I stood on top with my arms outstretched.
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I stood on top with my arms outstretched. The summer wind blew through my sun-streaked hair as I closed my eyes & took a deep breath. Believing, I jumped...right off the edge of
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sidewalk and into the busy street. I had finally realized my dream of performing Kate Bush's choreography from "Running up That HIll" in a busy intersection. Some might call it
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fate that I was discovered by a talent agent but I think it was my destiny. My newfound fame meant I could help others and give back to the community. I decided to raise money for
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fluffy things, for anything that was small and fluffy and squeaked. If it met the criteria, I would hand the fluffy thing unused dollar bills to spend as they wished. Or to nibble
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on the most ridiculous snack of all, the fruit roll-up. But small and fluffy things have their dark sides. Why, if you get them wet, or feed them after midnight, terrible things
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happen. I remember that from a movie somewhere. What was it called? Trolls? No. Gremlins. I often wondered if that was the origin of the original Furbies. No time to think about
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That because I was about to be eaten by a giant furball. I put up my jacket and let them eat that, but they ate a mink coat, much to my grandmother's great disappointment.
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My grandmother knew that we would end up in this situation & had counted on at least having that mink coat with the bearer bond lining to get her through. They had just eaten it!
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Unperturbed, Granny reached down their throats and retrieved the swallowed mink coat. She then sewed it back together and tried to sell it on eBay, but nobody wanted to buy a
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damaged mink coat until she re-listed it as "Partially Digested Mink Coat Sewn Back Together." That auction got $47.59 which after fees didn't cover shipping. That's eBay for you.
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Woab Aug 25 2017 @ 16:30
Don't feed eBay after midnight, either. Just sayin'.
Gibber Aug 25 2017 @ 17:20
I used to sell stuff on eBay, over 100 books. I got one book that no one could want. It looked like trash - cover all wrinkled, torn, falling off and filthy like someone rubbed dirt on it; pages wrinkled, torn, falling out, coffee stained, dirty, written on, pieces of tape with hairs stuck to them. I was going to throw it away, but checked its value anyway - over $100 in fine condition! So I auctioned it. Description something like "(Book title) terrible condition - cheap!" "Why pay $100 when you can get this piece of crap cheap?" I wanted at least $9. I got $13.50.
LordVacuity Aug 25 2017 @ 23:48
I remember watching some show where some guy was interviewing some eBay seller that was making money selling scrappy stuff. The guy told him there were people ready to buy almost anything. To prove it, he took the reporter's pencil and told the reporter to bite it in the middle which the reporter did. They then listed it on eBay and it sold. I forget how much they got but I am pretty sure it did not cover the shipping. But it did sell.