Web: The gospel of elbow grease?

Scrub a dub-dub, the Cross scrub brush is here!

The New York Times reports that the pious can now use a replica of the first century instrument of execution (and symbol of the Lord's Passion) to clean gunk off their bathtub tiles.

“Some people have become very upset about it,” said its creator, Ian Stallard of the London design firm FredriksonStallard.

The brushes were meant to provoke controversy, but blasphemy was never their goal, he says.

Inspired by the religious hysteria after 9/11, Stallard originally planned a series of brushes in the shape the world's best known symbols of faith. But he settled on the Cross as the object least likely to cause uproar.

“I think Christianity may be a little bit more open to criticism,” he said.

And a little bit less likely to Fatwa yo' hiney, right Ian?

You can buy the scouring brush for $128 or the lint remover for $95.



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