No, it’s not the fiddle or the guitar that’s The Devil’s Instrument
Gary Larson established it in a classic Far Side cartoon:
“Welcome to Heaven. Here’s your Harp!”
“Welcome to Hell. Here’s your accordion!”
(I’d love to hear that song with dueling accordions…)
Answer: Live Organ Transplants!
I wish to make a complaint about a soul what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique …
The problem with regarding it as solely a faith is that membership conveys certain properties that we normally only associate with cultures and ethinicities; this might just be a limitation of the definition of ‘faith’ though…
Wrong thread. Sorry.
I edited this a little, it doesn’t quite work the same with something invisble, but I thought it was clever.:
Store Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian …What’s,uh…What’s wrong with it?
Futile Gesture: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it, my lad. 'E’s dead, that’s what’s
wrong with it!
O: No, no, ‘e’s uh,…he’s resting.
F: Look, matey, I know a dead soul when I see one, and I’m looking
at one right now.
O: No no he’s not dead, he’s, he’s restin’! Remarkable soul, the Norwegian
, idn’it, ay? Beautiful colour!
F: The colour don’t enter into it. It’s invisble, and besides, it’s stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no! ‘E’s resting!
F: All right then, if he’s restin’, I’ll wake him up!
(shouting at what seems to be nothing)
'Ello, Mister Souly-soul! I’ve got a lovely fresh cuttle-fish for you if
you show…(owner hits the counter)
O: There, he moved!
F: No, he didn’t, that was you hitting the counter!
O: I never!!
F: Yes, you did!
O: I never, never did anything…
F: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO SOUL!!!
Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o’clock alarm call!
Lawyer’s opinion: No. OTOH, you would not be acquiring any property of legally cognizable value, nor any legally enforceable rights of any kind. The receipt I sign would be meaningless. If I decided to sell my soul to both you and your competitor, neither of you would have any cause of action against me, nor against the other. In this world, that is.
Exactly. Neither buyer nor seller have any recourse in the case of alleged fraud.
So I guess a relevent question is: Are there laws on the books that preclude business under such conditions? From what I can gather in this thread, plus some decidedly non-expert web-searching, no such widespread restrictions on “commerce” exist.
Anybody want my soul? Bids start at 100$!!
I was reading a mideviel play in one of my college classes and it invovled a guy selling his soul to satan in exchange for a girl falling in love with him.
However, later he decides to repent and ask God for forgivness and since God’s Forgivness is limitless, he gets his soul back and stays with the girl.
If one were cynical, one could get a lot out of this…
The most amazing thing about that story is that EBAY ACTUALLY ANSWERED AN EMAIL. :eek:
I want to be paid in quatloos.
Is it appropriate to pay for a rubber soul with a bounced check?
You already can here:THe album “Rubber Soul”
Moved from GQ. Because there really wasn’t a question.
samclem GQ moderator
There may not be laws against selling souls now, but just try it and they’ll be written. California passed laws against necrophilia last year. Didn’t need 'em before that, I guess. Necessity is the mother of legislation, as well.
I believe they are necesary due to Strom Thurman having passed away.
P.S. Here are the t-shirts you ordered.
Damnit! I mean to post http://www.cafepress.com/mischopishirts.3883283 , a link to t-shirts with the words, “Ask Me About Selling Souls!” on them.
With all due respect Sam I had a fairly matter of fact question, regarding if there were any legal entanglements that were likely to stop me from doing this. The thread may have veered into a pun fest, but the OP did address a specific question.
Have you thought about what to name said shop? Man, do I ever have a song for you to use for the ad campaign!
I can’t give you accordians, but the Sensitive New Age Cowpersons did a song based on it (Doc and the Devil) with duelling Theremins. That has got to be nearly as good. 
I mean bad. 