"Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is "Political Correctness.'" --Charlton Heston
[ edited by BEAR1949 on Oct 16, 2003 05:00 PM ]
posted on October 16, 2003 09:09:54 PM new
I love it! Mostly I love him telling ebay to go p*ss up a rope and quit cancelling his auction. Lord knows I've felt the same way.
posted on October 17, 2003 10:37:59 AM new
damn, they deleted it again! That poor guy- I wanted to email him and offer him a page to tell the story on, and I didn't get his user ID. anyone remember what it is?
"And All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall be Well"
posted on October 17, 2003 10:54:17 AM new
Searching for key word miscreant and it showed up.
"Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is "Political Correctness.'" --Charlton Heston
posted on October 17, 2003 11:48:44 AM new
Looks like ebay pulled it a fourth time now. The cussing out of ebay with ****'s in the cussing was probably the reason this time.
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posted on October 17, 2003 12:25:13 PM new
I think these are your auctions, Bear, they have your sense of humor somehow. Tell me if I outed you!
"And All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall be Well"
posted on October 17, 2003 12:53:22 PM new
A while back mojo-man sold "Uncle Bob's" glass eye
I booked marked his auctions just to see if the Left N*T pops up again
He still has a few of Uncle Bob's goodies left.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2958422266
And my Mom thought I could spin a line! LOL...... ya gotta love it
Deb
Remember amateurs built the ark - Professionals built the Titanic.
posted on October 17, 2003 03:21:54 PM new
DragonMom sorry, it wasn't mine. I sell firearm related accesories.
Miscreant, looks like you bit off more that you could chew....
"Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is "Political Correctness.'" --Charlton Heston
posted on October 17, 2003 04:16:13 PM new
yes, but, Bear... One of those auctions IS firearms related! well, sort of, anyway... :lol
What a character! I don't know if I believe in Uncle Bob, but mojo-man is sure a tale-teller.
"And All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall be Well"
posted on October 17, 2003 10:31:04 PM new
From what I,,,,,see,,,,when a seller has that,,,,,,many feeds,,,,,e bay tolerates,,,,,,the last,,,,,,thing they are going to do is kill that Golden egg......It scared me before when they KILLED and warned me,,,,,,after seeing this,,,,,,E bay is just a Money grabbing venue.....reword it and everything is JUST fine.......EVEN if you insult!!! them! MONEY talks!
posted on October 18, 2003 09:27:53 AM new
I emailed him and offered to put the story up on my webstire- he didn't take me up on it, just shot me back the text of the new auction. For a guy that can tell a tale as well as that- what a shame! That thing had me spitting on my screen.
I hate to think he hadn't SAVED the text...
The moral of the story is- yes, you can say anything you want- AS LONG as you take the time to word it. As an example, one of the woods I use stands for, well, semen, in esoteric studies. How the heck can I say THAT in a way that won't offend the mothers of the Harry Potter fans that visit my website? "It is symbolic of the Generative Principle"
Those Victorians had an euphemism for everything!
"And All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall be Well"
posted on October 18, 2003 01:33:55 PM new
I would say that the new description is copied directly from the textbook. Too bad...would have been nice if some of the amusing parts had not been removed. I think some of the time, it's just the story that sells.
