Online Casino Buys Virgin Mary Sandwich for $28,000

By Friday November 26, 2004

Yahoo! News – Online Casino Buys Virgin Mary Sandwich for $28,000 — The story that will not die.

MIAMI (Reuters) – An online casino won the eBay bidding for a decade-old cheese sandwich bearing what some people consider a likeness of the Virgin Mary and immediately began hawking Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese T-shirts./blockquote>

via E. Campbell



3 Comments
  1. K B says:
    11/26/2004 at 11:11 am

    They made a simple business calculation: The publicity is worth $28,000. Their company’s name will be in every newspaper in the country.
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    “We believe that everyone should be able to see it and learn of its mystical power for themselves,” Rowe said.
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    This guy would make a good pastor. 🙂

  2. RonD says:
    11/28/2004 at 1:13 pm

    I think the miracle is that anyone would pay $28,000 for a sandwich.

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    […] been years since the Grilled Cheesus. But don’t think for a minute that this is the first Cheesus. One company even sells […]


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