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The bidding war over the soiled garb of Jimbo Wales has escalated. The items of clothing are being sold by scorned ex-girlfriend Rachel Marsden, presumably as an amusing revenge attack. Our own Wordbomb has been joined by a rival bidder known as John Kerouac. Kerouac claims to be running a campaign of Let's Get Jimmy's Stuff Back to Him with Dignity.

Latest bid is at $102

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=290211080341
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That's erm, pretty resistant ''stuff' though, if it's been through the wash twice and is still there. Wonder what he's eating (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif)

Yes of course Jimbo can afford to join in, but it's more of an ego boost if lackeys do it for you, I imagine. As always, fanboys care more than the objects of their passion do.

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QUOTE(wikiwhistle @ Mon 3rd March 2008, 12:09pm) *
Yes of course Jimbo can afford to join in, but it's more of an ego boost if lackeys do it for you, I imagine. As always, fanboys care more than the objects of their passion do.


Well, see, the majority of Jimbo's 'fans' have much tighter
finances than Jimbo himself. They have things to do like
pay the rent or the mortgage, the utility bills, the groceries,
both routine and unexpected medical bills, gasoline or
transit fare, clothing, other regular every day stuff. Then
maybe they want to save up for things like a house or a
better vehicle, not to mention always have some money
that can be used for emergencies. If they manage to pay
for all the necessities without going too badly into debt,
it's always fun to spend a bit of money on leisure.

In other words, most people have much better things to do
with their money than save the dignity of a rich person who
could easily afford to do it himself.

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Kato   The fight for Jimbo's "dignity"  
Nathan   My money's on Wordbomb.  
One   eBay blogs? Now that's just silly. "john...  
Kato   We should also ask Rachel Marsden if she'd lik...  
Brutus   With all the talk about this I've put the Ebay...  
AB   Kerouac claims to be running a campaign of Let...  
Miltopia   I wonder if he'll ask the Foundation to get it...  
Aloft   Wow. The shirt and sweater are at $301 and ...  
the fieryangel   Wow. The shirt and sweater are at $301 and ...  
Heat   The rumor about the origins of the stain have obvi...  
wikiwhistle   And it also appears to be on the back of the sho...  
Aloft   And it also appears to be on the back of the shoul...  
One   It seems like a really lame shirt, really. It has ...  
Heat   Ebay Shirt's now going for more than $2...  
Brutus   Ebay Shirt's now going for more than ...  
One   It's now $12,100 and going higher. :bli...  
Heat   It looks like two accounts without any history on ...  
Viridae   She can cancel the bids I believe.  
Miltopia   What dumbass can possibly be willing to shell out ...  
Neil   Depends - could he charge it to his expense accoun...  
wikiwhistle   Depends - could he charge it to his expense accou...  
Lar   I'm confused- if people make a bid on ebay th...  
Miltopia   Damn. The price has leveled off at 12,000. I fig...  
Nathan   --Brief intermission-- Probably fake auctions: 1 ...  
Derktar   For when this auction expires: http://cgi.ebay.com...  
Disillusioned Lackey   --Brief intermission-- Probably fake auctions: [...  
Miltopia   BOOOOOOOOOO It got dropped down to a little over ...  
Disillusioned Lackey   BOOOOOOOOOO It got dropped down to a little over...  
dtobias   Technically, co.uk is a second level domain, not a...  
Miltopia   Apparently she's not a virgin anymore then.  
guy   The second link is dead. The first os from Albert...  
Kato   The second link is dead. The first os from Alber...  
Nathan   [quote name='guy' post='83745' date='Wed 5th Marc...  
AB   What does SV have to do with this? *sigh*  
dogbiscuit   What does SV have to do with this? *sigh* Tha...  
Milton Roe   What does SV have to do with this? *sigh* Th...  
Heat   Ebay has disqualified the auctions probably becaus...  
thekohser   I think maybe she just moved the items to the Unit...  
Heat   Turns out they cancelled the auction because she m...  
Miltopia   They're not getting bids! I'm going t...  


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