If You See the Buddha Coming Down the Road, Eat Him

From the "People with Way Too Much Time on Their Hands" Files: Chinese farmer Gao Xianzhang has developed a special mold in which to grow pears. Once the pears are fully formed, they look like. . . like. . . well, see for yourself:

(Image from www.dailymail.co.uk)

Luckily, Gao has managed to avoid the fate suffered by rival fruit artisan Arthur "Sprouts" Maldenhoffer of La Habra, California, who was critically injured by a suicide bomber after attempting to craft avocados in the shape of Muhammad.

Of course, there is a rich history of deity-shaped fruit. We're all familiar with the Jesusmelon and its ill-advised marketing scheme ("I'd crucify myself for a Jesusmelon!"). Ganeshberries flew off the shelves of Bangalore markets in the late 1970s. Wiccan farmers have grown Lilith-shaped peaches in small New England communes since the birth of the American republic. And don't get us started on the sheer deliciousness of a pie baked out of Anubis-shaped apples.

Mmmm. . . . Egyptological!