MatcomNews Breaking: UPDATE - Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese BACK On EBAY!

[matcom]

note: this is an update from the story this morning that the auction had been shut down. THANK GAWD!

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HOLLYWOOD -- The Internet auction house eBay Inc. reversed itself Tuesday and is allowing bids for half of a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that its owner says bears the image of the Virgin Mary.

Diana Duyser, of Hollywood, put the sandwich up for sale last week, drawing bids as high as $22,000 before eBay pulled the item Sunday night. The page was viewed almost 100,000 times before being taken down.

An e-mail Duyser received from eBay said the sandwich broke its policy, which ``does not allow listings that are intended as jokes.''

But Duyser, a work-from-home jewelry designer who has bought and sold items on eBay for two years, said the grilled cheese wasn't a joke.

The auction was back on Tuesday afternoon with a top bid of $5,100. The winning bidder also has to pay $9.95 for shipping. In mocking response, two similar items were later posted _ grilled cheese sandwiches bearing the images of the Virgin Mary's used gum and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen.

A phone message left with San Jose, Calif.-based eBay was not immediately returned Tuesday.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-1116virginmary,0,1969948.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

[yellowcanine]

1. What if it falls on the floor and the dog eats it? Oops.

[matcom]

3. then a "Virgin" will have officially been "Eaten"

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Why does Mary keep appearing in food?

Wouldn't appearing on prime time tv be more effective than showing up on a tortilla chip in Nantucket?

[Feathered Fish]

4. What go me was

the fact that she decided to take a bite after 10 years of sitting around. Freak.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

5. Some people have more money than brains

I just thought of a great idea to make money! (Is it wrong to rip off rich stupid people?)

[redqueen]

6. I can't find it on ebay

Dangit I wanna seeeee!

[matcom]

7. pic here

[matcom]

8. full link here

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

[redqueen]

10. You rock

:D

[matcom]

29. i try

:D

[redqueen]

9. Meh

Looks more like Lilian Gish to me.

[progressoid]

22. Yes, yes, yes!! And the best part is that Lillian Gish died in 1993!!

So the timeline fits! She could easily have been reincarnated as a noontime snack.

[redqueen]

28. And what a delicious snack to be reincarnated as...

mmmmmm.... cheesy goodness. :9

[BuelahWitch]

32. And I thought it looked more like Janet Jackson

From her "Control" album cover, 1986....

[ironflange]

33. Marilyn Monroe

Hmmm, one of JFK's favorite things to eat.

[Atlas Mugged]

34. Wow!

I thought it looked like Lilian Gish before I even saw your post. There must be something more to this!

[gollygee]

12. Looks like Madonna to me

Uhm, I mean the other Madonna though.

[trof]

13. OK, first of all it's not the Virgin Mary.

It's either Theda Bara or Gloria Swanson, but I'm pretty sure it's Theda Bara.
Unless it's Clara Bow. She was the "It" girl.
Nope, now that I put my stronger glasses on, I'm just about certain it's Theda. That beauty mark is very distinctive. And she always wore that shade of lipstick.
Glad I could clear this up for you.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

15. Looks more like Veronica Lake to me...

High cheek bones, a swooping bang over on eye... :)

[emulatorloo]

25. No, it is Kim Novak, in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

[Bluebear]

11. I missed the Mother Teresa cinnamon bun, I will NOT be denied this icon

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- And you thought Elvis sightings were the rage in Tennessee.

It turns out the home state of the King -- particularly in the music haven Nashville -- is caught up in the buzz surrounding a "miraculous," and rather sweet, likeness of Mother Teresa .

The 1979 Nobel Peace laureate has been sighted -- on a cinnamon bun.

Hundreds of people have flocked recently to the Bongo Java coffee shop near Belmont University, where the bun was sold and currently sits inside a glass container.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9612/28/teresa.bun/

[matcom]

35. better hurry

its going fast

[Newsman Matt Drudge]

14. Hail Mary, Full of Cheddar

The griddle is with you.

Blessed art thou amongst processed cheese-food.

[trof]

16. Very good, Matt.

Welcome to DU.
:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

17. $10 to ship a sandwich?

must require a lot of handling!

[progressoid]

18. Yeah, why not free shipping?

Some waffle brain is willing to pay over 10k for a samwich and then get stuck with the shipping cost too!?! What a rip off!

[matcom]

27. free shipping is the Devil's work

[UrbScotty]

19. In nomine Poppy, et Dubya, et Spirotu Agnew. Amen.

Hail, Ronald, Full of Greed,
Caspar Weinberger is with thee.
Overrated art thou among Presidents, and
Overrated is the Son of Thy Vice President, Dubya.
Holy Ronald, Father of the GOP,
Help us pay for your sinning,
Now and at the hour Dubya leaves office. Amen.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

20. There are 3 parodies of this listed, too... good stuff

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5536017393&rd=1


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5536051075&rd=1


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5536051075&rd=1

[derby378]

21. There's already a copycat

View before eBay pulls it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5536017393&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[matcom]

23. nice

yeah, its mentioned in the article

[democracy eh]

24. Thank you thank you thank you Matcom

I forwarded this around the office and everyone thinks I am cool now!!

any DUer bid yet?

would a Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Avatar be considered offensive?

[matcom]

26. MatcomNews:

making "cool people" out of EVERY reader :D

[MallRat]

30. Only 55 cents for shipping insurance?!?!

Are you kidding? If I'm paying $16,000 for a grilled cheese sandwich, I sure as hell am not going to risk the UPS driver getting hungry before he delivers it.

-MR

[matcom]

31. you got THAT right

especially a HALF-EATEN Virgin grilled cheese!