So, the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich sold for $28,000 on eBay.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

"Nov. 12: Diane Duyser holds a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that she says bears the image of the Virgin Mary in Hollywood, Fla."

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A woman who said her 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich bore the image of the Virgin Mary (search) will be getting a lot more bread after the item sold for $28,000 on eBay.

GoldenPalace.com, an online casino, confirmed that it placed the winning bid, and company executives said they were willing to spend "as much as it took" to own the 10-year-old half-sandwich with a bite out of it.

"It's a part of pop culture that's immediately and widely recognizable," spokesman Monty Kerr told The Miami Herald. "We knew right away we wanted to have it."

Photos posted on eBay show what can be viewed as a woman's face emblazoned on the sandwich, a bite taken out of one end. Bidding closed Monday.

[Abelman]

1. bah

That is totally Geena Davis.

And since when was the virgin Mary white?

[Tom Kitten]

2. The Virgin Mary?

The image kinda reminds me of Jeanette MacDonald about to sing "indian Love Call"...

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. IF the Virgin Mary were to appear in a sandwich...

Im sure her intention was to end up in a casino. That's what Jesus was all about, after all.

[MidwestTransplant]

4. Just ask Bill Bennett!

[Cooley Hurd]

20. Especially since GoldenPalace.com is the worst spyware site...

The Madonna is hijacking my browser!!!:evilgrin:

[Nevernose]

5. Shit, I'm definitely in the wrong business

Give me a day or two, tops. I'll have Virgin Mary macaroni, Virgin Mary tacos, Virgin Mary hamburgers, Virgin Mary carrots, Virgin Mary whale blubber, Virgin Mary thanksgiving turkeys, Virgin Mary beer cans, Virgin Mary urine stains, and Virgin Mary kleenexes.

[drhilarius]

7. I once had a BM that looked vaguely like St. Jude. n/t.

[Nevernose]

8. Put that piece of shit on ebay!

What the hell are you waiting for?

If the current value of a Virgin Mary-related grilled cheese sanwich is 28 grand, just THINK of how much a picture of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forever frozen in a pile of human excrement could be worth!

[napi21]

6. The real question is DID THE BUYER EVERY PAY FOR IT?

I sell quite a bit on Ebay myself, and although I've only had one buyer who simply didn't respond at all, I question whether this one will.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. YES...and now I get to post the other 4 paragraphs...LOL

In a statement, GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe said he planned to use the sandwich to raise money for charity. Kerr and Steve Baker, CEO of GoldenPalace's management company, Cyberworld Group, flew to south Florida on Monday to make arrangements for a sandwich handover from its owner, Diana Duyser.

"I would like all people to know that I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother of God," Duyser, a work-from-home jewelry designer, said in the casino's statement.

The online auction site initially pulled the sale, saying it didn't post joke items. The page was restored after the company was convinced that Duyser would deliver on the bid, said eBay spokesman Hani Durzy.

Duyser said she took a bite after making the sandwich 10 years ago and saw a face staring back at her. She put the sandwich in a clear plastic box with cotton balls and kept it on her night stand. She said the sandwich has never sprouted a spore of mold.

[napi21]

13. Well, I guess there are still a lot of Jim Baker supporters too.

I'm sure this one is going to be one of the jokes at the Ebay HQ's for a while.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

15. The best part is the "flew to south Florida on Monday" part

I mean, to hell with the environment. Let's just get on the company plane and arrange for the handover of my SAMMICH!

:evilgrin:

[Danocrat]

10. I have a pork rind

that clearly depicts Michael Moore. Any takers?

[shraby]

12. Looks like Marlene Dietrich to me

[arcane1]

11. ever wonder how these morans know what Mary looked like?

It could be Isis

Mary Magdelene

Maybe it's Mohammed's mother?

Fay Wray?

all I can do is sigh..... :eyes:

[nankerphelge]

14. I think it looked like Jean Harlow

n/t

[PittPoliSci]

16. why is it that females that appear on things...

are always the virgin mary? how do they know that she's not PittPoliSci's mom when she was younger?

dumbasses, how would you feel if i told you that you just bought a sandwich with my mom's picture on it?

[Skittles]

17. I think it looks like the woman holding the sandwich

nt

[burn the bush]

18. it was probably bought by Falwell

with money from non profit govt contracts from bush

[pinniped]

19. It's Marlene Dietrich alright.

.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

21. Never, EVER, underestimate the stupidity of the religious right...

On the other hand, that's $28,000 less to put into the RNC coffers. So what the hell.

...And I have a BLT with the image of St. Ignatius -- any takers?