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Post by Doreen Peri » November 23rd, 2004, 10:18 pm

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... ID=6897113
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.

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Post by Zlatko Waterman » November 24th, 2004, 10:23 am

Dear Doreen:


Steve Allen had a routine ( never on tv in the 50's of course) in which he and his comedy cohorts prayed to a pot roast.

"Too Much Coffee Man" , a fine cartoon character by Shannon Wheeler in the FUNNY TIMES, is represented on the cartoon masthead by a group of people praying to a votive cup of coffee.

http://www.ucomics.com/toomuchcoffeeman/

TMCM has, also, what may be one of the larger comic-strip archives on the Net:

http://www.tmcm.com/pages/frames/comicnavframeset.html



--Zlatko

( the comix man)

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Post by judih » November 24th, 2004, 10:43 am

great comics page, z
excellent!

toomuchcoffee should have been a part of my life for the past 30 years - guess i'll have to overdose to make up for lost time

and i like this:

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