A Sign Of The Times

[Equineer]

eBay bidding for a Miami woman's Miraculous Grilled Cheese Sandwich has topped $7,500.

Back up on eBay after being withdrawn, the 10-year-old sandwich exhibits a likeness of the Virgin Mary.

I own a nice plate of Saint Peter scrambled eggs, but I dropped out at $4,000 on the sandwich because surface condition is less than immaculate, and a bite is missing.

[Equineer]

Very quickly... bidding is now above $14,000.

Good luck, Boxcar... hope you can get it at a fair price. :)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5535890757&rd=1

[Crosley]

It looks more like Gene Harlow to me.

[JustRalph]

Originally posted by Crosley
It looks more like Gene Harlow to me.


You aren't kidding...........looks like Jean Harlow to me too...Now if we can just find a Reuben on Rye with a Clark Gable likeness, we got a set..........

http://www.homehorseplayer.com/grilled_cheese.jpg

[Steve 'StatMan']

Just think, if the person hadn't started eating it crust first, they'd never had "known".

At $14,000 Michael Moore could buy that for a snack!

I think it looks more like Jean Harlow now too. Besides, if someone thought it was a real miracle, why would they ever sell it?

[Tom]

It's a "Little Debbi" loaf of bread.:)

[boxcar]

Equineer

Very quickly... bidding is now above $14,000.

Good luck, Boxcar... hope you can get it at a fair price. :)

Two observations, EQ: a) you're a person with too much time on your hands; and b) you started this thread, and you appear to be following the bidding very closely. Such an inordinate amount of interest in something so inane might be betraying a latent religisioty in you that has been incubating from birth until now. (Perhaps Kerry finding his "faith" (and his black soul voters, of course) in the last weeks of his campaign has stirred within you, heretofore, deeply supressed religious feelings or yearnings?

Wouldn't surpise me much if you start reporting on episodes of the 700 Club soon.

Boxcar

[JustRalph]

$36,000 FOR VIRGIN MARY SANDWICH
24.11.2004. 09:45:07



An online casino has placed the winning $US28,000 or $A36,000 bid for a 10-year-old partly eaten grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary.

GoldenPalace.com says it wants to take the religious snack on a world tour hoping it will generate inspiration among those who see it.

"We believe that everyone should be able to see it and learn of its mystical powers for themselves," said Richard Rowe, CEO of the GoldenPalace.com casino.

The sale of the sandwich on the eBay auction website was spotlighted by the international media and drew legions of spoofers.

"Since this 'slice of heaven' has affected so many people worldwide, Golden Palace intends to do the same with the sandwich by taking it on a tour around the world and allowing people to see the icon," the online casino said in a statement.

It said it invited the snack's original owner, Diana Duyser, on the tour so people can hear her story and share her luck.

"We will definitely use the sandwich to raise money for charity, and we hope it will raise people's spirits, as well," Mt Rowe said after announcing that the online casino acquired the apparitional treat for 28,000 dollars.

The half-sandwich with a corner bitten off and what appears to be a woman's face visible on its surface was first placed on eBay two weeks ago.

The online auction house initially withdrew the item, but eventually allowed it back amid a flood of media coverage.

Ms Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, insists the snack she kept in a clear plastic box by her bedside is the real thing.

On its Web page, the casino also advertised its Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese T-shirt.

Similar garments, which do not mention the casino, were on sale on eBay, as were dozens of less orthodox offerings, such as the "Ariel Sharon pork chop," "Yasser Arafat on a falafel" and the "George W. Bush tortilla."

There were also spinoffs such as the "tomato soup for Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich" and "Our Lady of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich Virgin Mary CD."

[Tom]

The sandwhich was bought by one of the contestants on the Biggest Loser TV show. They asked if it could be delivered. With a side of slaw! :eek: