Cheesus? On Ebay?

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Diana Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, screamed and almost fainted as she chomped into a grilled cheese sandwich 10 years ago because she saw the face of the Virgin Mary staring back at her.

The toasted likeness sits - a bite out of its bottom left corner - surrounded in cotton wool in a plastic box. But now, after a decade of watching over the Duysers from her crusty caryatid, Mary is on the market to the highest bidder on eBay.

"I just hope she goes to a good home. She has brought me a lot of luck, but it is time for her to go out into the world and be shared by other people," said Mrs Duyser, who claims to have won more than $US70,000 ($91,000) at casinos since the cheesy relic entered her life.

But Mrs Duyser's luck may have run out. While the opening offer in the auction was for $US3000, and the bidding soon passed the $US20,000 mark, by yesterday more than 187,000 people had viewed the item and spoof bidders had pushed the price up to $US99 million.

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[Charlie in Dayton]

It went for 28 grand!!!

 

[Regnad Kcin]

[Virgin Mary]

Now, where best to make an earthly appearance? Hmm, let me think...

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This opens up the imagination as to schemes to reverse the flow of money from blue to red states.

 

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It went for 28 grand!!!

It was purchased by an online casino as a marketing ploy!

GoldenPalace.com, an online casino, confirmed that it placed the winning bid, and company executives said they were willing to spend "as much as it took" to own the 10-year-old half-sandwich with a bite out of it.

"It's a part of pop culture that's immediately and widely recognizable," spokesman Monty Kerr told The Miami Herald. "We knew right away we wanted to have it."

 

[UserGoogol]

There's something delightfully sacriligious about calling the Virgin Mary "a part of pop culture."

 

[Elind]

It went for 28 grand!!!

It's the Virgin Mary just because a ditsy woman says so? That's sick.

 

[CFLarsen]

It's the Virgin Mary just because a ditsy woman says so? That's sick.

No. It's the Virgin Mary because some people have a need to believe it is so.

 

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