Cheeto for Sale...

Red Mageia · 08-24-2004, 10:34 AM

The said Cheeto

Someone on Ebay was selling a cheeto and people actually bid for it.
Does any one else consider this odd?

slightly aboveaverage man · 08-24-2004, 10:39 AM

It appears that they were selling it because it looks like a little guy. But that's nothing, someone once sold their soul on ebay.

Sock_Munkey · 08-24-2004, 10:40 AM

Hell, i'd pay 5 bucks for that

Thaumaturge · 08-24-2004, 10:47 AM

The cheeto or the person's soul?

What is the going rate for souls these days, anyway?

In my day, we had to really give something to get a soul... No-one seems to want knowledge of the arcane arts anymore, or eternal life, anymore. Now it's all money, money, money...

What?

reality_deviant · 08-24-2004, 11:02 AM

Some of my friends in high school used to collect and trade souls like they were Pokemon. It got really bizarre when random people that never hung out with us decided to join in the fun. Some used trickery, some intimidation, but I believe the usual method ran something like this:

Random Person: Hey, man, you got a pen I can borrow?
Collector: Oh, sure, no problem, if you'll let me have your soul.
Random Person:...uhh...okay, whatever.
Collector: Sign here, please. *displays premade contract*

*reflects* Jeez, no wonder people hassled us in high school...that's really bizarre...anyway, in light of that, the Cheeto really doesn't seem all that odd.

Thaumaturge · 08-24-2004, 11:08 AM

But RD, surely you could use their souls against them for leverage if they gave you trouble? And if the person giving you trouble hasn't yet sold you their soul, surely you can just use one of the people who has?

In any case, since you traded them like Pokemon, what's the best soul that you ever got?

Ah, there's nothing quite as satisfying as winning your first soul duel...

slightly aboveaverage man · 08-24-2004, 11:10 AM

That's just awesome!

"Can I borrow a pen?"
"Sure, it won't cost you a thing... EXCEPT YOUR SOUL!"

Thaumaturge · 08-24-2004, 11:14 AM

You forgot to add: "MWAHAHAHA!!!." It's mandatory, I'm afraid.

Oh, and RD, do you still have any of your souls? Would you be willing to show them?

reality_deviant · 08-24-2004, 11:31 AM

The only one that wasn't passed on to an underclassman or traded away was the only soul given to me freely. One of the big-name soul collectors(must...keep...straight face...) was trying to steal this poor little dude's soul, so the dude gave it to me for safe-keeping, 'cause he knew I wouldn't break under the pressure. Or something. Anyway, that seemed to be an effective relationship-catalyst, as we later started dating. If he ever asks for it, I will return it gladly, but until then, I am his mighty soul-sentinel.

Now, I've gotta share THIS story...
There was this kid, strange even by our standards, that just...I can't really explain it. It's like every word he spoke, every action he took, was a carefully calculated irritation. Once our group had his soul, that's when the bidding really picked up. A couple of the football players proclaimed that they would stop at nothing to posess that soul, and one of them traded a soul he had collected independently, PLUS HIS OWN, PLUS THE SOUL OF HIS BEST FRIEND, to have this kid's soul-contract. Who even knows what he planned to do with it? So, that was definitely the most lucrative trade we ever made, as well as the most profoundly disturbing.

Thaumaturge · 08-24-2004, 11:52 AM

Unless, of course, the soul that you traded away belonged to a future IT billionaire...

Soul-sentinel, hmm? You mean that you defend it from others? Must... resist... temptation...

So, this period of soul-collecting was just a "soul-ar flare"? I take it, then that you're not the sort of mage who's "soul-ar powered"

08-24-2004, 10:34 AM	#1
Red Mageia Deborah Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Over there. Posts: 11	Cheeto for Sale... The said Cheeto Someone on Ebay was selling a cheeto and people actually bid for it. Does any one else consider this odd? __________________ _ _ _ _ _ My underwear gives me +5/+5 defense.

08-24-2004, 10:39 AM	#2
slightly aboveaverage man Trudeau Maniac Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cyberspace Posts: 4,253	It appears that they were selling it because it looks like a little guy. But that's nothing, someone once sold their soul on ebay. __________________ Comics! Coffee! Videos! All at WWW.Ultima-Java.com If you're not there you'd better be dead, or in jail! And if you're in jail... BREAK OUT! Visit this Sunday SUNDAY Sunday and saturday.

08-24-2004, 10:47 AM	#4
Thaumaturge Magikoopa Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,767	The cheeto or the person's soul? What is the going rate for souls these days, anyway? In my day, we had to really give something to get a soul... No-one seems to want knowledge of the arcane arts anymore, or eternal life, anymore. Now it's all money, money, money... What? __________________ Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!! ahem. sorry.

08-24-2004, 11:02 AM	#5
reality_deviant Unlikely Hero Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beautiful Southern Illinois Posts: 747	Some of my friends in high school used to collect and trade souls like they were Pokemon. It got really bizarre when random people that never hung out with us decided to join in the fun. Some used trickery, some intimidation, but I believe the usual method ran something like this: Random Person: Hey, man, you got a pen I can borrow? Collector: Oh, sure, no problem, if you'll let me have your soul. Random Person:...uhh...okay, whatever. Collector: Sign here, please. displays premade contract reflects Jeez, no wonder people hassled us in high school...that's really bizarre...anyway, in light of that, the Cheeto really doesn't seem all that odd. __________________ "Being a mage is about giving a damn."~2nd Ed. M:tA Handbook "Hope is the bravest rebellion."~Phil Brucato "this is clearly the fault of those wacky money-hating environmentalists, with their tye-dyed t-shirts and their total lack of political power, making life miserable for those poor oppressed three-hundred-billion-dollar-market-cap oil companies."~fifthfiend

08-24-2004, 11:08 AM	#6
Thaumaturge Magikoopa Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,767	But RD, surely you could use their souls against them for leverage if they gave you trouble? And if the person giving you trouble hasn't yet sold you their soul, surely you can just use one of the people who has? In any case, since you traded them like Pokemon, what's the best soul that you ever got? Ah, there's nothing quite as satisfying as winning your first soul duel... __________________ Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!! ahem. sorry.

08-24-2004, 11:10 AM	#7
slightly aboveaverage man Trudeau Maniac Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cyberspace Posts: 4,253	That's just awesome! "Can I borrow a pen?" "Sure, it won't cost you a thing... *EXCEPT YOUR SOUL!*" __________________ Comics! Coffee! Videos! All at WWW.Ultima-Java.com If you're not there you'd better be dead, or in jail! And if you're in jail... BREAK OUT! Visit this Sunday SUNDAY Sunday and saturday.

08-24-2004, 11:14 AM	#8
Thaumaturge Magikoopa Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,767	You forgot to add: "MWAHAHAHA!!!." It's mandatory, I'm afraid. Oh, and RD, do you still have any of your souls? Would you be willing to show them? __________________ Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!! ahem. sorry.

08-24-2004, 11:31 AM	#9
reality_deviant Unlikely Hero Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beautiful Southern Illinois Posts: 747	The only one that wasn't passed on to an underclassman or traded away was the only soul given to me freely. One of the big-name soul collectors(must...keep...straight face...) was trying to steal this poor little dude's soul, so the dude gave it to me for safe-keeping, 'cause he knew I wouldn't break under the pressure. Or something. Anyway, that seemed to be an effective relationship-catalyst, as we later started dating. If he ever asks for it, I will return it gladly, but until then, I am his mighty soul-sentinel. Now, I've gotta share THIS story... There was this kid, strange even by our standards, that just...I can't really explain it. It's like every word he spoke, every action he took, was a carefully calculated irritation. Once our group had his soul, that's when the bidding really picked up. A couple of the football players proclaimed that they would stop at nothing to posess that soul, and one of them traded a soul he had collected independently, PLUS HIS OWN, PLUS THE SOUL OF HIS BEST FRIEND, to have this kid's soul-contract. Who even knows what he planned to do with it? So, that was definitely the most lucrative trade we ever made, as well as the most profoundly disturbing. __________________ "Being a mage is about giving a damn."~2nd Ed. M:tA Handbook "Hope is the bravest rebellion."~Phil Brucato "this is clearly the fault of those wacky money-hating environmentalists, with their tye-dyed t-shirts and their total lack of political power, making life miserable for those poor oppressed three-hundred-billion-dollar-market-cap oil companies."~fifthfiend

08-24-2004, 11:52 AM	#10
Thaumaturge Magikoopa Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,767	Unless, of course, the soul that you traded away belonged to a future IT billionaire... Soul-sentinel, hmm? You mean that you defend it from others? Must... resist... temptation... So, this period of soul-collecting was just a "soul-ar flare"? I take it, then that you're not the sort of mage who's "soul-ar powered" __________________ Mwa ha ha ha ha!!!! ahem. sorry.