The Scary Washing Machine

Posted by Miss Cellania in Funny, Home & Garden on June 20, 2009 at 5:57 am

Someone gave Mike Whittaker and his wife an old washing machine, saying it was “a bit noisey”. That turned out to be an understatement.


As the last bit of water was pumped out and it clicked into gear I immediately knew there was something strange a foot. The rumble was too low, almost subaudible but it had a clatter in it’s note that said ‘You’re going to regret living with me’. And it was right.
The temperature started to drop in the room, white frosty steam started appearing in my breath, the light bulbs dimmed, flickering as they dulled, and then it hit. Full force, completely out of no-where like a freight train roaring through an empty station at full speed in the night, while you stand at the platform clutching at your belongings as the wind roars and the scraping heavy steel monster goes hurtling past in front of you at 100mph. The difference though between a freight train and the washing machine is that in a matter of seconds the train has passed and you are back sitting in silence with your beating heart. With the washing machine it’s relentless. You have nowhere to hide, the sound will find you and bash on your skull with an aluminium frypan and snatch the words away from your mouth as you yell out for help.
I got used to sitting outside on my doorstep a lot that year. It was a concrete house and the walls were thick. Outside you could still hear the machine smashing away inside like a rock drill and but least it took away the frypan on the head element.

Whittaker also describes the time the washing machine vibrated so badly that a porthole portal to another dimension opened above it. He put the washing machine up for sale on the New Zealand auction site TradeMe with a reserve of $1. After intense bidding and over 800,000 views, the machine sold for $5,160. The retail chain that bought it may take it on tour. Link to website. Link to news story. -via Digg

 
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For Sale: Saliva From Pretty Girls Taken When They Were Sleeping

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on June 12, 2009 at 1:08 pm

We’ve seen many strange things for sale on eBay (our pal Urlesque blog even has a regular feature called Today in eBay about the strangest things sold on the popular auction site), but this one is really, really weird: drool.

The seller [of a China's equivalent of eBay] claimed the saliva was a ‘tonic’ and was asking the equivalent of £2 a small bottle, reports Hunan Online. Listings for the bottles included pictures of the 18-year-old girls the saliva was supposedly taken from. [...]

"The drool was all collected from 18-year-old pretty girls when they were sleeping. And buyers can pay later after they certified the authenticity of this product," he said.

The listings were pulled, and the seller didn’t even sell a bottle: Link

 
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Sneak Peek of The Michael Jackson Auction

Posted by Alex in Video Clips on April 27, 2009 at 9:13 pm

Ben Hoffman of Current TV’s infoMania (satirical) news show got a sneak peak of the highly anticipated (not for any good reasons, mind you) Michael Jackson auction.

Just when you think that Michael Jackson couldn’t be any weirder, he proved us wrong: Hit play or go to Link [Current] – Thanks Caitlin Settlemoir!

Previously on Neatorama: Jackson’s Junk to be Sold at Auction

 
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Cave Home for Sale on Ebay

Posted by Queuebot in Home & Garden on February 23, 2009 at 3:01 pm


You can bid on a unique 17,000 square foot house built inside a cave! The cave in Festus, Missouri, was initially purchased by the Sleeper family in 2003 on eBay.  They built a complete house in the cave, including a laundry, kitchen, party room, and it even comes with its own water source. Starting bid is $300,000. Link to story. Link to auction.

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Geekazoid.

 
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Jackson's Junk to be Sold at Auction

Posted by Stacy in Odd News on February 19, 2009 at 6:52 pm

I guess this is proof that Michael Jackson thought pretty highly of himself at one point. This commissioned portrait of Jackson alongside luminaries such as Einstein, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and… E.T.?… will be for sale when Jackson gets rid of a bunch of his curiosities in April. Other objects include the famous white glove, the gates from Neverland Ranch, the scissor gloves from Edward Scissorhands and the robot mask from Jackson’s Moonwalker movie.

Link via eOnline

 
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867-5309

Posted by Miss Cellania in Music on February 1, 2009 at 4:23 pm


Tommy Tutone made the phone number 867-5309 {wiki} one that everyone remembers -if they were around in 1982 when the song was a hit. Now that phone number is up for sale, available to someone who lives in the same New York area code. A disc jockey who had the number for years is selling his business and the phone number on eBay. Link to story. Link to auction. -via Fark

 
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Grandma Auctioned "Best Seat in the House" on eBay

Posted by Alex in Home & Garden on December 13, 2008 at 2:26 pm

Every year for Christmas, Bev Stewart of West Yorkshire, England, faces the same quandary. Her family members always bicker over the best seat in front of her TV. But this year she has the perfect solution: auction it on eBay!

It was advertised as a "a very comfy and popular item" open to all members of the family – and Bev even offered to throw in a free cushion for those with aching backs.

After the auction involving guests and family, Bev’s daughter-in-law Alexis Stewart and her 11-month-old son Mark will now be sitting pretty after trumping 17 other bids with her £13.50 winning offer.

The enterprising grandma said: "There is always arguing over who gets it, it’s the perfect seat. It is straight in front of the TV and has got the coffee table at the side for you to rest your drink on and the TV remote, so everybody wants to sit there.

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Truffle Brings $200K

Posted by Miss Cellania in Food & Drinks, Money & Finance on December 1, 2008 at 9:38 am

That’s one expensive chunk of fungus! A 1.08 kilogram white truffle was sold at an auction Saturday for $200,000. A total of $284,000 was raised for charity at the auction held simultaneously in Abu Dhabi, Macau, London and Rome.

Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho was the highest bidder for the 1.08-kg white truffle. The tycoon was also the highest bidder for last year’s largest truffle, a 1.5-kg piece that fetched a record $330,000.

Truffle is a precious ingredient in Italian and French gourmet for its pungent aroma and taste. White truffle is considered the best truffle; a kilogram of normal size white truffle could cost over $5000.

Link (with video) -Thanks, Jee!

(image credit: Xinhuanet)

 
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