English language grumbling

[lederhosen]

I wonder how much money I could make advertising 'decapitated heads' [edit: make that CELEBRITY decapitated heads!] on eBay, and sending empty envelopes to the successful bidders. This particular abuse of the language seems to be on the rise lately :-(

Comments

[insaint.livejournal.com]

Hmm. You'll either get nailed under the "OMG WTF?!" eBay policy, or someone there will clue into the fact that you're selling something intangible. Either way, your auction would probably get pulled by the staff.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, looks like the 'listing no item' police could be a problem.

Maybe if I bundled it with something? A dictionary could be good :-)

[insaint.livejournal.com]

There you go. "Buy a dictionary, get a free decapitated head!"

Sounds like a fantastic deal to me. :)

[serehfa.livejournal.com]

ha ha