Caption call

31 Responses to Caption call

1. Fr. Marie-Paul says:

   5 December 2009 at 6:55 pm

   For the Leonardo da Vinci basilica of course!
2. FrCharles says:

   5 December 2009 at 7:13 pm

   Observe, Baron Munchausen, our prototype. RX, uh, Intercontinental, radar-sneaky, multi-warheaded nuclear missile.
3. Susan the Short says:

   5 December 2009 at 7:21 pm

   At first I thought it was some architect’s rendering of a basilica, but the candles give it away…it’s one of those Christmas decorations where the heat of the flames causes the propeller blades to circulate, and, hopefully, all the little figurines inside turn like a merry-go-round.

   My Polish pastor has several smaller ones on display in the rectory.

   Note, too, the little reindeer on the base.

   It’s a Christmas whirligiggy-thingy!
4. Susan the Short says:

   5 December 2009 at 7:22 pm

   Ooops, sorry! I didn’t realize I was supposed to write a clever caption, not a description.
5. Jack Hughes says:

   5 December 2009 at 7:25 pm

   The Holy Father’s ‘gift’ to Fr Richard McBrien:) the figurines are configured to tap the following message out in morse code “say the black, do the red”
6. William says:

   5 December 2009 at 7:25 pm

   Up, Up, and Away!
7. frobuaidhe says:

   5 December 2009 at 8:11 pm

   “And does Dr. William’s wear it during liturgies or only on state occasions?”
8. edwardo3 says:

   5 December 2009 at 8:36 pm

   As of the First Sunday of Advent, the new Liturgical Abuse Eradicator was fully functional. In order to demonstrate the capabilities of the Liturgical Abuse Eradicator, Eminence, you may fire when ready.
9. edwardo3 says:

   5 December 2009 at 8:37 pm

   Susan the Short, it is a glokenschpiel (pardon my spelling).
10. RichR says:

    5 December 2009 at 8:58 pm

    As a matter of fact, Ambassador, the old Ritual does have an obscure papal blessing for these candles thingees.
11. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

    5 December 2009 at 10:07 pm

    edwardo: you may fire when ready

    LOL
12. Subvet says:

    5 December 2009 at 11:41 pm

    Best of all your Holiness; it’s totally “green” because it’s wind-powered!
13. Vincenzo says:

    6 December 2009 at 1:36 am

    http://i46.tinypic.com/31520oz.jpg
14. Makemeaspar says:

    6 December 2009 at 1:55 am

    **The Marvelous Toy** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLYefZkOMB0&feature=related
15. Kerry says:

    6 December 2009 at 8:16 am

    “When it rises into the air, what prevents the cake from spinning?”
16. chonak says:

    6 December 2009 at 8:55 am

    Now that ROCOR has been reconciled with the Moscow Patriarchate, the Russian Church also honors Bl. Sikorsky.
17. Kimberly says:

    6 December 2009 at 9:16 am

    Beautiful. What the hell is it?
18. mattdiem says:

    6 December 2009 at 9:44 am

    Erzgebirge!!

    http://www.saint-statues.com/servlet/Categories

    You gan get them directly from germany at several different price points and levels of complexity there….I have been wanting some all year….

    Thanks for the photo Padre!
19. ghp95134 says:

    6 December 2009 at 10:55 am

    “… and, Holy Father, this is our modern architect’s vision of your new helipad atop the St. Peter’s Basilica.”
20. joecct77 says:

    6 December 2009 at 1:05 pm

    I bought it on eBay!
21. Mariana says:

    6 December 2009 at 1:46 pm

    That’s a German Christmas Pyramid!
22. Genna says:

    6 December 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Green Pope tests prototype to cut carbon footprint of Vatican candles.
23. M J Ryan says:

    6 December 2009 at 2:49 pm

    I found the perfect new diocese for Bishop Henry of Calgary.
24. Widukind says:

    6 December 2009 at 6:31 pm

    Wunderbar! What a splendid improvement for the Christmas children’s Mass. It is so much better than liturgical dancing, I do hope it will catch on!
25. Unvanquished says:

    7 December 2009 at 7:09 am

    It’s the Transportable Multi-Stage Miniature Baldacchino (TMSMB) of course!
26. Allan S. says:

    7 December 2009 at 8:39 am

    “Pope declines to bless cake-topper for wedding of LA’s new suffragan bishop”
27. EchoRomeo says:

    7 December 2009 at 8:46 am

    Cool. The guy on the left is the German Federal President, Mr. Köhler.
28. Titus says:

    7 December 2009 at 10:00 am

    Father, I don’t mean to rain on the parade, but there appears to be some problem with images in Firefox again.

    Also (having looked the picture up in IE), those devices are actually really cool: they work like Susan said and can actually be quite striking. But from that angle it does look a little odd.
29. LouieJ says:

    7 December 2009 at 10:23 am

    T minus 10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1.. and we have lift off the Roman missile!
30. irishgirl says:

    7 December 2009 at 11:27 am

    No caption….I’m kind of echoing Kimberly’s comment…what the ‘heck’ is that?

    Vincenzo strikes again, though! Had to brush the tears from my eyes to keep from laughing out loud in the library! Wish I were that creative….[sigh]….
31. catholicmidwest says:

    7 December 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Wow! A cake. You shouldn’t have. No, really, you shouldn’t have.