December 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Earlier today a musician who was fed up with his life was barred from selling his soul on eBay to the highest bidder.
Dante Knoxx, 24, offered the “used” item for a starting bid of £25,000.50 or a buy it now price of £700,000 on the internet auction site eBay.
Unfortunately for Knoxx, eBay pulled the listing earlier today with only about two hours to go and no bids because it breached one of their policies.
“You cannot sell anything that is not physical,” said Mr Knoxx. “That includes ghosts, souls and spirits which is funny.
“I have been refunded but I had 200 people watching it, I’m really disappointed by that. “I had lots of emails asking if I was serious and religious groups telling me I couldn’t do that, others wanted to talk about my soul.
“I had a lot of interest but no actual bidders which is a real shame.” The Arts Institute graduate decided to try to sell his soul after a lack of creative jobs in his home town of Bournemouth, Dorset.
“I’m a highly creative person, but creativity is not without its drawbacks,” he said in the listing.
“Unfortunately where I live there are hardly any jobs to keep a creative person like myself employed in anything other than boring, mundane office jobs.”
Mr Knoxx was planning to use the money to get his experimental music group, Paradigm, which he created with his friend Zakk Altair, up and running.
He quit his “shoddy job” as a laptop repair technician and said: “I leave it to you, the denizens of Earth, to purchase my actual soul and in return allow me to acquire some tasty capital.”
The auction included a legal contract entitling the new soul’s owner to a percentage of Mr Knoxx’s income for the rest of his life, with a guaranteed minimum of £1,000 per year.
Another clause entitled the owner to 10% of any intellectual works of Paradigm.
He also pledged to write a full account of the soul’s life within three years and the owner of his soul would also be entitled to 10% of his estate in his will.
Other clauses in the contract included sending the owner an annual report of his soul, and a birthday card on Mr Knoxx’s birthday, as well as a promise to plant three trees a year.
A final clause also stated Mr Knoxx could buy back his soul for £100,000,000.
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April 30th, 2007 at 1:41 am
Did you know that new regulations came into effect in Beijing China that will affect cab drivers? Apparently drivers whose cabs are smelly will be suspended for two days while they undergo “rectification and reform” guidance.
The city is trying to improve it’s image before next years Olympics. Cabbies can be banned for such things as spitting or smoking, wearing big earrings, outrageous dress styles or radical hairstyles.
“Many drivers pay no attention to appearances. Their mouths stink of garlic and their bodies smell, making the whole cab foul. It creates a bad impression for the taxi industry,” Yao Kuo, head of the transportation management office, was quoted as saying.
“As a service industry, taxis have to think about appearances. So from now on, dying hair a bright red or yellow and making weird hairdos is banned,” Yao said. Shi Xiangpeng, a top political adviser, complained bitterly about the odor of Beijing’s taxis. “Sometimes I could smell an unbearable stink once I got into the cab,” he was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying.
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December 8th, 2006 at 2:34 am
Taking things too far?
A ban on smoking has been passed by a judge upholding a rule by a condominium association in Golden Colorado. This ban will prohibit condominium owners from smoking even inside their own units. Apparently neighbors of smokers have been complaining for years that cigarette smoke has been seeping into their town houses.
Honestly, I think that’s taking things too far. These people own their units and should be able to do what they want inside their own homes shouldn’t they? Provided that they aren’t doing anything illegal.
Prior to this ruling Belmont California became the first American city to ban smoking every where within city limits, including condominiums and even cars. Detached and single family homes are excluded from this ban. The day before this ruling, the San Francisco board of supervisors voted to instruct that the police treat marijuana smoking as the cities lowest law enforcement priority.
You know if cities are going to start taking things this far, why are they still selling cigarettes. If they are as bad as we’ve been told for years and years why other than all that juicy tax money that the government gets from the sale of cigarettes are they selling them.
I can see a number of people suing the cities and condo associations that have banned smoking.
What do you think of these bannings?
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