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    Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt

    Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    09/15/09

    In reply to Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt
    I think every auction picture should have a penny for scale. Even a penny auction.
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    Image of Joshua Glenn Joshua Glenn
    09/14/09

    In reply to Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt
    Space Beach!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/14/09

    In reply to Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt
    I want to go to there. In its heyday. Space Beach!
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    Image of zmook zmook
    09/14/09

    In reply to Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt
    Would it help your experiment to know that I had to really work at talking myself out of bidding on that? I mean, what would I do with it? But I want it.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    09/14/09

    In reply to Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt
    Some guys put a "prayer box" on ebay. The 3D rendering had scripture written all over it. All kinds of "opinion" claims/statements regarding it's powers went on at length in the description when you sat in the box and prayed.

    In the end, one their friends had the winning bid and they actually had to make it. I wish I still had the pic of the winner sitting in the box, thumbs up. Funny stuff.
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    Image of zegota zegota
    09/14/09

    In reply to Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt
    This experiment seems flawed, in that you're giving away the whole thing from the beginning. I'm sure that's required, for legal reasons, but you're going to have a lot of people buying at higher-than-normal costs just to participate in the project.

    That said, like the story :-)
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    09/14/09

    @zegota: It's not a real experiment - I said above that it's non-scientific - it's just a fun writing project.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    09/14/09

    @zegota: YOUR KIDDING?!? You mean this isn't REALLY from the asteroid belt? Thanks, you've saved me a lot of money!
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    09/14/09

    @Hamslicer: No, no, no. It really IS from the asteroid belt. It's just that the experiment of selling it on eBay is fake.
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    Image of zegota zegota
    09/22/09

    @Hamslicer: -_- 'giving it away' wasn't referring to saying that the story was fake, it was the reveal of the story project.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/14/09

    In reply to Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt
    I would sooo do this on Ebay. Now just to get me some convincing storys!!
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    09/14/09

    In reply to Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt
    Shameless plug Annalee? ;)
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    09/14/09

    @TemporalSword: You got me.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    07/08/09

    In reply to Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
    Or alternatively...


    The stories behind the objects are true, but for some mythological reason, the buyers must be told the story is false in order for the rightful owners of the objects to be found.

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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    07/08/09

    In reply to Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
    In the story... of the stories... it would of course turn out that one of the objects was really magical.


    I would guess the blue bottle.

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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    07/08/09

    In reply to Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
    "This Kevin Costner Waterworld action figure has a very interesting story behind it. An amber alert had notified the police to a description of my car so I pulled into a shopping mall parking lot with the police on my tail. I ran into the closest store which was Kay Bee's and hid behind the 99 cent clearance bin of toys. When the police had passed by I got up from behind the bin and noticed they were blowing out these great Kevin Costner action figures. Now I'm awaiting trial and need to sell these to pay for my defense. Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!"
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/08/09

    @BullfightsOnAcid: You are a horrid, horrid little man. Who should I make the check out to?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/08/09

    @BullfightsOnAcid: You scare me very much. No wonder they ran out of those damn figures when I got there.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/08/09

    In reply to Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay
    FINALLY, porcelain dogs with clocks in their stomachs and sad faced hobos with nuclear waste bindles will have their stories revealed to the world.
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