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Old 11-07-2003, 03:34 PM
NoClueBoy NoClueBoy is offline
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Haunted gay photograph on eBay

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The Photo is unframed and is about 7 inches by 5.5 inches. The Lesbians even look butch. It should be noted that Gertrude was quite butch and even wore flannel undergarments. The photograph is in great condition too. It would really make a grat addition to your home or office. However, a spell may be cast on your wife that could turn her into a lesbian. Great Aunt Ida May is also protective of family pets - especially cats. The lesbians tend to hate men so, if you are a man BEWARE!



Do I hear a dollar?
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Old 11-07-2003, 04:06 PM
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It's a cool photograph...

I don't spend a lot of time on eBay these days and if I do I'm looking for something specific and not browsing. Are these elaborate back-stories for items de rigeur now?
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Old 11-07-2003, 04:10 PM
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I got a few of my friends from the trailer park together and we had a seance. The lesbians' spirits were conjured up and they said that they had indeed turned my wife into a lesbian and that I would have bad luck as long as I had the photograph in my possession.
Whoosh?

And NCB what, may I ask, were you searching for?
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Old 11-07-2003, 04:19 PM
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Funny story with two glaring inconsistencies.
1. His great grandmother is the lesbian? Then how did she get pregnant with his grandfather or grandmother?

2. First he says they had a seance and that the spirits turned his wife lesbian. Next paragraph he says that no woman will have him? The phrasing implies he is single.

Good for a laugh, anyway.
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Old 11-07-2003, 05:36 PM
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1. His great grandmother is the lesbian? Then how did she get pregnant with his grandfather or grandmother?
...because no lesbian has ever had a child. Ever.
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Old 11-07-2003, 07:09 PM
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Funny story with two glaring inconsistencies.
1. His great grandmother is the lesbian? Then how did she get pregnant with his grandfather or grandmother?
No his Great Grandmother's Daughter was a lesbian. Oh yeah and what Matt said. (just cause he cute & all that stuff)
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Old 11-07-2003, 08:17 PM
Shirley Ujest Shirley Ujest is offline
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NCB, just what where you looking for anyways?

Haunted Lesbian Photo....the mind boggles.
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Old 11-07-2003, 09:19 PM
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I smell clever marketing of an otherwise banal item.
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Old 11-07-2003, 09:22 PM
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All my money is on the story being bogus, but I kind of want to bid on this.
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Old 11-07-2003, 09:35 PM
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I kind of want to bid on this.
Ha! The spell begins...
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Old 11-07-2003, 10:59 PM
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I've got this haunted cabinet you could put it in.
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Old 11-08-2003, 12:13 AM
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[q]I had decided last year to decorate my trailer in all Victorian things. The trailer looked so lovely with my frilly lace everywhere and antiques photos...[/q]

Definitely a whooshing..."My trailer skirting blew away...I flipped my truck...Gertrude wore flannel underwear [how the heck would he know, not like Great Aunt Ida would have told G-Grandmaw this]...no woman will have me..."

It's tongue in cheek madcap eBay zaniness, like Groos Bra.
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Old 11-08-2003, 02:42 AM
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I have to admit, the story alone is worth the price of buying the photo. Nice urban legend in the making.

Give the guy some credit...taking some old picture of two sisters and passing it off with a haunted legend...better than most of the crap horror films from Hollywood these day.

He should have said that the story ended tragically...some kind of murder/suicide...or maybe the town burned them to the stake in Salem...then I would have bid for it....
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Old 11-08-2003, 04:45 AM
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All my money is on the story being bogus
Of course its bogus, this is exactley how FHM magazine sold a bucket of Thames river water and that guy got 6 dollars for an air guitar. When I say exactley.........

On the other hand people have a lot of crap to sell and other people have a lot of money with which to buy crap, its all good.
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Old 11-08-2003, 09:30 PM
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They don't even look butch! FALSE ADVERTISING!

LOL
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Old 11-08-2003, 09:32 PM
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They don't even look butch! FALSE ADVERTISING!


Yeah, they should be in softball uniforms, at least!
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Old 11-09-2003, 04:51 AM
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Someone has actually BID on this item?!
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Old 11-09-2003, 07:54 AM
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I have some haunted lesbian teacups that would go nicely with that. And a haunted gay penis lamp.

Actually, I have seven of those.
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Old 11-09-2003, 01:05 PM
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You know, this item could be just what some desperate woman is looking for as her excuse to pack up and leave her no-good, dumbass husband. "But honey! The lesbian picture made me do it!"

Hey, stop looking at me like that
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Old 11-09-2003, 03:27 PM
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For those wondering what I was looking for...


I was just browsing eBay for some old photographs...


of haunted lesbians!



Okay, just old photos. I was bored.



I want to haunt an old photo when I die. Sounds fun. Do I have to be a lesbian?
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Old 11-09-2003, 04:48 PM
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[B Do I have to be a lesbian? [/b]
No, but not to be is considered rude among shades.
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Old 11-10-2003, 07:05 AM
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Tool belt? Nope.

Mullet? Nope.

Cigarette pack rolled up in shirtsleeve? Nope.

I thought this was supposed to be a photograph of lesbians.
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Old 11-10-2003, 07:38 AM
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I have some haunted lesbian teacups that would go nicely with that. And a haunted gay penis lamp.

Actually, I have seven of those.
Ooh, I could redecorate my apartment with a haunted gay theme. Imagine the possibilities!
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