Britney Spears' Hair
Yeah, who didn't see this one coming? Eighty-five people on eBay selling what they claim to be Britney Spears' hair.
I thought eBay had a policy of not permitting sales of paraphernalia from human tragedies.
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Recent Posts
February 19, 2007
September 21, 2006
From the Department of Duh
Bob's a fraud. Who would've thnuk it?
January 20, 2006
A $1.1 Million Bequest
This story has to have Trent Lott salivating.
Link via Fark.
April 05, 2005
What a Way to Go . . . Again
Hunter S. Thompson's ashes will be blasted from a cannon mounted inside a 53-foot-high (16.15 meter-high) sculpture of the journalist's "gonzo fist" emblem, his wife said Tuesday.
The cannon shot, planned sometime in August on the grounds of his Aspen-area home, will fulfill the writer's long-cherished wish.
Story here.
November 20, 2004
Flippin' Off the Train
This story is a little dated, but it's humorous, albeit weird, nonetheless.
Wed July 21, 2004 07:59 EDT
Appleton man injured while making obscene gestures at trains
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) _ A man in a wheelchair who makes obscene gestures to the crews of passing trains was injured when he got a little too close to one of them, police said.A gas tank on a train engine clipped the wheelchair of Leland Laird, 54, Tuesday evening, causing him to fall out of the damaged chair and injure his arm, police said.
November 16, 2004
Virgin Mary Cheese Toast Update
This has been an interesting experience. I posted this item about a grilled cheese sandwich purported to display an image of the Virgin Mary for sale on eBay. (As one commentator aptly notes, "And how does ANYONE know what the Virgin Mary looked like anyway?") eBay subsequently cancelled the item, which made international news.
Well, I must have one of the only pictures of the image and have consequently received nearly 5,000 hits on my blog today. And now, eBay has decided to relist the item and continue the auction.
I disagreed with stopping the auction, other than if there was a case of obvious fraud. I actually believe there to be an element of fraud, especially given that the woman claims that the sandwich contains no mold even after ten years on her shelf. But if a sucker chooses to spend tens of thousands of dollars to acquire another's mystical junk, why should they be stopped?
November 12, 2004
Virgin Mary Cheese Toast
This image of the Virgin Mary on a grilled cheese sandwich is for sale on eBay.
Thanks to Thurman Pugh for the link.
October 24, 2004
Oooops! Forgot About the Mrs.
On Thursday, October 21, I wrote about the success of an online organ donor matching service. (Alex at Marginal Revolution and Don at Cafe Hayek blogged about the same thing the next day.)
It seems like Rob Smitty, the benevolent organ donor, was a wanted man and the publicity from the news stories ratted him out.
•CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Authorities are seeking to extradite a Tennessee man -- wanted for failing to pay child support -- after learning that he underwent surgery in Colorado to donate his kidney to someone he met on the Internet. Rob Smitty, 32, faces charges of failing to pay his ex-wife $8,100 in child support and medical payments, and a warrant is out for his arrest. He was recovering in a Denver hospital after surgery Wednesday.
Want to bet that we haven't heard the last of this story. Hmmm?
September 10, 2004
News of the Weird
Another dog bites man story.
