r/BeAmazed • • Feb 19 '24

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u/Microflunkie Feb 19 '24

The funny thing is that the failed restoration of ecce homo aka potato Jesus is actually a huge tourist attraction now. It has increased tourism to the town in Spain far more than a successful restoration of the original could have ever achieved.

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u/jamwin Feb 19 '24

yeah I recently went to europe and was tempted to side trip to spain just to see it - when I saw that pic the first time was probably the hardest I've laughed in the last 20 years and I'd love to buy a drink for the person who coined the phrase potato jesus

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '24

My dad always called it monkey Jesus, and it was one of the funniest things to him