# eBay - "Items you may like" MY ARSE **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 23, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950 "2004-03-23T18:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/1 "2004-03-23T18:35:46Z")
Apparently I would like this oh-so-amusing garden gnome: [http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2388099572&category=519&ssPageName=Merch06](http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2388099572&category=519&ssPageName=Merch06) The only garden implement I have bought or bidded for is a set of seccateurs. Now they’re insisting that I buy crap that nobody else wants haunting their gardens. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/2 "2004-03-23T18:42:11Z")
Dear god, that thing’s hideous. I’ve seen plenty of cute garden gnomes, sure, but dear god, that thing’s hideous. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/3 "2004-03-23T19:27:17Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Now they’re insisting that I buy crap that nobody else wants haunting their gardens. :rolleyes: You know they aren’t insisting that you buy it, they’re merely suggesting it, and it’s certainly not unfeasible that their suggestions could be atrocious. (Mine occasionally are on almost every site.) Then again, I think it’s kind of cute (but not cute enough to bid on it). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/4 "2004-03-23T19:40:03Z")
_shudder_ [These](http://www.bifrost.com.au/hosting/gnomes/#gnomes) are **so** much better looking. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/5 "2004-03-23T19:40:57Z")
ewww. I wouldn’t even steal that thing to break it. Then again those things creap me out. No wait, no they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/6 "2004-03-23T23:06:38Z")
Why get a gnome when you can get a [gargoyle](http://www.stonecarver.com/jpeg/totten.jpg) instead? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/7 "2004-03-24T02:32:32Z")
Are my eyes fooling me, or is that a _naked_ garden gnome? What kind of sick mind does it take to come up with such an idea? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/8 "2004-03-24T04:36:06Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Dear god, that thing’s hideous. I’ve seen plenty of cute garden gnomes, sure, but dear god, that thing’s hideous. No kidding! It’s atrocious. Anyone know where I can get one on this side of the pond? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/9 "2004-03-24T04:45:01Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > No kidding! It’s atrocious. Anyone know where I can get one on this side of the pond? I dunno, but googling on “ugly lawn gnome” (no quotes) turned up [this](http://www.etext.org/Zines/Quanta/gnomes.html). ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/10 "2004-03-24T05:33:03Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > Are my eyes fooling me, or is that a _naked_ garden gnome? What kind of sick mind does it take to come up with such an idea? :eek: I guess you missed the strategically placed leaf. I think that the leaf is WORSE than being nekkid. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/11 "2004-03-24T05:43:05Z")
It looks constipated. And why is it’s tongue kinda sticking out? ~shudder~ I despise garden gnomes. And those whirly flower things. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/12 "2004-03-24T09:01:28Z")
But it’s so obvious! - I bid on some **White** LEDs and lost, so why wouldn’t I be interested in bidding some **White** tennis shoes? ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/13 "2004-03-24T11:46:28Z")
Is that gnome doing what I think it’s doing? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/14 "2004-03-24T13:33:56Z")
And if you liked _that_ gargoyle, you’ll want to buy [_this_ set.](http://www.designtoscano.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=3413&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=66&iSubCat=741&iProductID=3413) ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-you-may-like-my-arse/235950/15 "2004-03-24T18:29:55Z")
I don’t quite get the thread title, Is **GorillaMan** selling his Arse on Ebay, and advertising the fact that we his arse is an item we may like? Is it hairy? Has it been well used, is it in good condition, or does it need some work?