Saddam's Banjo

Subject: Saddam's Banjo
From: GUEST,Arkie
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 12:41 PM

Is this BS or not. Wonder who is the lucky winner?

Saddam's Banjo

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Amos
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 12:52 PM

I dunno, but I find it very hard to imagine Saddam Hussein as a banjo picker!!

A

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Schantieman
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 12:54 PM

...and why would he sign it?

...and how come it survived?!!

S

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Amos
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 12:56 PM

Well, a lot of good stuff survived in his many hidden homes of luxury. And he was pretty egomaniacal. It's not inconsistent that he would autographhis own magic banjo, but I cannot believe he would be able to make any music.

A

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 01:35 PM

And the signature has been verified by "friends" of the seller? How in the world would that authenticate it??? Sounds to me like someone got suckered, big time.

And, I agree, somehow pickin' and grinnin' just doesn't seem a fit for ol' Saddam. Anyone know where we can get the CD?

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: GUEST,Mudjack
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 03:18 PM

Now I can apprecciate why the attack on Iran was justified, Saddam playing a banjo is good cause for war. More so than for the oil and capital gains.
Mudjack

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: TIA
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 03:24 PM

The WMD has been found!

Okay, even if it really is Saddam's banjo, how can it be worth the $15,999 that "Sax" bid on it?

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Devilmaster
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 03:56 PM

Honestly, by the looks of the 16 bids or so......

No one has taken this seriously.

Steve

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Wesley S
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 04:15 PM

I have Nero's fiddle for sale - and it's signed too. Who wants to bid on it ??

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 04:16 PM

Steve, I saw a lot mroe than 16 bids. Or, did you mean bidders? Still, not sure how that would show they took it seriously or not. It has been my experience that eBay tries to make sure things are on the up and up, though I do know scams happen. Still, it says on there that the successful bidder has completed the checkout process which I take to mean has forked over the moollah and the booty is on its way to them. $15 thousand plus looks pretty serious to me.:-)

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 04:32 PM

Kat is right.
But it can't be for real.
Is it possible that both buyer and seller are in on the joke?

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: GUEST,duuuude
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 04:49 PM

Now if we could only round up the rest of those WMDs here in the states ..... ;-)

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: GUEST,Arkie
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 06:11 PM

There were actually only four bidders. Possibly the friends who verified the authenticity.   The banjo looks pretty good for having been dug out of rubble. Also it has no resonator. I would have thought Saddam would have liked a lot of shiny metal, maybe even gold and would have kept such a prized instrument in a heavy duty case. Oh well, maybe someone will find his accordion.

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Amos
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 06:59 PM

I want his tipple, is what I want -- in a glass case!


A

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: GUEST,Lonesome Gillette
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 07:20 PM

Dosen't the seller have to pay a percentage to ebay?
-e

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 07:33 PM

I hope nobody finds his melodian!

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: SINSULL
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 07:46 PM

Or noseflute.

A joke. Remember when Pete Seeger's missing banjo went up on Ebay? Another joke.

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 01:32 AM

Yes, the seller has to pay a percentage to eBay. I really don't think eBay would let something like this stand if they knew it was a joke.

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 03:36 AM

Arkie, your'e mixing it up with Saddam's son's gold-plated guitar, which has an AK47 hidden inside it -- like that one John Wayne had in whatever the movie was. You pull the tremolo arm to fire it; there's a flap under the body to replace the magazine; and the barrel is in the neck, of course. just the thing to have if you get a restive audience!

Steve

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 03:52 AM

$15,000???
Does anyone want Colonel Gaddafi's kazoo, will reluctantly let it go for the same amount?
Definitely a weapon of mass destruction (in my mouth any way!)

RtS
(Duck...incoming!)

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 04:12 AM

Why wasn't Hans Blix allowed enough time to discover his bodhrán?

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 05:04 AM

If they find any bodhrans as well, that should really sort out the "Where are the WMDs" question.

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: Charley Noble
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 07:54 AM

I note that the "sellor" only had one previous sale. I certainly would not bid on e-Bay for anything as potentially as "collectible" as Saddam's old-timey banjo on the strength of that history.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: GUEST,T-boy
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 08:02 AM

Hey, GUEST Mudjack, even by American standards it's a pretty feeble excuse for attacking Iran.

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: GUEST,Banjoman
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 10:59 AM

Well - Saddam wasn't all bad then

Subject: RE: Saddam's Banjo
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Apr 03 - 11:04 AM

I noticed that, too, Charley. Not exaxtly what you'd call a great track record; it was just a purchase several months back.