Tooth & Nail
http://www.hispeed.rogers.com/entertainment/story.jsp?cid=e071020A
According to the article, one of Elvis Presley's teeth, as well as a lock of hair and a gold record, are up for auction. Those of you who want to participate should start coughing up something that can outdo the roughly $100,000 dollar bid that's currently on.
I'm not sure what's disturbing me more in this instance: that a man's tooth is being up for auction, or that the tooth is revered enough to garner such a near ridiculous pricetag. Certainly it once belonged to debatedly one of the best musical artists in the world, but in the end it's just a tooth.
When I'm dead and gone, I'd like the body parts I leave behind to mean something. I've signed an organ donor's card, and look forward to the chance to give someone else an extended lease on life. It's not as if, being expired, I'm really going to sit up on the operating table and say to the surgeon, "Hey, I liked that kidney right where it was, you silly git! Put it back in there!"
In the end, I doubt I'll ever be so famous that a collection of eyelashes that once belonged to me are going to have devotees fighting each other to own for a cool $10,000. And in all honesty, I'm glad. Eyelashes, after all, are not very impressive or things. Tongues, however, are where the real money is!
Today's Lesson: the king is dead, live with it.
posted by Phillip at 4:58 PM
