There was the haunted walking stick, and tupperware container of Hurrican Charley Wind, but no ebay auction caught America’s attention like when the gavel dropped down on the World’s Most Famous Grilled Cheese Sandwich. The thrifty lunchtime staple that was said to have held an image of the Virgin Mary it kicked off a frenzy. People started searching for gold in the back of their fridge. Surely, there would be an opportunity for them to make thousands as well.
I bet that person is now kicking themselves for having not thought of all of the merchandising they could have cashed in on - T shirts, documentaries, and more. What I bet is a real big “wish I thought of that,” was creating a negative mold of the images to create an official Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich Toaster. Sure, it may have cast a doubt on the original Sandwich, but that person might have been able to be quite the philanthropist with the money that would have been raked in. Alas, the time from invention to market on a small kitchen appliance is a much longer process than, let’s say doodling something on a shirt and selling it on Zazzle.
Geek Mom Mashup informed us that there is now a Battlestar Gallactica Toaster where you can make toast with a Cyclon on it. If you want one just like this, you are out of luck. The only way you can get one now is to go to the San Francisco Comic-Con, where they will be selling them.
I suspect that only a small percentage of the ebaying community will be in attendance, or will have a relative in attendance. No offense to the Comic-Con, but only a finite number of people can physically fit in the place where it is being held. That being said, there will be many people with no knowledge of this scientific breakthrough. Could it possibly happen that esomeone fires one up at the hotel, stuffing hotdog buns or doughy white bread from 7-11 in it, and then posts the magical toast on ebay that very night? Maybe they will do it as a one day auction so by the time people find out, it will be over.
With the way things spread on the internet, someone will probably figure it out. At least until I come up with the Clint Eastwood shaped potato maker that I secretly make in my garage.
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