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I want that Corvette Eli Manning just won! (Original Post)
Brigid
Feb 2012
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Bake
(21,977 posts)1. Why do they give a Vette to someone who could buy 100 of 'em?
Eli probably has one already, if he wanted it.
Bake
Brigid
(17,621 posts)2. Good. Then he can give me that one.
pitohui
(20,564 posts)3. it's in the bible
as jesus famously said, them who already has gets
well he said it more grammatically than that but he said it, pretty famous quote (for to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.)
if you already had a corvette you'd have no trouble getting another, it's the way of the world for at least 2000 years now so probably ain't gonna change
on edit: by the way, i do think eli deserves to win the corvette and much more, and i congratulate him of course!!!
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)4. It becomes a collector car.
They are often given away or auctioned for charities.