This is a religious icon. I kid you not.
It’s produced by Atlantis, a Portuguese factory that makes crystal figurines. This one, which is 24 centimeters high (9.5 inches), is called “Nossa Senhora,” or Our Lady.
Clearly, not a single person working in this factory has a sufficiently dirty mind to make the obvious mental leap. There is such a thing as too much purity.
Not being burdened with this particular limitation, my first thought is that the factory could have an international bestseller on its hands with a little creative marketing. A toy that not only does not need to be hidden, but can be actively displayed? Ingenious.
Oregon Expat 
Honestly, my first thought at seeing the picture was “wow, a glass dildo – I wonder what she’s going to say about this one”
Hillarious 🙂
OMG! I have a netbook. I scroll down, down..blink..scroll down, and laughed out loud.
oh, I went there, and then stared and saw the muted Virgin Mary image, but my God, no pun intended..they could make billions with the proper marketing.
It IS ingenious.
how hard did you laugh when you found this?
Chase: Pretty hard! Actually I think there were tears.
I can imagine. It’s even funnier thinking of the pure minds behind creating what theysee as a tribute to the BVM.
Meanwhile, it could be used to invoke God’s name a lot. A LOT….
I agree especially if you market as well for the older people, with the slogan “ O God, how great though art” Take a look at this scene. Since it’s in Flemish, the conversation is as follows: The older woman in the red jacket asks” Do anyone of you know what is a butt crusher. The other older woman responds with: “That’s just such a coincidence, I have one with me, let me show you”.
The scene is from a TV-station in Belgium which a couple of weeks ago just launched a new program called “Benidorm Bastards”, kind of candid camera program, in which old people pull a leg on the younger ones.
Tori — LOL!!!
The look on the young woman’s face was priceless. Total shock and disbelief, and then she couldn’t help but laugh. Perhaps now she’ll know that it’s always the respectable-looking, quiet ones…
Yeah, and maybe when she will be older she’ll understand why all girls just wanna have fun!
I have to admit that I am not as sure about the pure minds as you all seem to be…
It is truly hilarious, as well as Tori’s video and comment. I can’t stop laughing.
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This is hilarious! It’s like a 3-d image. Now you see the Virgin Mary, now you see a dildo (or in my case, now you see a dildo…still a dildo…no way…dildo…there! the Virgin Mary!). LOL. I’m wondering if we have an explanation for immaculate conception?
I’m impressed, also, by the size representation of this phallic symbol. I recall reading that portrayals of the amount of food in the Last Supper showed enlargement of the portions during the past 1000 years. Might we have a similar phenomenon occurring here? Main dish size increased by 69%, although the loaf of bread size only increased by 23% I’m uncertain which would be a better comparison, but I personally hesitate to equate a phallis with the main course. Still, 9.5 inches is prodigious!
I thought it was called “Our Lady” because it was for our lady’s pleasure. But then, what do I know.