# could someone please explain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789 "2006-02-10T02:05:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/1 "2006-02-10T02:05:20Z")
Why this [soap](http://cgi.ebay.com/A-BAR-OF-SOAP-A-GOOD-CLEAN-AUCTION_W0QQitemZ5664795262QQcategoryZ1469QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is up to $51? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/2 "2006-02-10T02:26:49Z")
It’s made from Leprechaun fat? ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/3 "2006-02-10T02:26:54Z")
everyone needs soap, dont they? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/4 "2006-02-10T03:02:53Z")
Read the bidders list. It’s all robots bidding for places like Golden Palace casino. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/5 "2006-02-10T03:28:58Z")
There has to be more to it than that. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/6 "2006-02-10T03:33:18Z")
Damn! Leave that damn window open long enough, and crappy, terrible music hijacks your speakers! I was so peaceful and serene, listening to Handel and alternating between cross stitch and the boards, and _BAM_! I was trying to figure out why the Orchestra of St. Johns had added _rap_ to Handel! Fuckers… Grrr… So confused… ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/7 "2006-02-10T03:37:42Z")
Quite likely, this is due to a tendency I have noted at several auctions. Namely, once bidding has started, the bidders find themselves compelled to keep bidding, regardless of how ridicuolously overpriced the object at stake has become. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/8 "2006-02-10T03:53:21Z")
Please tell me why I have this strange compulsion to bid and… How do I make this music stop? ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/9 "2006-02-10T04:30:24Z")
Because even invisible hands get dirty. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/10 "2006-02-10T04:40:03Z")
A clear case of money laundering. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/11 "2006-02-10T04:57:33Z")
Buyer said the soap is shaped like the Virgin Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/12 "2006-02-10T04:58:24Z")
It’s the soap so strong, it even removes sin. It’s Pope Soap! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/13 "2006-02-10T05:01:36Z")
> [@BlueKangaroo](#): > > Damn! > > Leave that damn window open long enough, and crappy, terrible music hijacks your speakers! I was so peaceful and serene, listening to Handel and alternating between cross stitch and the boards, and _BAM_! I was trying to figure out why the Orchestra of St. Johns had added _rap_ to Handel! > Fuckers… Grrr… So confused… Yeah. I was wondering which one of Mussorgsky’s pieces had rap in it. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/14 "2006-02-10T08:44:59Z")
I think I found a clue: \*\* We are going to sell A WORLD RECORD BAR OF IRISH SPRING SOAP!\*\* :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/15 "2006-02-10T12:17:32Z")
> [@The King of Soup](#): > > Because even invisible hands get dirty. Let’s stop the bidding. King of Soup here wins. ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/16 "2006-02-10T12:25:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Read the bidders list. It’s all robots bidding for places like Golden Palace casino. I don’t understand this. Why would a casino want to bid on soap? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/17 "2006-02-10T12:37:29Z")
To wash their filthy lucre? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/18 "2006-02-10T13:53:08Z")
Hey guys, Right click on the page and read the message - pretty funny! ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/19 "2006-02-10T14:20:57Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s the soap so strong, it even removes sin. It’s Pope Soap! So if one of us purchases it, and fastens thereto a loop of woven twine, does it become Dope Pope Soap on a Rope? One can Hope… ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/20 "2006-02-10T16:19:16Z")
> [@jali](#): > > Hey guys, > > Right click on the page and read the message - pretty funny! 😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789.md?page=2)