Jesus and His Mom make a holiday appearance......in JUNK FOOD!
December 07, 2005
Man sells Mary, Jesus Funyuns on eBay
By The Associated Press
Law clerk John Mize holds a pair of Funyuns on Nov. 29 in Beckley. Mize says he found the snacks under the seat of his car last summer. He claims the Funyuns resemble the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus. The onion-flavored snack food was auctioned on eBay for $609.
CRAWLEY — A West Virginia law clerk says he has been blessed by two Funyuns shaped like the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus he discovered under his car seat.
John Mize of Crawley put the onion-flavored snack food pieces up for sale on eBay in November and the winning anonymous bidder offered $609 for the morsels.
“The only reason I wanted to auction it in the first place was to let it bring a little joy and fun into someone else’s life,” Mize said. “Maybe this Funyun can make another person’s day a little brighter.”
Mize said he found the two religious figures in a pile of crushed Funyuns in his car. He said they may have helped him to recently graduate from law school, pass the bar exam and land his dream job as a law clerk. He also avoided a traffic ticket.
The 10-day auction ended Dec. 2, with bids jumping from $15 to the winning $609 during the last two days.
Mize’s Funyun find is not the first edible artifact resembling religious figures that have attracted Internet auction shoppers.
Internet casino GoldenPalace.com has paid big bucks for several food items, including $28,000 for a grilled cheese sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary, $10,600 for a pretzel that some believe was shaped like the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus, $1,775 for a pierogi with the image of Jesus and $1,209 for a nacho cheese Doritos chip that resembled the pope’s hat.
The casino did not bid on Mize’s Funyuns.
But Mize said making a big profit was never his intention.
“It’s fun to watch your auction and to see how many people visit the site,” he said. “I liked sharing my Funyun story with so many people.”
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