So everyone should have heard that recently, a woman in Florida is selling a 10-year old cheese sandwich on eBay for whatever the pubic gives her. The public will end up giving her a lot more than the Kraft cheese and bread it was made of because this sandwich has the Virgin Mary's face on it.
The kicker isn't that divine forces are making appearances in the kitchen, but that bids are up to $7,600 as of 8pm EST, 11/18/04. The "post" kicker is that the woman actually had bids up to $22,000 before eBay pulled the item. They said that the company doesn't allow jokes for serious auctions on their site, to which the very serious "jewelry designer" disputed until the item was up again.
The only credibility this has is that everyone is talking about it. To the divinely conscious, I'm sure the world is full of possibilities. But, the woman is a Jewelry Designer, which means she's unemployed and spends more her day selling crap from her apartment.
I don't cast any doubts upon the Virgin Mary; she's done nothing wrong here, even if she is doing a "culinary tour". My main point is that my macaroni collage resembling Jesus is worth three times her bids.
Crazy. Just crazy.
Where does the intrinsic value of someone's property stop and the profit-making value of it begin? If this was in fact a life-changing sandwich, why would she accept so many empty dollars for a spiritual icon? Do you think the Pope would sell a part of Jesus's crucifix for a quick gain?
EBay is a great medium - one that needs no introduction. It connects people and their useless crap together from across the reaches of the Internet, bringing the savings to you.
But isn't their a limit to where the consumer can be suckered? How does a mid-afternoon snack and the mother of Lord on earth connect? And why do I feel my point slipping?
I don't cast any doubts upon the Virgin Mary; she's done nothing wrong here, even if she is doing a "culinary tour". My main point is that my macaroni collage resembling Jesus is worth three times her bids.