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16 Jun 07 - 11:37 PM (#2079022) Subject: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: GUEST,'e bayed & 'owled http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Aliens-original-Ripley-floppy-disk-movie-prop_W0QQitemZ220121792925QQihZ012QQcategoryZ60360QQrdZ1QQcmdZ This person may have found a lucrative and unique occupation. Just watch a movie and make up a prop. I've wondered before if things on eBay were legit. Any of you had the same suspicions? |
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17 Jun 07 - 06:41 AM (#2079126) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Bee-dubya-ell I have some seawater which was actually used in the filming of "Titanic". Only $195 for a 4-ounce vial. |
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17 Jun 07 - 06:58 AM (#2079136) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe A certain Artist once canned tins of his excrement. As he is now dead, they are now worth more per weight than gold... I'm not making this up, you know! |
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17 Jun 07 - 10:42 AM (#2079252) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Dickey This thread was started by an Ebay spammer. |
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17 Jun 07 - 11:00 AM (#2079269) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe ... who has now been Canned by Dickey... |
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17 Jun 07 - 11:01 AM (#2079271) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Rapparee I have some water into which the Titanic actually sank, just $1,000 for an 8 oz. vial. AND I have the remenants of some water which was actually passed by Bee-Dubya-Ell, just $1,500 per vile. All prices are in US dollars; and you pay shipping. |
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17 Jun 07 - 11:06 AM (#2079276) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe Rapaire, is it true that Holy Water is passed by the Pope? |
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17 Jun 07 - 12:20 PM (#2079308) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Sorcha ROF! |
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17 Jun 07 - 12:29 PM (#2079315) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Stilly River Sage I have a plastic baggie that contains a few molecules of air that was exhaled by both Julius Caesar AND Cleopatra. The bidding will start at .99 but there is a Reserve price of $99. SRS |
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17 Jun 07 - 12:33 PM (#2079320) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Jean(eanjay) I'm not surprised that this Alien floppy disk has no bids. |
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17 Jun 07 - 12:49 PM (#2079330) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: skipy Don't forget, some pratt bought the smashed up morris stick! Skipy |
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17 Jun 07 - 01:52 PM (#2079364) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk I recall that someone was selling his own soul on Ebay. The seller's soul was purportedly contained inside a well-sealed transparent glass bottle. The bottle also contained a signed and notarized certificate, certifying whose soul it was and that it was in the bottle. Hmm. I'm not sure what the bidding went to on that one. But, hey, if people want to buy something, then they have every right to, don't they? |
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17 Jun 07 - 02:06 PM (#2079373) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Jean(eanjay) ..... and every right not to. |
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17 Jun 07 - 02:20 PM (#2079383) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Bee-dubya-ell The seller's soul was purportedly contained inside a well-sealed transparent glass bottle. What kind of idiot would bid on that? Everybody knows you can't keep a soul inside a glass bottle! You have to use a hollowed-out coconut. |
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17 Jun 07 - 04:42 PM (#2079444) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk Well, Bee-dub...not everyone knows that. Matter of fact, I'm surprised that you knew it. |
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18 Jun 07 - 09:54 AM (#2079901) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe I have several bottles of holey water sitting in the cupboard! |
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18 Jun 07 - 11:12 AM (#2079960) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Grimmy I have a quantity of hollowed-out coconuts containing my soul. Discount for orders of 500+ |
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18 Jun 07 - 12:35 PM (#2080040) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk Okay, but how much of your soul is contained in each coconut? |
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19 Jun 07 - 07:17 AM (#2080888) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe Is nobody going to ask what holey water is, or do you all really know? |
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19 Jun 07 - 07:34 AM (#2080895) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: TheSnail No. |
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19 Jun 07 - 07:38 AM (#2080898) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk Okay, what is it then? |
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19 Jun 07 - 07:40 AM (#2080901) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe So that's "no, we already know", or "no, we're not going to ask"? :-) |
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19 Jun 07 - 08:18 AM (#2080930) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: TheSnail Look, Foolestroupe, on the Blitherscrum thread nobody picked up on my use of "pole tax". I had a whole theme worked out on that but did I complain? Let it go, you may find another chance to use it. |
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19 Jun 07 - 08:19 AM (#2080932) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk I find that the moment you make a hole in some water, it fills up again. What is one to do? |
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19 Jun 07 - 08:20 AM (#2080933) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Mr Happy Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know I believe what I said yesterday. I don't know what I said, but I know what I think... and I assume it's what I said |
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19 Jun 07 - 09:56 AM (#2081020) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Sandra in Sydney how much for that speech, Mr Happy? |
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19 Jun 07 - 10:07 AM (#2081029) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk Yes, but how about the things we don't know that we know? The unknown knowns? If someone knows something, but cannot for various reasons bring it to mind, then it's an unknown known, is it not? |
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19 Jun 07 - 09:28 PM (#2081656) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe Sorry snail - didn't look at the "Blitherscrum thread"... OK - bottles of holey water are purchased in sealed bottles... :-) |
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19 Jun 07 - 09:33 PM (#2081665) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk Does holey water come from Switzerland? |
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19 Jun 07 - 10:00 PM (#2081691) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe It can come from many places, but is now usually commercially produced in large quantities. |
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19 Jun 07 - 10:06 PM (#2081700) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk Are you sure you're not talking about "holy water"? You know, the stuff that repels vampires? |
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19 Jun 07 - 10:58 PM (#2081754) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe Nope, You can buy it in any Supermarket. When you unseal the lid - Fffffoooshhhh! The water is suddenly full of tiny holes ... thus... Holey Water! |
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19 Jun 07 - 11:26 PM (#2081780) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: GUEST,'e bayed & 'owled Below is the text of the eBay item mentioned at the start of the thread. They purge the auctions after awhile.: Up for auction here is a super rare production prop from James Cameron's masterpiece, Aliens (1986)!!! Recall the scene where the Colonial Marines were being briefed about the Alien, and the fate of the Nostromo, the night before thier mission to the Hadleys Hope colony. In this scene, Lt. Gorman says, "Anyhow, we have Ripley's report on disk; I suggest you study it." Upon reading the script, the FX crew made these disks to be handed out to each marine. However, they were ultimately not used, making this an awesome, production-made piece. Most were trashed after the filming, but a very few survived. This very rare prop relates to that memorable scene, and came directly from the FX department!! It's a 3.5" floppy disk, painted in the elusive Brown Bess color of all the Colonial Marines equipment. The label added is the text that would have been seen in a closeup shot of the disk. It looks to have been done on a typewriter, and the vintage font dates this 22 year old piece!! ----- Bidding starts at $275 for this 3.5" floppy disc. A black floppy disc with a printed label on it. |
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20 Jun 07 - 09:01 AM (#2082093) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Little Hawk Maybe it's a test to see if there's someone out there who is fit to qualify for a Darwin Award? |
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20 Jun 07 - 10:43 AM (#2082210) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Big Al Whittle yeh they're real. they always turn up on your doorstep, on the your credit card bill. |
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20 Jun 07 - 11:05 AM (#2082223) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: TheSnail Don't take me too seriously, Foolestroupe. I just meant that if people don't pick up on your jokes straight away, it's probably not worth trying to bash them in with a hammer. Can we get hold of the adresses of the people bidding for these discs? They could be a useful source of income. Even if they are real, $275!!! |
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20 Jun 07 - 07:44 PM (#2082688) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: The Fooles Troupe "Can we get hold of the addresses of the people bidding for these discs?" Easy peasey, mate - Step 1 - make up some of your own disks Step 2 ...... well if you really want to make money, I'm sure you can work out the rest for yourself! :-p "if people don't pick up on your jokes straight away, it's probably not worth trying to bash them in with a hammer." Ah, now that's the difference between a comedian and a Fool.... :-) |
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12 Mar 09 - 06:49 PM (#2587547) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: GUEST,AR A British man fed up with his wife's complaints advertised her for sale "Nagging Wife. No Tax, No MOT. Very high maintenance -- some rust," says Gary Bates. Bates, a self-employed builder from Gloucestershire, southwest England, snapped after his wife Donna on got on his nerves while she was watching television and decided to place the ad as a joke. "She was nagging me for doing something small, while she was watching some rubbish on TV. So I just thought I'd put an ad in to get rid of her. "I didn't think anyone would ring up but I've had at least nine or 10 people calling about her. It's gone mad. There was no one I knew -- just people asking, 'Is she still available?'" The couple only married last year, and Bates said his 40-year-old wife -- whom he advertised in the magazine's Free to Collect section, along with some of his fishing tackle -- initially gave him "a bit of an ear-bashing." |
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13 Mar 09 - 12:19 AM (#2587739) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Ebbie I have some post holes left over from my back yard project. I'll sell them cheap. You pay shipping but that's scarcely anything. |
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13 Mar 09 - 08:11 AM (#2587886) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: SINSULL So the Morris stick I bought isn't worth anything? Who'dathought???? |
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14 Mar 09 - 12:57 PM (#2588810) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: GUEST, topsie Snail's post about 'pole tax' in the Blitherscrum thread - real or not? Well I can't find it. If nobody else saw it that might account for nobody picking it up - try again, Snail. |
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14 Mar 09 - 01:15 PM (#2588821) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: TheSnail Er, have you looked at the dates, topsie? I shouldn't bother, it wasn't that good. |
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14 Mar 09 - 01:44 PM (#2588833) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: VirginiaTam I hear they got some pretty neat air guitars on ebay. And piscean pennyfarthings. I have some holey bottles for storing water or souls in. The coconut shells are ok for souls until some nutter decides to play Python's Holy Grail. Really annoying when that happens. Ebbie - those post holes? Do they work like the ACME holes in the Roadrunner cartoon? If so, put me down for 2. The second one is in case I fall into the first one, I will be able to get back. Hopefully. |
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14 Mar 09 - 02:04 PM (#2588847) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: GUEST, topsie No, I hadn't looked at the date, thanks. As for keeping your soul in a coconut shell - I wouldn't try it when this lot around: Berkshire Bedlam |
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14 Mar 09 - 02:31 PM (#2588862) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Ebbie VirginaTam, these postholes work just about any way that you want to make use of them. Pleae take the lot- they're in my way here. Of course, I could stack them behind my house but it's unsightly enough back there already. You probably have more room than I so if you can't currently use them all, you could hold some out indefinitely; the good thing is that they are not perishable. |
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14 Mar 09 - 05:44 PM (#2588956) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Bill D "...they are not perishable. " But oh, if the wind blows! There they are, scattered about the neighborhood, and your neighbors claiming "no identifiable markings...they're ours now!" |
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15 Mar 09 - 07:49 AM (#2589218) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Ed T I suspect Holey water and holy water are different stuff....though may be cross utilized...in some cases http://www.outlawtrail.com/holeywater.htm |
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15 Mar 09 - 09:01 AM (#2589265) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: GUEST, topsie It could be that neither is wholly water. |
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15 Mar 09 - 09:47 AM (#2589291) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Ed T Would you feel at ease, if your water utility was managed by a man named Wholley? http://www.eagletribune.com/permalink/local_story_170032319.html |
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15 Mar 09 - 03:14 PM (#2589501) Subject: RE: BS: eBay items - real or not? From: Ebbie Yes, Bill, I have lost some that way. (By the way, that Morris "dance"? "side"? "ensemble"? looks like fun.) |