Bury a statue, sell your home!

With foreclosures increasing, and the housing market stalled, some people have rediscovered an old Catholic tradition-- burying a statue of St. Joseph on property you want to sell. For $9.95 you can get a 4-inch statue of Joseph, the husband of Mary and the patron saint of home and family, and a kit that explains the history and proper orientation of the statue, a "Protective Plastic Burial Bag," instructions on where to bury it, etc.

St. Jo becomes your virtual "underground real estate agent." You don't even have to be Catholic.

One apocryphal story tells how someone threw the statue in the trash, and the next week the town dump was sold. Gosh!

But homeowners need to exhibit caution about which statues they bury.

--Let's say I bury a statue of John Calvin. If the house doesn't sell, was it probably predestined not to?

--If I bury a statue of Jan Hus in my yard, will my house burst into flames?

--If I bury a statue of Jimmy Carter, will Habitat for Humanity arrive to build me a new garage?

--If I bury a statue of Korah— the guy who rebelled against Moses and was destroyed when the earth opened up and swallowed him and his followers (Numbers 16)— will my yard turn into a big bottomless gravel pit?

Even more unexpected problems can arise by burying statues of The Buddha, Stalin and Vaclav Havel.

All in all, it's best to leave these kinds of things to experienced professionals.


We've covered this before, but thanks to Metafilter for the latest version.

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