Virgin Mary w/ baby Jesus pretzel sells for $10,600 on Ebay

wftv.com ^ | 4/15/05 | iamaverygooddriver

[Imaverygooddriver]

ST. PAUL, Neb. -- A honey-mustard pretzel that the seller, the Naylors, of St. Paul, Neb., believe is in the shape of the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus, shown in March 2005, in St. Paul, sold on eBay on Wednesday, March 9, 2005, for $10,600. Machelle Naylor's 12-year-old daughter, Crysta, said she discovered the pretzel while snacking and watching television with her family on Feb. 27. (03/09/05 AP Photo/The Grand Island Independent)

[Imaverygooddriver]

First a grilled cheese sandwich, now this.

[tfecw]

I don't see it, but if there is a market for it I might have to start looking a little bit harder.

[Imaverygooddriver]

Say I have a week old Big Mac that looks like Moses, starting bids at $9,999.00...Any takers?

[Conspiracy Guy]

I have a picture of John Kerry that looks like a Frog!

[Lekker 1]

Are you sure it's not Ted Kusinzski? Maybe Charlton Heston?

[politicalwit]

Hey!!! You laugh...but I had a Whaler from BK that looked like Noah's Ark...and the fries...they looked like little oars.

[martin_fierro]

Feh. Looks more like a treble clef:

[ladtx]

Looks like this to me.

[lizma]

I think it's kind of pretty, about $2 worth of pretty. I'd use it as a Christmas tree ornament.

[PianoMan]

looks like one of my students' treble clefs.

[ladtx]

Thought I would post mine exactly 60 seconds later.

[Dean Baker]

Oh Good God!!

This is just TOO MUCH!

Go to Ebay and punch-in "Weird Stuff". You'll find all kinds of "Religious Image" stuff. It's all popped-up since that grilled cheese sandwich.

I'd be surprised if this person actually gets paid for this. It wouldn't take much to intentionally make a pretzel like this.

[kingattax]

we need to find a bottle of Budweiser that has an image of Dale Earnhardt.....at least 1 million on eBay

[shekkian]

What's with these people? (Not just the sellers, but the buyers?)

[rellimpank]

--see comment # 5 for my opinion---

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382849/posts

[martin_fierro]

Thought I would post mine exactly 60 seconds later.

That's the Trouble with Trebles.

[GSWarrior]

Someone finally used that pretzel mold I created several years ago.

Where's my share?

[Tanniker Smith]

It looks more like Mary is about to play a concerto on the piano. Whaddaya call those things? a music Clef or something like that?

TS
(shoulda taken those piano lessons years ago...)

[kingattax]

[Beth528]

P.T. Barnum is right "There's a sucker born every minute".

[Lazamataz]

I am going to start making food items shaped like Jesus, Mary, or some combination thereof.

I'm gonna be rich!

[Imaverygooddriver]

Look at this guy...He sold advertising space on his forehead for one month for $37,375!!! Unreal!

http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/2691965/detail.html?qs=;s=17;p=news;dm=ss;w=400

[lunarville]

[scott7278]

I need money for student-loan debt-reduction. I tried drawing a picture and got $9.50 for it. How do these people get that kind of money for a pretzel?

[dead]

What's with these people? (Not just the sellers, but the buyers?)

I’m guessing that people forge accounts and drive bids up on things like this just to make the news. The seller will never get a check, and may even be in on the media scam.

EBay doesn't get their cut on a non-sale, but probably welcomes the free advertising and dreams of riches it inspires in potential future sellers.

[gimme1ibertee]

"I'M CAPTAIN CLEF!!!!"

[spectre]

My Tabby cat has an "M" for "Madonna" on his forehead. No joke.

Hummmm $$$$$$$

[null and void]

*groan* For SHAME!!!

[garyhope]

The heck with pretzels, have you tried the new Rosemary & Olive Oil Triskets? They're great!

Speaking of miracle food,......What about Jesus and Elvis on a fried tortilla? How about a Michael Jackson chocolate chip cookie? Al Gore bologna, Hillary Clinton cattle future all beef sausage, John Kerry fishy cakes,....stop me if you've heard these,....

[KJC1]

Unbelievably, there are 4 bids for this nasty looking toilet ashtray! Hurry, though, the auction is almost over!

[snarks_when_bored]

An ampersand gone wrong.

[Sender]

We need to tap the Islamic market too. "Cheese Falafel Looks Like Al-Aqsa Mosque!"

[cyclotic]

OK, this is it, I'm doing it!

A few years ago, I came up with a plan if I really needed money. I'm going to get a big Hickory farms sausage and smear it all over the wall of my shower in the shape of Mary. In three weeks, when the mold grows just right, I'm charging $10.00 a head to come in and see it.

I'll get rich, rich I tell ya.

[Sax]

Quick call the Avon lady! It's she a little too old for the Goth look?

[Squawk 8888]

What about Jesus and Elvis on a fried tortilla

Any Elvis images on food items would have to be from the Burger King where he works.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

I personally see nothing wrong with the sellers. Genius of capitalism!

[Red Badger]

Treble clef, that was my first thought, too.......

[Bluegrass Conservative]

That's the Trouble with Trebles.

[puppets]

you know how hard would it be to actually MAKE a pretzel in the shape of whatever you want it to be in the shape of? Whoever bought this has more money than sense.

[Red Badger]

How bout some couscous that looks like Osama.......

[Bluegrass Conservative]

But it better be a company like "Biz" or "All" or "Coke", because if you try and put "Travellers Insurance LLC, Serving You Since 1911", well, we've got a space problem.

But if you have a lenghty slogan to market, I can be reached at 555- . . . . eh, nevermind. : )

[Diddle E. Squat]

Looks like I just discovered a way to make money from my dog's poop.

[k2blader]

I really need to start looking for the virgin mary in the things I eat.

[Lazamataz]

But if you have a lenghty slogan to market, I can be reached at 555- . . . . eh, nevermind. : )

We'd have to have it spiral around and down, cuz you're in my predicament.

[Steven W.]

there's a sucker errh MORON born every minute!

[Bluegrass Conservative]

We'd have to have it spiral around and down, cuz you're in my predicament.

Well, that was my plan. But hey, when you have that sort of predicament, you have to learn to cope with and utilize every bit of what you've got. lol

[djf]

Hey, I found a toenail on my rug that MIGHT, and I emphasize MIGHT, be Elvis's.

I'll let it go for a pittance, but next week the price goes up!!

[hosepipe]

It only goes to show you...
"A fool and his money would donate to AL Gore.." -OR- buy some wazoo pretzle as an artifact..