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so the winner won this auction to probably rekindle something of their youth right? or perhaps its because they think it will be considered a pop culture icon in the future? either way. its really creepy.

the cane that is going to be physically shipped to the winner was the cane the grandfather used to tap the 5 year old on the butt and yell at him? and the house they live in, and the bed the mother sleeps in is the same as the bed that her father died in? very creepy to me.

i remember watching an episode of unsolved mysteries when i was 6 or 7 and i was terrified of the house i lived in. for 2 months i would be really careful of what room i was in, and i would always be with a sibling. but it is something you just get over with and forget, and i thought all kids had to deal with that eventually in life.

and - i'm not sure if this child is aware of this, but ghosts can go anywhere! no matter where the cane is sent!
 
Apple Hobo said:
Interesting feedback in the cane seller's profile...



:D

Ha! I don't feel sorry for her at all. First she's all like "no no no! I don't want any outrageous bids!" then suddenly she's "brianrenovitch is a deadbeat for not paying $65,100 for a CANE!"

How did she THINK the auction was gonna end up after it surpassed $100??
 
DavidLeblond said:
Actually the bidder below the "winner" bid $65,000... that was goldenpalacecasino (I believe the winner of the Virgin Mary Sandwich)... I believe they would have paid.
Correction--they DID pay.

It's particularly ironic, because their $65,000 bit was no doubt run up against people making totally random false bids, and the nearest bidder who would've actually paid probably wouldn't have gone over a few hundred at most.

Of course, since the whole purpose for them is some sort of pop-culture advertising, they don't much care--the more they pay, the better, probably.

This doesn't change the fact that it took less than a week for a random, not even particularly creative idea to turn into some sort of "phenomenon" worth TV appearances and tens of thousands of dollars. Worse, unlike Our Lady of the Cheese that this casino also bought, this lady didn't even pretend to believe she was selling a ghost, so it doesn't even get crazy points.

Sure hope this lady donates a chunk of her cash to something worthwhile, out of respect for her dead father. Or maybe he'd have rather they went and partied with it, who knows.

(Then again, if it were my cane that were being auctioned, I'd go out of my way to haunt my daughter for turning me into an international joke, and I'd curse the casino's servers while I was at it out of spite.)
 
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