holy grail quest
moves to iceland
From VISIR.IS:
A group of scientists believe the Holy Grail and other lost objects, which according to Christian mythology were guarded by the Knights Templar, may be located in the rural district Hrunamannahreppur in southwest Iceland.
Architect Thórarinn Thórarinsson and Italian cryptographer Giancarlo Gianazza believe they have found important clues to where the Holy Grail is hidden in poems by Dante and artwork by Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance painters. His research has led him to conclude that the treasure is located in a five-meter-large secret underground dome by Skipholtskrókar near Kjölur mountain pass.
One of the clues is a consistency between da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper and an aerial photograph of the area. 
Thórarinn was given permission by the local authority of Hrunamannahreppur to dig a two-meter-deep and five-meter-wide ditch by Skipholtskrókar with the condition that the ditch will be closed after the research is done.
“Although we have our doubts, we think this project is exciting,” said head of the local authority Ísólfur Gylfi Pálmason. “It is at least a different kind of project than what we have to deal with on a daily basis.”
23 comments:
I think they're wrong. Reference the picture, the treasure is located at the right hand of Christ, under the sticky bun. This is of course where we get the phrase "sticky fingers" from Templars who tried to steal a little treasure and "stick in the mud" which is what happened to those who tried to steal. Some of the other phrases associated with this legend are "stick it to him", referencing a form of punishment for those caught stealing and the "greasy end of the stick" which was the implement of punishment. All of these clues point directly back to the "sticky bun" in your picture.
Did anyone think to look in the Lost and Found at the Port Authority Bus Terminal?
Did Jesus actually go there after his sojourn in England?
Maybe this is where GAFCON should meet...
Hrunamannahreppur? No no, too silly.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Scientists are crazy motherfuckers.
I'm pretty sure the grail is in a cave somewhere in the British Isles, protected by a killer rabbit.
I have no evidence of that; just a feeling.
It is possible that Jesus stopped in Iceland to rest on his way back from Central America where he converted the first Mormons recruiting from a caucasian Jewish tribe.
Of course it is also possible that I will win the Iowa caucuses tonight.....
FWIW
jimB
KJ,
you win, you clever thing. Of course, you may find it in many urban centers throughout the world, Rio to Baghdad, if the latter still qualifies, usually without rabbits in these parts, most days.
But, "One never knows, do one?"
Thomas Waller
ugh, Jim,
you wretch: jerking us back to that "reality"; isn't this the oddest group you've ever seen, even for Republicans: Dayum!
"I'm just gonna forget about Edgar, and go to Manhattan, and get some nice clothes, and maybe a new look; maybe I still got it."
KJ, it's not in the cave! It's in the Castle of Aaarrrrrggghhhhh!
And I'm saying this as a public service, so that none of MP's readers end up meeting their deaths with lots of great big nasty teeth.
PJ, My plot revealed.
BTW, Johnie, I think 2008 is Barry Goldwater's year at last. Au H2O!
johnieb,
The worst prediction for 2008, is that one of these mopes, either democrat or republican, is gonna win. We really need a "none of the above" option on the ballot!
FWIW
jimB
Wait! Didn't Indiana Jones find it already? And wasn't it immediately lost again in an earthquake somewhere in the desert after saving Sean Connery's life?
Don't any of these people have lives?
WHERE is the Crazy Priest today?
Hmmm????
Eileen...my rather obvious question is....Is he on his way to Iceland?
My pick for the Iowa Caucuses?
Nixon!
Tanned, rested, and ready!
Who's kicking around who now?
KJ, it may be Barry's year for the electorate, but the party seems to have deserted him. (Death also plays a factor here.)
Stupid, stupid death!
"Every good Christian should line up and kick Jerry Falwell's ass."
Barry Goldwater
You're right, Paul. The party paid no attention to his warnings regarding the religious right.
At last, something that makes all those Mary-in-tree-bark and Jesus-in-cabinet-door-grain sightings look plausible by comparison.
I was told that if I voted for Goldwater we'd be at war in Vietnam, our taxes would go up and we'd have riots in our cities. I did and they were right.
It may not be AuH2O, but Obama won handily tonight. The kids turned out in droves for him, confounding the "experts".
I'm an Edwards backer, but Obama's young, smart, goodlooking, and a great public speaker. He's run a great campaign. There's really nobody on the Democratic side who makes me want to go kill myself. If it's Obama in November, I can more than live with it.
As a Historian, I remember that the Republicans won control of both Houses of Congress in 1946 after 14 years in the outer wastes. They asked the public a simple question,
"Had enough?"
Yes, please, quite enough. Now please go away.
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