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Virgin Mary Sandwich
The auction of a ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary has been pulled from eBay. The sandwich was put up for sale by Diana Duyser who claims that in the ten years since she made the sandwich and took one bite out of it (before noticing the face of the Virgin), it has miraculously never grown any mold. eBay pulled the auction because it claims that it doesn't allow joke listings (that's news to me). Looking at the sandwich, I can definitely see a face, but it doesn't look like the Virgin Mary. To me it looks more like a movie star from the 30s or 40s. Myrna Loy, perhaps. She should have said it was haunted. Would have been no problems then, because eBay definitely allows haunted stuff. Update: Here's another virgin mary sandwich on eBay.
Update 2: And here's the original Virgin Mary Sandwich, back up for sale. Most of the bidding must still be a hoax, because who's really going to pay $69,000 for an old cheese sandwich?
Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Nov 16, 2004 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 30
Category: eBay, Food, Religion
Category: eBay, Food, Religion
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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this is unbelieveable. i just read about this five minutes ago, and i just saw a news preview on ABC 13 Houston; they're doing a news story on this sandwich AND the lady who made it!
if you are in houston, it will be on the news i think around 4:45, but im not sure.
Posted by Steven on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 04:38 PM
if you are in houston, it will be on the news i think around 4:45, but im not sure.
i just watched the news story, and apparently the sandwich is back up for auction on ebay.
Posted by steven on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 04:54 PM
if you want to see more hoax virgin mary grilled cheese auctions, go to ebay and go to the "metaphysical" section, and type "grilled cheese" in the search box.
Posted by steven on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 05:01 PM
Yeah, there now are many grilled cheese offerings on eBay:
http://search.ebay.com/grilled-cheese_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8
Elvis in grilled cheese, as well as Colin Powell, George Bush, and Kobe Bryant, all in grilled cheese. Virgin Mary's used gum in grilled cheese. Virgin Mary in spam. And, of course, Virgin Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen in grilled cheese (though this identifies itself as a hoax).
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 05:21 PM
http://search.ebay.com/grilled-cheese_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8
Elvis in grilled cheese, as well as Colin Powell, George Bush, and Kobe Bryant, all in grilled cheese. Virgin Mary's used gum in grilled cheese. Virgin Mary in spam. And, of course, Virgin Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen in grilled cheese (though this identifies itself as a hoax).
Yeah, I was about to ask how this person knows it's the Virgin Mary's face, but then I read Alex's bald statement that "it doesn't look like the Virgin Mary." How do you know what Mary looked like? If you have an actual photograph of Mary, the Mother of Jesus (and some good evidence for its identity), I'd be obliged if you'd send me a copy.
For all I know, the Blessed Virgin may have been the spitting image of Richard Simmons.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 05:26 PM
For all I know, the Blessed Virgin may have been the spitting image of Richard Simmons.
The last time there was an ice storm here in San Diego, I got up the next morning, and there in the pattern of frost on my windshield was the Virgin Mary's face. That's how I know EXACTLY what she looks like.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 05:37 PM
Well, Alex, that's nice, but that just takes us back to "How did you know it was her?"
... ice storm in San Diego, huh?
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 06:09 PM
... ice storm in San Diego, huh?
looks more like farrah fawcett
(in her better years)
Posted by coffee in new york on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 06:57 PM
(in her better years)
How do we know that it is the Virgin Mary? It looks more like Betty Boop to me. And why don't any of the various images of the BVM look alike?
Posted by John Washington on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 07:43 PM
I donå«t get it,why does it have to be virgin Mary?Itå«s a face,okay,but come on...just because itå«s a face it doesnå«t have to be Mary.It could very well be Bizarro Superman as far as m concerned... 
Posted by Evey in Sweden on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 06:46 AM
They were showing this on the news yesterday...I thought the best part was when they mentioned it was taken down because Ebay doesn't allow joke listings. I heard the high bid was something like $22,000.00!
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 06:51 AM
ok, so it didn't grow any mold. I also noticed that it has been FROZEN. At least, there was frost or ice all around it when I saw it on the news last night.
Posted by Matt on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 08:22 AM
...maybe cottonballs. I thought they said that she had put it in a plastic container surrounded by cottonballs.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 09:24 AM
If you want to make your own virgin mary grilled cheese sandwitches, just bid on this ebay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1468&item=5536183757&rd=1
Posted by John. on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 11:00 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1468&item=5536183757&rd=1
It's back on e-bay. See http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5535890757
Posted by Tim on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 12:57 PM
Even cnn has picked up the story. http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/16/ebay.sandwich.ap/index.html
Posted by Razela in San Diego, CA on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 03:49 PM
No mold? Of course it hasn't molded; it was probably made out of Wonderbread (which isn't really bread, talk about a hoax) and some kind of plastic cheese slices; the sort of thing you can find in any grocery store.
Posted by cvirtue in deleted on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 08:03 PM
Posted by Katey on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 08:41 PM
ok, i can understand special circumstances, but a sandwich, this is got to be a joke, i have heard of lourdes, and guadalupe, ok i tend to belive that, but a cheese sandwich, mother mary must be hungry. i cant believe people are gullable.
Posted by rhiannons in anaheim ca on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 09:56 PM
If Mary can appear to the faithful anywhere, then she also has the power to appear on a cheese sandwich if she wishes. And if you think she can't appear on a cheese sandwich, then she wouldn't be appearing in Guadalupe, either.
There is a separate question of "Did she really appear wherever, or are you being sold a fraud?" This is a very real question, whether you're evaluating Wonderbread or Guadalupe. The first thing to ask is "who is getting the money?" If there's a lot of money, the spiritual reality of the vision is likely to be miniscule.
Posted by cvirtue on Thu Nov 18, 2004 at 06:40 AM
There is a separate question of "Did she really appear wherever, or are you being sold a fraud?" This is a very real question, whether you're evaluating Wonderbread or Guadalupe. The first thing to ask is "who is getting the money?" If there's a lot of money, the spiritual reality of the vision is likely to be miniscule.
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