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23 Nov 2004, 19:44
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holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=6897113
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MIAMI (Reuters) - An online casino won the eBay bidding for a decade-old cheese sandwich bearing what some people consider a likeness of the Virgin Mary and immediately began hawking Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese T-shirts.
GoldenPalace.com's bid of $28,000 was the highest offer for the sandwich when bidding closed late on Monday, the Internet casino's Web site said.
The seller, Fort Lauderdale, Florida resident Diana Duyser, says she made the cheese sandwich 10 years ago and after taking a bite, saw "the Virgin Mary staring back at me."
In her eBay ad, Duyser said the sandwich has been kept in a plastic case for a decade and has developed no mold or bacteria. "It is like a miracle," she said.
"I would like all people to know that I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother Of God," the ad said. "That is my solemn belief, but you are free to believe that she is whomever you like, I am not scamming anyone."
GoldenPalace.com said on its Web site that the "sacred sandwich" had received more than 1.7 million hits since being posted on eBay. The company's chief executive, Richard Rowe, said the sandwich would be used to raise money for charity.
The T-shirts, in various styles bearing a picture of the sandwich and a GoldenPalace.com logo, sell for $19.99.
"We believe that everyone should be able to see it and learn of its mystical power for themselves," Rowe said.
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$28K, somone tell those folks in nigeria that someone posted awhile back
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23 Nov 2004, 20:00
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
TBH , GoldenPalace.Com will make that back in a week selling those shirts and getting people onto their site.
Great Business Strategy.
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23 Nov 2004, 21:40
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
Not like they haven't paid streakers to run in on international events with GOLDEN PALACE DOT COM Painted on their chests in the last year or so, most famously that guy in a tutu at the diving finals in the recent olympics.
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24 Nov 2004, 00:47
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
i am surprised that no-one else here has commented on the stupidity of that woman, namely the fact that the Vigin Mary was the mother of Jesus, NOT GOD
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24 Nov 2004, 01:11
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
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Originally Posted by Demon Dave
i am surprised that no-one else here has commented on the stupidity of that woman, namely the fact that the Vigin Mary was the mother of Jesus, NOT GOD
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Don't Christians believe that Jesus was God?
Yeh I know son of God and all that, but still part of God and therefore one and the same...
The fact that she really truly believes a toasted cheese sandwich is a person shows her true intellect. Then you see she's American, and nod knowingly.
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24 Nov 2004, 01:14
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
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Don't Christians believe that Jesus was God?
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as far as i know, they beleive that jesus was the son of god. at least, that's what i've always been taught in RE and when i've occasionally been to church (for rememberance and Christingle, but only to roast the peanuts over the candle in the orange )
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24 Nov 2004, 01:44
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
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Originally Posted by Ste
Don't Christians believe that Jesus was God?
Yeh I know son of God and all that, but still part of God and therefore one and the same...
The fact that she really truly believes a toasted cheese sandwich is a person shows her true intellect. Then you see she's American, and nod knowingly.
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I don't think Christians think Jesus is actually God (I may be wrong) but rather the 'human personification' of God because God is too ****ing high and mighty to take human form himself (some shit about God being too 'perfect' to take human form as all humans are sinners) :)
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24 Nov 2004, 05:48
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
i wouldn't have noticed the face unless i was looking for it :\
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24 Nov 2004, 06:26
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
speaking as somenone whos been baptised and had the occasional religious teachings*, doesn't it all have something to do with the concept of the trinity or something?
*ie im meant to know but havent got a fcking clue.
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24 Nov 2004, 14:05
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
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I think it's time we blow this scene, get everybody and the stuff together..........
ok 3..... 2..... 1.. let's jam
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24 Nov 2004, 14:13
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
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I don't think Christians think Jesus is actually God (I may be wrong) but rather the 'human personification' of God
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Christians arent a homogenous group and various subgroups believe all sorts of wacky things. However, pretty much every major Christian cult that you'll encounter believes that 'Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit are one', including Catholicism and (orthodox) Protestantism.
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24 Nov 2004, 14:45
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Re: holy grilled cheese sandwich batman
yeap. that is one of the fundamentals of the Nicene Creed, which is the basic set of tenets of the majority of christian groupings. some, like the Morons, I mean Mormons, believe other things though. I think their God is a bloke who lives in the Pleides or something.... maybe that's the JW's.....
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I think it's time we blow this scene, get everybody and the stuff together..........
ok 3..... 2..... 1.. let's jam
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