# I'll take the $28,000 Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese, please **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353 "2004-11-23T21:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/1 "2004-11-23T21:03:14Z")
[Cheese Sandwich Bought for $28,000](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&e=1&u=/nm/20041123/od_nm/sandwich_dc) > [@Reuters](#): > > Florida resident Diana Duyser, says she made the cheese sandwich 10 years ago and after taking a bite, saw “the Virgin Mary staring back at me.” > > In her eBay ad, Duyser said the sandwich has been kept in a plastic case for a decade and has developed no mold or bacteria. “It is like a miracle,” she said. > [@](#): > > The T-shirts, in various styles bearing a picture of the sandwich and a [GoldenPalace.com](http://GoldenPalace.com) logo, sell for $19.99. > > “We believe that everyone should be able to see it and learn of its mystical power for themselves,” Rowe said. Words fail me. This woman should take the proceeds and find herself good psychiatric help (or at least, a good liquor store). ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/2 "2004-11-23T21:09:17Z")
Y’know, if I were Satan, and I were bored, I’d plaster the world with images of the Virgin Mary on things like waffles and grilled cheese sandwiches. If I were God, I most certainly WOULDN’T put images of the Virgin Mary on a grilled cheese sandwich. Just sayin’. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/3 "2004-11-23T21:20:33Z")
Who here wanted to buy the sandwich, videotape themselves eating it (commenting on how nasty it tasted the whole while), and send the tape back to the seller? Just me? I don’t have $28,000 to blow on a ten-year-old sandwich, anyway, so the idea was moot… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/4 "2004-11-23T21:44:14Z")
Last year on another messageboard I frequent, a fantasy football one, someone posted a link to that kick-ass Honda commercial (the one that’s about 3.5 minutes long, and involves a giant chain reaction of events that culminates in the starting up of the new Honda, all the pieces of the reaction being made from parts of the car - extremely cool). Over the next few weeks, a link to that commercial would be posted in a new thread roughly every 3.935 minutes. It got to the point where the mods created a new smilie, the Honda. It was a regular smilie, holding up a placard, with the Honda “H” on it. We need one of those smilies. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/5 "2004-11-23T21:49:31Z")
The hamsters are on drugs. I posted in this thread, my post is not here. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/6 "2004-11-23T21:52:25Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > The hamsters are on drugs. I posted in this thread, my post is not here. Uh…are you sure it’s the hamsters on drugs? Or have you suddenly turned Zen? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/7 "2004-11-23T21:57:02Z")
So, **LHoD** , you’re implying that this is the Devil’s doing, and that the woman is sharing Lucifer with the world. Do you think she’s a dupe, or she’s really a follower of the Church of Satan? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/8 "2004-11-23T21:59:59Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > The hamsters are on drugs. I posted in this thread, my post is not here. Pot calling the kettle black. …Heh, relax, it’s just the pot talking. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/9 "2004-11-23T22:06:14Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > So, **LHoD** , you’re implying that this is the Devil’s doing, and that the woman is sharing Lucifer with the world. Do you think she’s a dupe, or she’s really a follower of the Church of Satan? Nah, JUST SAYIN’. I personally think it’s not the Devil’s doing, so much as it is the Skillet’s doing. I believe in the Skillet, you see. But if I DID believe in the whole God & Devil thing, I’d lay my odds on the Fellow Down Under being responsible. I mean, c’mon. If you were God, offering a miracle by which to promote religion, would you: 1. Put the Virgin Mary’s countenance blazing in the sky, where all and sundry could see it and realize Your power, or 2. Put her countenance on a grilled cheese sandwich, where she might get et with noboody noticing, or if people do notice, it’d become a laughingstock? Contrariwise, if you’re The Big Bad, would you: 1. Put your countenance blazing in the sky, where it’s gonna scare people into the hands of the Noble Opposition, or 2. Put the Virgin Mary’s countenance in ridiculous places, where it turns the credulous into a laughingstock? I’m just sayin I don’t think God, if He exists, is a moron. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/10 "2004-11-23T22:08:24Z")
Somebody remind me, what’s the Virgin Mary look like again? I don’t recall seeing any recent photos. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/11 "2004-11-23T22:08:52Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > I’m just sayin I don’t think God, if He exists, is a moron. Don’t sell him short. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/12 "2004-11-23T22:09:47Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Somebody remind me, what’s the Virgin Mary look like again? I don’t recall seeing any recent photos. [A recent picture](http://www.displayit-info.com/food/images/cheese/4592.JPG) Daniel ---
**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:** [November 23, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/13 "2004-11-23T22:17:23Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Somebody remind me, what’s the Virgin Mary look like again? I don’t recall seeing any recent photos. Hmmm, impossible to tell, since I hear she’s had a lot of work done. Botox, all that. I’m sure God got hit big for child support and alimony. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/14 "2004-11-23T22:45:08Z")
How much could I get by selling an old potato chip with an image of the virgin Connie Swail on it? Lets see who gets the reference… ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/15 "2004-11-23T22:53:19Z")
You know, **Lobsang** , since this is the 729th identical thread regarding this particular sandwich, it may just be that the thread you thought you posted to is not the thread you posted to. Also, as everyone knows, this is not the Virgin Mary’s face on the sandwich, it is, in fact, the visage of Virginia Mayo. A simple typographical error, but a very expensive proofreading lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/16 "2004-11-23T22:59:17Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > How much could I get by selling an old potato chip with an image of the virgin Connie Swail on it? > > Lets see who gets the reference… Dragnet. Where’s my cheese sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/17 "2004-11-24T00:14:41Z")
The suspicious thing is, the face doesn’t look like The Madonna the religious icon so much as Madonna the everpresent pop star. Not that anyone knows what Mary looked like anyway. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/18 "2004-11-24T00:15:05Z")
> [@](#): > > In her eBay ad, Duyser said the sandwich has been kept in a plastic case for a decade and has developed no mold or bacteria. “It is like a miracle,” she said. It’s a miracle, I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/19 "2004-11-24T00:17:46Z")
Assuming the buyer wanted to scarf down a decade old sammitch with the viasge of BVM emblazoned on the velveeta, would that which was produced by their digestive system be called ‘Holy Shit?’ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353/20 "2004-11-24T00:24:17Z")
I imagine they would be on their knees before the experience was over, one way or the other. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-take-the-28-000-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-please/276353.md?page=2)