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A Fool & His Money

Posted By Michael On 1st December 2004 @ 20:02 In psychology | No Comments

Apparently people don’t have common sense. First there was the [2] grilled cheese sandwich that sold on eBay for $28,000. Now [3] there’s a grain of cereal that looks (supposedly) like ET from the movie of early 1980s Spielbergian fame.

Now, the first can be explained by a growing sociological obsession with the comforting mother-figure of Mary the virgin bearer of Jesus Christ which will soon (less than a hundred years) develop into full-blown Mary-worship and a frenzy of feminist doctrines. That part’s easy.

But this grain of cereal thing? That really gets me. Why would anyone pay $800 (that’s not a typo) for a GRAIN of CEREAL? I mean, I really like Blade Runner but if I found a honey bun with [4] Rutger Hauer’s likeness in the icing I’d still eat it. Good grief. Any thoughts on what motivated this?

A Fool & His Money

Posted By Michael On 1st December 2004 @ 20:02 In psychology | No Comments

Apparently people don’t have common sense. First there was the [6] grilled cheese sandwich that sold on eBay for $28,000. Now [7] there’s a grain of cereal that looks (supposedly) like ET from the movie of early 1980s Spielbergian fame.

Now, the first can be explained by a growing sociological obsession with the comforting mother-figure of Mary the virgin bearer of Jesus Christ which will soon (less than a hundred years) develop into full-blown Mary-worship and a frenzy of feminist doctrines. That part’s easy.

But this grain of cereal thing? That really gets me. Why would anyone pay $800 (that’s not a typo) for a GRAIN of CEREAL? I mean, I really like Blade Runner but if I found a honey bun with [8] Rutger Hauer’s likeness in the icing I’d still eat it. Good grief. Any thoughts on what motivated this?


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[1] http://www.biblegateway.org/cgi-bin/bible?passage=...glish: http://www.biblegateway.org/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Pr+17%3A16&NIV_version=yes&language=english
[2] grilled cheese sandwich: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4034787.stm
[3] there’s a grain of cereal: http://www.kfoxtv.com/food/3961476/detail.html
[4] Rutger Hauer: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000442/
[5] http://www.biblegateway.org/cgi-bin/bible?passage=...glish: http://www.biblegateway.org/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Pr+17%3A16&NIV_version=yes&language=english
[6] grilled cheese sandwich: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4034787.stm
[7] there’s a grain of cereal: http://www.kfoxtv.com/food/3961476/detail.html
[8] Rutger Hauer: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000442/

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