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cman		2012-05-01 11:53:55 PM

So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

doglover		2012-05-02 12:25:32 AM

cman: So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

What about all the blood spilled in Jerusalem? Every grain of sand there was probably bled on by someone famous. Let's start exporting the sand out at a penny a grain.

Bathia_Mapes		2012-05-02 12:31:20 AM

doglover: cman: So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

What about all the blood spilled in Jerusalem? Every grain of sand there was probably bled on by someone famous. Let's start exporting the sand out at a penny a grain.

IIRC, people were hawking bits of rubble from the WTC online too

Mazzic518		2012-05-02 01:44:44 AM

Sick? Hell I want one!!!!

doglover		2012-05-02 01:56:33 AM

Bathia_Mapes: doglover: cman: So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

What about all the blood spilled in Jerusalem? Every grain of sand there was probably bled on by someone famous. Let's start exporting the sand out at a penny a grain.

IIRC, people were hawking bits of rubble from the WTC online too

I would if I was that kind of person. It makes sense.

Personally, I gave away my only copy of the 9/12 issue of the newspaper to the first person who asked because I don't save newspapers and similar mementos of things I wasn't involved with. It's just not in my blood.

Now antiques on the other hand. I love the idea that one of my favorite kitchen knives was used by my grandmother and now I've got it. Ideally, since I have so many knives, my kids will eventually have it if I can scrape together enough dough to get married here soon. That's the kind of history I like.

I'd never buy a piece of someone's house unless it was the whole house itself and I was able to move in.

TommyymmoT		2012-05-02 03:26:20 AM

You'll be the envy of your village when you stone your next rape victim with a genuine OBL^TM brick!

nekom		2012-05-02 04:22:36 AM

Mazzic518: Sick? Hell I want one!!!!

It would be a nice conversation piece. I don't really see any problem with this.

Tegrator		2012-05-02 05:43:41 AM

How long before this shows up on HSN?

wildsnowllama		2012-05-02 05:45:44 AM

*sniff* We've done our part. We've spread capitalism to the Middle East.

...

That's why we're there, right?

wildsnowllama		2012-05-02 05:47:34 AM

Actually, now that I think of it, I've been looking for something to display my Seal Team Six Coin on.

Lone Stranger		2012-05-02 05:50:07 AM

ArcadianRefugee		2012-05-02 05:57:09 AM

I have a basement full of bricks. All from bin Laden's home. Yeup. For realz, yo.

I'mma be rich.

TheMega		2012-05-02 05:58:01 AM

Can see the ebay ad now.. OBL Bricks!!! Starting at only 5 cents each!

then you look and see the $439.50 economy shipping

Abe Vigoda's Ghost		2012-05-02 05:58:20 AM

doglover: Bathia_Mapes: doglover: cman: So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

What about all the blood spilled in Jerusalem? Every grain of sand there was probably bled on by someone famous. Let's start exporting the sand out at a penny a grain.

IIRC, people were hawking bits of rubble from the WTC online too

I would if I was that kind of person. It makes sense.

Personally, I gave away my only copy of the 9/12 issue of the newspaper to the first person who asked because I don't save newspapers and similar mementos of things I wasn't involved with. It's just not in my blood.

Now antiques on the other hand. I love the idea that one of my favorite kitchen knives was used by my grandmother and now I've got it.

Sweet. Who'd she kill with it?

devastation station		2012-05-02 05:59:38 AM

Shakeel Oneel

Satanus Maximus		2012-05-02 06:01:21 AM

That would make a killer brick shiathouse!

ModernLuddite		2012-05-02 06:05:09 AM

How much for the porno stash?

nekom		2012-05-02 06:13:51 AM

TheMega: Can see the ebay ad now.. OBL Bricks!!! Starting at only 5 cents each!

then you look and see the $439.50 economy shipping

A bit of hyperbole there, but seriously how much WOULD it cost to ship a brick from Pakistan to the U.S.? Can't be cheap. 10 bucks? 20?

YouSaidWhat		2012-05-02 06:14:08 AM

If you order right now, we'll throw in absolutely free, a Khmer Rouge cosmetics brush and eyeliner.

Dahnkster		2012-05-02 06:17:52 AM

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Sweet. Who'd she kill with it?

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_{Looking for love in Alderaan places!}

realityVSperception		2012-05-02 06:23:08 AM

cman: So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

This. In 1988 I visited West Berlin and carved out my own personal souviner from the wall. At least when I did it, it was illegal, and I'm pretty sure my picture is in some defunct Stasi file somewhere.

/No substitute for seeing the real thing

Gordon Bennett		2012-05-02 06:29:05 AM

Ah've panned in yer windae... wi a Bin Laden brick.

baufan2005		2012-05-02 06:31:24 AM

Also don't forget to get your World Trade Center commemorative coin.

AbbeySomeone		2012-05-02 06:39:26 AM

TheMega: Can see the ebay ad now.. OBL Bricks!!! Starting at only 5 cents each!

then you look and see the $439.50 economy shipping

I was wondering how much s&h would be. Thanks for clearing that up.

stuhayes2010		2012-05-02 06:41:53 AM

Garanteed to triple in value!

HAMMERTOE		2012-05-02 06:42:22 AM

Yer doin it wrong. Should have auctioned off the bullet.

fireclown		2012-05-02 06:49:45 AM

does he ship?

Old Man Winter		2012-05-02 06:58:11 AM

Wait, are they autographed?

Mitch Mitchell		2012-05-02 07:06:46 AM

I'd give you 50000 for the lot of them. If you can make them stand up on edge, 75000.

redundantman		2012-05-02 07:13:04 AM

That's the perfect business model. Nobody will ever return their brick for a refund ... because then they would then be demanding their nickelback. Nobody ever wants nickelback.

drjekel_mrhyde		2012-05-02 07:21:41 AM

They'll be on Ebay with a mark up of 10000%

cptjeff		2012-05-02 07:21:48 AM

HAMMERTOE: Yer doin it wrong. Should have auctioned off the bullet.

That got ingloriously dumped off the side on an aircraft carrier with the body. Too bad, so sad.

EatTheWorld		2012-05-02 07:36:11 AM

and all proceeds go to the Obama re-election fund.

/ducks

MythDragon		2012-05-02 07:38:13 AM

♪ They're from a brick....house
Osama's mighty dead, his brains blown all out.
They're from a brick....house

Osama's whacked, and that's a fact
SEALs ain't holding nothing back.
He died in a brick...house.
Osama's dead everyone knows
This is how the story goes

The SEALs know they got everything
that a soldier needs to kill a man, yeah yeah.
How can they lose with what they use
5.56mm oh what a winning hand

They're from a brick.....house♫

Happy Hours		2012-05-02 07:40:45 AM

cman: So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

You have to consider at least a couple of differences.

A piece of the Berlin Wall, which was historically significant for decades, is evidence that it has fallen. The motivation of a buyer is probably very different. (Perhaps the CIA is tracking buyers).

It's unlikely anyone will build a shrine to the Berlin Wall, but for a dollar you could build one to obl (initials not worthy of being capitalized).

sleeper2995		2012-05-02 07:41:36 AM

epoc_tnac		2012-05-02 07:48:19 AM

cptjeff: HAMMERTOE: Yer doin it wrong. Should have auctioned off the bullet.

That got ingloriously dumped off the side on an aircraft carrier with the body. Too bad, so sad.

Allegedly. Too bad that cameras are so expensive and difficult to obtain, otherwise we might have seen some proof.

Jake Havechek		2012-05-02 08:02:50 AM

cman: So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

Yeah, but if you gathered up all the "Official Berlin Wall Bricks", you could probably build 50 walls.

Shakespeare's Monkey		2012-05-02 08:05:46 AM

People have been hawking pieces of the cross Jesus was killed on for
centuries. They've also been doing the same thing with bone chips of
the more famous saints. It's legit like a three dollar bill.

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sleeper2995		2012-05-02 08:06:14 AM

Please......If I want to haggle with a Pakistani guy over the price of something I will just go by a crappy knock off tv.

/Is Sony guts! You don't buy! Get out!

ultraholland		2012-05-02 08:07:41 AM

Nickel, please.

Jake Havechek		2012-05-02 08:11:48 AM

Religious pilgrims meant money, and most monastery chapels and cathedrals in the Middle Ages had relics for people to come see or pray by. It wasn't unheard of for less than scrupulous monks to steal relics from other monasteries.

That being said, there are enough pieces of the "true cross" to make a forest, and the Shroud of Turin is possibly a very clever fake.

bikerbob59		2012-05-02 08:21:05 AM

Yeah, it might only be five cents but they make a killing on the shipping and handling charges.

/drtfa

proteus_b		2012-05-02 08:34:59 AM

what's sick about it? the low price is because pakistan is a poor country...

Fano		2012-05-02 08:42:51 AM

Ignatz seen stocking up his hate bricks

Kurmudgeon		2012-05-02 08:48:27 AM

It's a...

my lip balm addiction		2012-05-02 08:48:38 AM

What is "Sick" about wanting a piece of history? Subby is retarded. -1

braedan		2012-05-02 09:09:44 AM

Bathia_Mapes: doglover: cman: So?

You can find pieces of the Berlin wall all over the place, and lets not forget that people died trying to cross it, too.

What about all the blood spilled in Jerusalem? Every grain of sand there was probably bled on by someone famous. Let's start exporting the sand out at a penny a grain.

IIRC, people were hawking bits of rubble from the WTC online too

I'd like to make a display piece w/ a 12" figure of GW Bush, dressed in his 'mission accomplished' flight suit, standing on a piece of rubble from the WTC firing a little M-16. On the other side there is a 12" figure of Bin Laden, positioned on a brick from his old house shot up.

I'll sell them for 3 low monthly installments of $89.97 (strict limit of one per household) to fine amurikans and listeners to the EIB radio network. Order now, avoid disappointment and future regret.

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