07:50:00.000-05:00Excellent post topic. My question is this: Why sto...Excellent post topic. My question is this: Why stop at roadsides? The old guy who bit the dust in the supermarket aisle doesn't deserve a crudely built cross? How about operating rooms? They'd be full of the things. In fact, hospitals wouldn't have room for beds! There'd be crosses in KFC's across the country, I'm sure, for those who choked to death on chicken bones ... at least, this would be the case if we started leaving shrines at every "death spot." Isn't that why our society feels the need for cemeteries in the first place? How many shrines does one person need?<br />Love your writing style.Weary Haghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15809105824011470783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-1111779932596468912005-03-25T14:45:00.000-05:002005-03-25T14:45:00.000-05:00Thank you. I have felt this way about roadside cr...Thank you. I have felt this way about roadside crosses for a few years, but never knew how to put it words. They freak me out. And no, I don't think that the erectors of the crosses know or care what the deceased want -- usually people who do those kinds of things are looking for something to make them look "good" or "caring" or "religious". It's a bunch of bull.armalicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569772344297408167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-1111772934142476032005-03-25T12:48:00.000-05:002005-03-25T12:48:00.000-05:00About 10 years back I used to drive down through b...About 10 years back I used to drive down through baja all the time. Most of the road was completely desolate, a two lane highway through desert with sheer drops of about 10 feet on either side. There were those crosses the whole way, too many, along with the rusted remains of overturned cars. It constantly reminded me how bad things could get if I lost control during that drive. Ever since then, i've found those crosses to be more and more unnerving to me, no matter where I am. I wish they weren't so popular these days.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241302941941425752noreply@blogger.com