Bidders offer thousands for Madonna of the cheese

[emad]

The Times
From James Doran in New York

THE Lord may move in mysterious ways but his mother, it is claimed, has chosen a rather ordinary piece of cheese on toast to make herself known to the world.

Diana Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, screamed and almost fainted as she chomped into a grilled cheese sandwich ten years ago because she saw the face of the Virgin Mary staring back at her.

“I yelled for my husband Gregg and he couldn’t believe it neither,” Mrs Duyser told The Times last night.

The toasted likeness sits, a bite out of its bottom lefthand corner, surrounded in cotton wool in a plastic box. But now, after a decade of watching over the Duysers from her crusty caryatid, Mary is being sold to the highest bidder on eBay, the internet auction website.

More:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1362531,00.html

[lil-petunia]

1. ROFLMAO!

Only in florida. That, more than anything explains the election results.

[L84TEA]

2. OMg... they are f-in' morons in Florida.

[Stuckinthebush]

3. Oy!

And we wonder why Bush won.

I've decided to ditch all sense of moral values and prey on the ignorance of Americans.

Look! My watch has the image of Jesus! I'll sell it to you for $10,000.

We really haven't progressed that far from early humans, have we?

[emad]

4. Caption: The Holy Sandwich out to lunch???

[Karenca]

5. Here's the eBay listing--Bidding is now up to $99,999,999.00

THIS IS A SERIOUS AUCTION!
THE WINNING BIDDER WILL RECIEVE THIS PHYSICAL ITEM!! EBAY PLEASE DO NOT PULL THIS AUCTION OFF, IT NOT A HOAX OR A JOKE OF ANY SORT, A GENUINE ITEM!!! THIS IS A PAYPAL AUCTION ONLY!!! PAYMENT MUST BE RECIEVED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF AUCTION CLOSE! NO EXCEPTIONS!! NO BIDDERS WITH A ZERO FEEDBACK RATING!!
You are viewing an extroidinary out of this world item!! I made this sandwich 10 years ago, when I took a bite out of it, I saw a face looking up at me, It was Virgin Mary starring back at me, I was in total shock, I would like to point out there is no mold or disingration, The item has not been preserved or anything, It has been keep in a plastic case, not a special one that seals out air or potiental mold or bacteria, it is like a miracle, It has just preserved itself which in itself I consider a miracle, people ask me if I have had blessings since she has been in my home, I do feel I have, I have won $70,000 (total) on different occasions at the casino near by my house, I can show the recipts to the high bidder if they are interested, I would like all people to know that I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother Of God, That is my solem belief, but you are free to believe that she is whomever you like, I am not scamming anyone, I would like all potinetal bidders to know that this has gained alot of attention from media personell around the country, On Tuesday November 16, 2004 the Miami Herald will feature a story in thier paper on this phenomon, Also Today which is November 15, 2004 The story of The Virgin Mary In The Grilled Cheese will be aired on Channel 4 News here in South Florida, The story has been told nationwide on radio stations ect. I also would like all onlookers to understand why I am choosing to keep the high bidders ID private, I listed this once before and had all kinds of emails some were nice and funny comments but many were cruel intended, and vindictive, I ignored them but, I do not wish to subject potiental buyers to this form of invasion, The last time this was listed there were over 80,000 viewers, Like I said I recieved alot of emails that were down right cruel intended, I do not care I will not read them anyhow, but you should not waste your time being vindictive, I am asking that only serious questions about the item be emailed to me, not jokes or ridiclous comments, If you have a genuine question please do feel free to email, I am not scamming anyone I am selling this item proivided that there is a serious bid with a payment, SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY! DO NOT BID IF YOU INTEND TO RETRACT THE BID OR FOOL AROUND, THERE IS NO RESERVE ON THIS AUCTION!! I AM STARTING IT OUT AT THE BOTTOM LINE PRICE THAT I INTEND TO SELL THIS ITEM FOR!!
I would like all bidders to know that this item is not intended for consumption, it is intended for collectable purposes only..All bidders must be on a pre approved bidder list, to get on that list you must email me prior to bidding, eBay is not allowing you to bid unless you do so, eBay is watching this auction very closely and veryifying all bids, An eBay official will be calling you, if you are bidding! if you bid and you retract the bid, you may be subject to concequences at eBay's discretion! Also I would like to add that this item has been featured in newpaper articles, and tv interviews, and radio stations worldwide, One of those radio stationsis WFTL Ft. Lauderdale on live 80.

[SmileyBoy]

6. Someone has bid 100 million dollars for that FUCKING sandwich???!!!

WHO THE FUCK???!!!....

Oh God... I gotta lie down. My head is swimming...

[fwiff]

7. heh, heh

Let's see 'em collect.

[Gothic Sponge]

8. Gothic Sponge thinks to himself.....

How can i burn toast to look like Jesus? I'll make millions!

:think:

[emad]

9. The Pic:

Woman 'blessed by the holy toast'


A half-eaten slice of cheese on toast purportedly showing the image of the Virgin Mary has got online bargain-hunters licking their lips.
A Florida woman put the item up for sale, claiming it has brought her great luck since she found it 10 years ago.

The internet auction site eBay originally pulled the offering, fearing it was a joke, but has now apparently been reassured it is genuine.

The snack has attracted a bid - thought to be a hoax - of $99.9m.

Diana Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, set a starting price of $3,000, and pleaded with people not to post hoax bids.
More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4019295.stm

[anamandujano]

15. looks more like Jean Harlow

.

[kick-ass-bob]

16. Is that what the woman holding it

thinks looks good on her? WTF is with that makeup!?

:scared:

[emad]

17. Maybe she stuck her face in the toaster while making her snack:

and the face got transposed onto the cheese on toast like the Turin shroud biz????

[miss_kitty]

10. god, people are stupid

"...and he couldn’t believe it neither,"

:dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce:

[joeybee12]

11. "Cheesey Madonna" fits in quite easily to the Beatles "Lady Madonna"

Cheesey Madonna, right there on my bread....

...you can finish it if you like!

[Aristus]

12. "glory to the dollars spinning in my hea-ead"

"Who counts the money
While eBay bids away
Cheesy Mary never thought
She'd see the day-ay"

edit: spelling

[joeybee12]

14. One-derful! You need to begin your career in music parody right now!

Besides, isn't Weird Al dead? You could take his place!

[DrGonzoLives]

13. Hey, more power to her

Making serious money off of grilled cheese. I'm in the wrong fucking racket.