# Eye-rolling moments at eBay **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070 "2006-03-04T21:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/21 "2006-03-05T14:43:36Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > One day, just for pure grins, I am going to list something on Ebay as: > > **Ladies Blouse: OMFG!** > > Just to see how many hits it get on the auction. I’d click. Probably wouldn’t bid, but would definitely click. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/22 "2006-03-05T15:26:46Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Well, first of all, I think we need to debate the appropriateness of getting the perfectly innocent word “art” involved. OK now i have ice cream all over my keyboard. I’m not pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/23 "2006-03-05T16:21:46Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Rigamarole** : [Art Deco](http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/artdeco.html); [Art Nouveau](http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/artnouveau.html). Slightly OT: In New York we have a category of tourist trap gift shops called “Art Galleries” that use the term Art Deco _exclusively_ to describe female figures on pedestals after the style of [Demètre Chiparus](http://www.abbeville.com/images-catalog/full-size/0789205734.jpg), the 1920s genre sculptor. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/24 "2006-03-05T18:16:33Z")
Don’t even get me started on how people list vintage clothing and repros. If I see one more fugly 80s nightmare prom dress or 1810s regency pattern described as “_Titanic_”, I’m going to start hurling things at my monitor. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/25 "2006-03-05T18:25:13Z")
> [@Twickster](#): > > shell lamps > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Titanic EUREKA! I have wonderful, fabulous, zip zop zabulous idea! Picture- A replica of one of the lamps used on the Titanic, corroded and distressed, and partially encrusted by sea shells! I could even include an undistressed replica lamp and sell them as Then And Now bookends. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/26 "2006-03-05T18:28:14Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Oh, and Twicky, that lamp is decidedly Male in a certain he light, but the other pictures uhhhhhh it looks decidedly like…umm…a pink taco. > > Rorschack, anyone? When we we married she’d keep me up half the night [blowing that damned conch](http://www.lostsound.com/sounds/sample/CNCHSMPL.mp3)! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/27 "2006-03-05T18:36:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Don’t even get me started on how people list vintage clothing and repros. If I see one more fugly 80s nightmare prom dress or 1810s regency pattern described as “_Titanic_”, I’m going to start hurling things at my monitor. Maybe that’s just code for plus sizes. You know, like “husky” or “queen/king-sized.” ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/28 "2006-03-05T19:48:56Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Oh, and Twicky, that lamp is decidedly Male in a certain he light, but the other pictures uhhhhhh it looks decidedly like…umm…a pink taco. > > Rorschack, anyone? Hilariously enough, I couldn’t decide if it looked like a vagina or a penis. It was kind of both, which made it all the scarier. **Twicks** , maybe you should buy it after all. It’s quite the, um, thought-provoker… ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/29 "2006-03-06T05:12:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And do you think people search for “L@@K”? Yes, they do. Stupid titles like that turn a lot of people off and the items don’t get many bids. I often search on them, snap them up, write an intelligent auction description, and resell them at a very nice profit. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/30 "2006-03-06T13:23:44Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > That is, well, phallic. I’m not sure how else to describe it. Dada, maybe? Considering the phallic nature, it’s more like “Who’s your Dada?” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/31 "2006-03-06T14:47:18Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Don’t even get me started on how people list vintage clothing and repros. If I see one more fugly 80s nightmare prom dress or 1810s regency pattern described as “_Titanic_”, I’m going to start hurling things at my monitor. I totally agree. This is why when I am named Empress of the World I shall institute some kind of electronic shock that can be administered by the offended and annoyed Ebay reader to the dimwitted Ebay Seller anytime they read such offenses against nature and sensibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/32 "2006-03-06T14:48:43Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Hilariously enough, I couldn’t decide if it looked like a vagina or a penis. It was kind of both, which made it all the scarier. **Twicks** , maybe you should buy it after all. It’s quite the, um, thought-provoker… It is a hermaphrodite lamp! Two…two…two perversions in one! ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/33 "2006-03-06T16:10:00Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > So what do you call them - art rustique, art grotesque? ‘Butt-ugly’ works for me. Holy crap. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/34 "2006-03-06T16:13:27Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > It is a hermaphrodite lamp! That’s no hermaphrodite lamp. Give me some time to search sites selling crap from India and I’ll find you a hermaphrodite lamp. It will probably be made from brass. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/35 "2006-03-06T16:47:20Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > ‘Butt-ugly’ works for me. Holy crap. Holy crap is right. There ought to be a warning against opening that link without protective eyeglasses. It just might be the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen. Are there really people who would buy this and who find it attractive? 'Cause if so, I’ve got some moldy old junk in my basement that could probably fund my retirement. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/36 "2006-03-06T16:52:50Z")
Philistines! You’re all philistines! You don’t _deserve_ the opportunity to see the Twicks Museum of Shell Lamps! ---
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/37 "2006-03-06T17:00:53Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > It is a hermaphrodite lamp! Definitely a clam, then. 😃 ---
**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 6, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/38 "2006-03-06T17:03:42Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > Yes, they do. > > Stupid titles like that turn a lot of people off and the items don’t get many bids. I often search on them, snap them up, write an intelligent auction description, and resell them at a very nice profit. So you’re doing your bit to make stupidity unprofitable? Good for you. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/39 "2006-03-07T18:57:41Z")
This thread makes me wonder if **Batsinma Belfry** ever sold her [testicle plates](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343689&highlight=testicle+plates). ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070/40 "2006-03-07T20:09:41Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > So you’re doing your bit to make stupidity unprofitable? Good for you. Well, unprofitable for _them_. And it’s an uphill battle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-rolling-moments-at-ebay/347070.md?page=3)