Jesus at Our Throats

I was going to say that the Da Jesus pendant was the worst I’d seen in a while:
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but then I stumbled on this legless, diamond-loinclothed Jesus, yours for only $9,800:
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Someday, Sally, we have to have that serious talk about beauty and devotion, about the desire to proclaim the kingship by using the best. About the Baroque, for that matter.

But not now. Not after seeing that diamond loincloth.

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