strange items that sell

@ljcapps (1925)
United States
December 24, 2006 1:09am CST
I came across a strange post here on mylot, it was about selling Pike's Peak. Yes I know that it was a joke. My question is why would you buy somebody a star? This is aparently a legitimate business. I have heard many advertisements saying "buy a star and give the gift that will last forever" Who buys into this load. How can someone own something that is MILLIONS of light years away?
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
27 Dec 06
I can't find it now because for some reason when I reach in myLot the key word moon, I am getting an error. But a friend posted a discussion so time ago about a man selling plots of land on the moon!!! Now, I know that may sound interesting. But I don't think he has any right to do so. But people have already started buying it. Not me. I see no point because I do not understand how one would buy a piece of the moon when one could not build a home there. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/business/moon_sale_000915.html I, too, have seen some strange things for sell. Like smiling rocks....why would someone buy a rock that has a smile painted on it. But, people buy it. It makes me worried about our human race at times. How insane are we really? LOL
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@ljcapps (1925)
• United States
28 Dec 06
If they could grade insanity, we as a species would be off the charts
• United States
1 Jan 07
Interesting topic. I think most of it is in the human mind set to own everything, if you can say that you own somthing even though you can use it its yours. I have some realtives that have a house that cost them about fifty thousand dollars and the highest paying job in there house is the father who is a manager for UPS and then it takes his whole paycheck to make the payments on it. Owning things gets rediculous somtimes. The stars are funny because since you cant really own it many other people own your star too.
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@sororravn (448)
• United States
1 Jan 07
My mother in law just bought her grandson a star for christmas. I think it is a neat idea to have a star named after you. There are so many, as yet, "undiscovered" stars that it is a neat way of saying that you will be a star in my eyes forever!
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