How about making a high power flashlight project the same image, get on a rooftop, and shine it in the same spot.  When they come running, start moving it down the street.  See how fast you can get them to run.  Maybe open a manhole or three beforehand…

Or morph the image into a devil and have it chase them down the street.

Make some of the lamps display a devil or 666, wait for somebody to bust it, then call crimestoppers and get a reward.

or some crap yard ornaments.

One lawn in our neighborhood had a lawn jockey.  The wife and I always joked about what could be done to it.  Lawn ornaments should be chosen with care – a poor choice may just be asking for vandalism by some bored hoodlum.

I’m not sure which bothers me more:

The fact that people are seeing Jesus in a streetlight shadow, when in fact it’s probably bug splatter that’s making the shadow, or

The fact that the AP used the abbreviation for Idaho (ID) instead of Indiana (IN) in the dateline.

I say that an electrical grid needs to be put around the light so every gullible boob that comes to see the holy shadow pops like a mosquito in a bug-zapper. I mean come on folks, faces of religious icons in food items, water stains, tree bark… you might as well be looking for an Iraq exit strategy to form in passing clouds! If you really belive this is how god would choose to communicate to the faithful I have a growth on the inside of my leg that looks like the face on Mars if you want to make a pilgrimage (please insert your own joke about Uranus here). 

Ya know…Jesus showed up in my first ultrasound picture of my daughter…my literally crazy cousin pointed it out to me…now whenever I open her baby book and see the picture…I see Jesus…maybe I need to make a copy of it and sell it on Ebay…lol

Im just glad someone finally turned off a fucking light. We dont need to have them bitches on all of the damned time anyhow. Streetlamps just cause bullshit light pollution and help out with bombing runs. A nice false sence of security..  Almost as bad as floodlights without motion sensors.. on all damned night and sucking a thousand watts of power. Usually to “protect” some bullshit like an overmanicured lawn or some crap yard ornaments.

I say they replace the lens of the light with assorted images.  You could have symbols representing assorted favourite sports teams, movie symbols like Batman, and assorted religious deities.  That way everyone could get in on the fun.  Just think, a big number 8 one day followed up with a pentagram the next and then the old standby Jesus.  So much fun!

I think it’s sort of funny (read:sad) that these people come flocking to, and start worshiping, images that look like some artist’s conception of what Jesus (or Mary or whoever) looks like.  For all we know, they could be ushering in the second coming of Cat Stevens.  And he’s not even done coming the first time!  If you’ll pardon the crude phraseology.

I second that.  The question is, why don’t they just reposition the light so the shadow no longer bears an similarity to anything?

That isn’t the way to go, I’m with Les, have fun with em, and reposition some more street lamps, so we don’t have to take turns with the lightswitch.

 

Good thing I’m not in charge of the light as I’d be having some serious fun with it. You know, turn it on and watch everyone come running and then, just as they get there, shut it off again and wait for them to start to leave. Rinse. Repeat.

shock You are a sick, sick man.  I love it!  cool grin

I second that.  The question is, why don’t they just reposition the light so the shadow no longer bears an similarity to anything?

Good thing I’m not in charge of the light as I’d be having some serious fun with it. You know, turn it on and watch everyone come running and then, just as they get there, shut it off again and wait for them to start to leave. Rinse. Repeat.

You are a sick, sick man.  I love it!