Thursday, January 19, 2006

I built my house of stone

Did you see this? William Shatner has sold his kidney stone. The buyer, GoldenPalace.com, is an online casino which has bought such things as advertising on a pregnant woman's belly and the actual first name of a child (Hi, my name is GoldenPalaceCasino.com, what's yours?). They paid $25,000, which is going to be given to Habitat for Humanity. They say it will build about half of a house. Not too bad for a little stone.

My favorite part of the article was this:

GoldenPalace.com originally offered $15,000 for the stone but Shatner
turned it down, noting that his "Star Trek" tunics have commanded more than
$100,000. His counteroffer was accepted.

Can you imagine saying, "No, $15,000 is not enough!" Well, yes, I can imagine Shatner saying that. I wonder what he'll be selling next. His earwax? Belly button lint? Oh, I know - toe cheese! It'll be the town that Shatner built, one bodily excretion at a time.

"What a nice house!"
"Well, this half was built from William Shatner's nail clippings, and this half from his nose pickin's."

Okay, I'm done now.

1 comment:

  1. I think that is so awesome/funny. what a great cause.

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