Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:14:10 AM
Say cheese, it's Mary
November 17, 2004 - 10:09AM
A page from eBay showing a 10-year-old
grilled cheese sandwich up for auction that
allegedly depicts the Virgin Mary in the bread.
Photo: AFP
A 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich a Florida woman says bears the image of the Virgin Mary was back on eBay today after the internet auction house initially cancelled bids that went up to $28,470.
Owner Diana Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, said eBay earlier pulled the half-sandwich from its listings, telling her it does not allow items intended as a joke.
But the snack was back on eBay today along with a picture of a sandwich bearing what appears to be the image of a woman's face.
"I made this sandwich 10 years ago. When I took a bite out of it, I saw a face looking up at me; it was Virgin Mary starring (sic) back at me. I was in total shock; I would like to point out there is no mould or (disintegration)," the message said.
It says the sandwich, preserved in a plastic box, has brought "blessings" to its owner.
"I have won $US70,000 ($A90,591) dollars (total) on different occasions at the casino nearby my house; I can show the recipts (sic) to the high bidder," the message said.
But Duyser was out of luck on the reported $28,470 bid she got for the sandwich before eBay disqualified the auction.
"The last time this was listed, there were over 80,000 viewers," the message said, adding that the auction elicited many e-mails, some of them "downright cruel."
The starting bid on the latest auction was $US3,000 ($A3,882).
-- AFP
Copyright © 2004. The Sydney Morning Herald.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Unusual-Tales/Old-sandwich-divine/2004/11/17/1100574501805.html
[F6 comment -- funny, looks more like the crazed dazed uber-slut Anna Nicole Smith to me]
November 17, 2004 - 10:09AM
A page from eBay showing a 10-year-old
grilled cheese sandwich up for auction that
allegedly depicts the Virgin Mary in the bread.
Photo: AFP
A 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich a Florida woman says bears the image of the Virgin Mary was back on eBay today after the internet auction house initially cancelled bids that went up to $28,470.
Owner Diana Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, said eBay earlier pulled the half-sandwich from its listings, telling her it does not allow items intended as a joke.
But the snack was back on eBay today along with a picture of a sandwich bearing what appears to be the image of a woman's face.
"I made this sandwich 10 years ago. When I took a bite out of it, I saw a face looking up at me; it was Virgin Mary starring (sic) back at me. I was in total shock; I would like to point out there is no mould or (disintegration)," the message said.
It says the sandwich, preserved in a plastic box, has brought "blessings" to its owner.
"I have won $US70,000 ($A90,591) dollars (total) on different occasions at the casino nearby my house; I can show the recipts (sic) to the high bidder," the message said.
But Duyser was out of luck on the reported $28,470 bid she got for the sandwich before eBay disqualified the auction.
"The last time this was listed, there were over 80,000 viewers," the message said, adding that the auction elicited many e-mails, some of them "downright cruel."
The starting bid on the latest auction was $US3,000 ($A3,882).
-- AFP
Copyright © 2004. The Sydney Morning Herald.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Unusual-Tales/Old-sandwich-divine/2004/11/17/1100574501805.html
[F6 comment -- funny, looks more like the crazed dazed uber-slut Anna Nicole Smith to me]
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
F6
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