Want Mark Warner's DNA? Bid Now.
Seriously. We're not kidding here.
A Roanoke radio station is auctioning off a plastic cup of lemonade that Warner drank from and a nametag Warner wore at a meeting of the Patrick County Educational Foundation last week. The headline on their eBay auction screams: "DNA from Virginia State Governor MARK WARNER. Maybe a future PRESIDENT or VICE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES!!"
The auction goes on to specify that the winning bidder will win the following:
"(1) Plastic cup from which Virginia Governor Mark Warner drank lemonade during a luncheon last week in Southwest Virginia. And yes, there is still that lemonade filmy-looking sticky stuff in the bottom of the cup. ACTUAL DNA FROM A MAN WHO MAY BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF!!"
"(2) Governor Warner's nametag he wore on his body. Again, IT WAS TOUCHING A MAN WHO MAY BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!"
Before we go any further: Yes, people are bidding on this. As of late Monday afternoon, three people had all bid on the cup and nametag. At that point, they were selling for $8.
The auction includes pictures of the items, and of a stern-looking Warner sitting at the meeting.
It's not clear from the auction how the radio station, 101.6 FM, got the items, but a press release issued by Jammin' JJ's Mornin' Mess DJ Rich Minor says the items were picked up after the event ended and Warner left the room.
Who would want these? And who would pay for them?
The auction reminds us that people bid on wackier things: "Heck, it's better than Celebrity Air, funny looking potato chips or french fries...THIS IS DNA!!" the auction says.
No comment from Warner press secretary Kevin Hall.
By Michael Shear |
June 23, 2005; 5:58 PM ET
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Posted by: M_J | June 23, 2005 07:52 PM
M_J, you're missing the point. It's supposed to be FUNNY! I seriously doubt that the people at the radio station, or the people bidding, think they're going to do something with his DNA. Do you think that they want to plant his DNA at a crime scene, or create a clone or something? Lighten up, dude.
Posted by: Mike | June 23, 2005 08:29 PM
Mr. Shear, are you the blogger known as "Not Larry Sabato?"
Posted by: Not Michael Shear | June 25, 2005 09:06 AM
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Uh... they do know it is very unlikely any salvageable DNA remains on a week-old plastic cup that has already passed through how many hands? Don't believe everything you see on CSI, folks.