December 05, 2004

Humor:

More eBay weirdness

    By Jack Grant

The best humor arises from pathos? I'm not exactly sure what I'm feeling after reading this:

Woman Auctions Father's Ghost on EBay

HOBART, Ind. (AP) - A woman's effort to assuage her 6-year-old son's fears of his grandfather's ghost by selling it on eBay has drawn more than 34 bids with a top offer of $78.

Mary Anderson said she placed her father's "ghost" on the online auction site after her son, Collin, said he was afraid the ghost would return someday. Anderson said Collin has avoided going anywhere in the house alone since his grandfather died last year.


What do you charge for shipping and handling for a ghost?

Posted by Jack Grant at 18:17 on 5 December 2004
Comments

I can't decide if I like that idea.

It's like, "Honey, you don't have to worry about your dead grandfather visiting anytime soon, cuz I'm pimpin his pesky soul on ebay!"

Is the kid comforted?

Posted by: Key at December 6, 2004 12:43 AM

Damn! One day I'm gonna think of it first...

Posted by: RedNeck at December 6, 2004 03:33 AM

LOL, Key! I just think surely there was a better solution. What ever happened to hiring an old fashioned priest to come exorcize a house? :)

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