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# I think the advertisers missed a trick...
(Pandemonium in my underpants, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:41, archived)
# The pandering to the sponsers for the Olympics is really depressing :(
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 21 May 2012, 21:45, archived)
# Why are people apparently spending completely mentalist sums of money buying these on ebay?
There are so many of them, they are hardly going to hold any worth in the long term; or are some exceedingly rich people simply mental?
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 21 May 2012, 21:55, archived)
# because of conformity mostly
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 21 May 2012, 22:11, archived)
# Nah, that's not good enough
Someone apparently has paid a hundred grand for one of these on Ebay according to the news I watched earlier, and there is no way on earth one of several thousand of these will hold anything remotely like that value in the future.

In fact, I can actually see this being dismissed on the antiques road show in decades to come, as reasonably worthless, given so many were made.
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 21 May 2012, 22:14, archived)
# I haven't seen that one, could they be doing it for the publicity?
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 21 May 2012, 22:15, archived)
# Possibly, it was on the BBC news earlier
but given it's Ebay, I guess it might all be a lie. I simply can't imagine an antiques dealer who would be so dumb as to pay so much for something so obviously completely insanely over valued
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 21 May 2012, 22:21, archived)
# You can't?
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 21 May 2012, 22:33, archived)
# Not really
there will have been thousands of them used by the time the flame reaches the olympic stadium
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 21 May 2012, 22:44, archived)
# Are they sequentially numbered?
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 21 May 2012, 23:16, archived)
# that would make sense..
..looks like they made them from cheap shitty sequin mesh

also, :(
edit: how long now?
(I helped save b3ta! maggenspies mayhaps, Tue 22 May 2012, 0:36, archived)
# 4 days
I'll just have to get used to it.
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 22 May 2012, 0:56, archived)
# urgh.. getting on a bit for an abscondence then..
:( bummer
(I helped save b3ta! maggenspies mayhaps, Tue 22 May 2012, 1:09, archived)
# The worst bit is the little (odd) siamese cat a friend owns
sits in the same place she did, on my bed every night.
He spent his time as a kitten with three cats who died, one by one.
(I'm beyond sad I just numb myself)
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 22 May 2012, 1:19, archived)
# who says they don't feel emotions :(
completely empathise with this..

must get off, 'nite.
(I helped save b3ta! maggenspies mayhaps, Tue 22 May 2012, 1:38, archived)
# See: Tracey Emin
Thinking again, to someone with £100 000 000+, say, in cash and assets, £153 000 (+p&p) might seem little.
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 21 May 2012, 22:45, archived)
# Generally, I reckon
People wedged up to that degree aren't nessarily buffoons with their money. Yes they may seem frivolous with their spending, but are generally not completely thick in how they spend it. To you or me, spending twenty grand on a bottle of wine one lunchtime may seem insane, but that's their own agenda and they are living in a different reality. It may have sealed a productive business contract worth millions; or potentially billions, and hence simply a lavish way of celebrating.

A hundred grand at something so obviously not worth anything in the long term even to them must seem ridiculous. It's hardly something you are going to treasure or mount above the fire place. Simply said, it's not an investment or even a 'statement' of wealth. Just something daft if you buy one, if you didn't actually run with one.
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 21 May 2012, 23:15, archived)
# Oh sure, they didn't get rich by throwing money about foolishly.
It's still possibly a hoax (I'd need to look at the listing). A hoax that gets press exposure.
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 21 May 2012, 23:24, archived)
# I guess it is to be honest
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 21 May 2012, 23:27, archived)
# The money would go to a charity, possible tax avoidance? I give up.
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 21 May 2012, 23:32, archived)
# haha, very much this
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 21 May 2012, 22:05, archived)
# I fucking love cornettos me
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Mon 21 May 2012, 22:23, archived)
# haven't seen this fella in a while
(I helped save b3ta! Dick Wonder ₐ wₒₙₖy, wₐᵥy wₒₙdₑᵣ, Mon 21 May 2012, 23:41, archived)
# mmm nom nom :D
*buys elebenty*
(I helped save b3ta! maggenspies mayhaps, Tue 22 May 2012, 0:39, archived)
# Hahahaha!
This made me giggle. :)
(Beh3moth The devil's advocaat., Tue 22 May 2012, 8:56, archived)