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Winie's cigar butt up for sale!

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  1. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    I'm going with "That's absurd". Who thinks of these things?
     
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    What the next step to make money ? Selling used toilet paper? On the other hand as long as some people will buy those so called "relics" you can't realy blame people to try to make money with it. Without potential buyers there wouldn't be such sales in the first place.
     
  4. Richard

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    I've give you 10p for it. :lol:

    What next? Adolf's stomach cramp pills?
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    I don't know the conversion rate, but couldn't you buy a new cigar for 10p?
     
  6. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    It depends; I gave up when my favourite King Edwards went up to £2 each. :eek: But a packet was still cheaper than the single Cuban Havanas I insisted on smoking too........
     
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    i wonder if i went down the shops & bought a king edward if i could sell it as a un-smoked winnie cigar ??

    my point being how do'es anyone know this is genuine, i would have thought unless its been kept airtight that it would have crumbled away to nothing after all these years
     
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    Nah, an empty syringe of morphine used by Goering.
     
  9. sunny971

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    Well Lou, it's probably the same people who put up Michael Jackson's burnt hair up for auction

    Strands of Michael Jackson's burnt hair expected to reach £1,000 at auction | News | NME.COM

    Seriously what's the purpose of owning someone's burnt hair and a cigar butt..


    But then again.. it's all about the collectors.

    Some guy in ww2 never thought one day his belt buckle, old boots or war medal would ever be sold many years later for lots of money.

    it'a a collectors dream to own something unique and rare

    Although a ciger butt would be silly to own, but i'm pretty sure somebody is going to buy it.


    Suzie
     
  10. urqh

    urqh Tea drinking surrender monkey

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    Err..well as an aside....Queenie visited a mess in Portsmouth at one time amongst her many visits...All hell broke loose so the story goes when someone produced something queenie had passed and I dont mean passed by waving....Cigar butts can be on the lower end of what folk try to get hold of.
     
  11. Kai-Petri

    Kai-Petri Kenraali

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    Talking about strange things...I recall when Wayne Rooney´s old house was torn down the fans took everything that could have been touched by the man, yes,including the toilet bowl!!!! ;)
     
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    Suzie, your are correct; it's all about the collectors. I am not a collector, so none of those things is of interest to me. I'll look at and admire someone else's collection, but I have no desire to have one of my own. Nonetheless, I can understand medals, badges, uniforms, etc., but a cigar butt? I mean, come on.
     
  13. luketdrifter

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    Ewww....it's got spit on it.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Yeah, but it's Winnie's spit. That has to count for something.
     
  15. sunny971

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    maybe for DNA purposes... he may be cloned one day and return!! :D


    then he can smoke the rest of his cigar!


    welcome to the twilight zone



    Suzie
     
  16. luketdrifter

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    Another reason I'm against cloning.
    The winner of this auction might be interested in my ashtray full of Hitler. The cigarette butts come free with each paid win.
     
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    Some people have more money than sense.
     
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    absolutely richard,wished I found it to sell though! ha!ha!
     

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