How much to buy your soul?

HushBull

To whomever for whatever...

So what kind of bargain can a person get? And in lieu of what?

sponger

I sold it years ago for something to eat.

illegal pants

sponger wrote:

I sold it years ago for something to eat.

i'm thinking oreos?

Jeanie

I've still got mine and Ahnimus' for safe keeping so I'm not really looking to sell.

sponger

illegal_pants wrote:

i'm thinking oreos?

lol..no. Wasn't that a Got Milk commercial?

It was a burrito from a taco shop. Also again for a teriyaki bowl from Rice King. And a few times for pastries and fruit.

There was a period of time in my life when I was homeless and starving. I wasn't living on the street. I was living on the living room floors of friends' apartments, and to me that's pretty much as close to being homeless as I ever want to get.

They weren't buying or cooking food for me, and so I was starving.

I had to beg people for money and food. One night I walked into a taco shop hungry as can be and I offered to take out their trash for some food.

The guy rolled me up a big, fat burrito and said don't worry about it. It was a humbling experience to say the least.

Eventually I discovered that a lady in my neighborhood gave away free food early in the morning at her house.

She gets grocery store blemishes/overstock or something every day, and she gives it away to the poor.

So there I was at the crack of dawn in her backyard along with other destitutes standing in line for hand outs. Smashed pastries and bruised fruit never tasted so good.

Eventually I discovered that I qualified for food stamps. The first thing I bought when I cashed my food stamp check was a bowl of Rice King Teriyaki, rice, and vegetables. That was the first full meal I had eaten in weeks.

So, no...I didn't exactly "sell my soul", but it was certainly a humbling, if not humiliating experience that left an indelible impression on me. Simply put, it changed the way I look at life. In other words, that experience was probably one of the best things that ever happened to me.

Every day in which I am able to consume a delicious, well-balanced meal purchased with money I earned through my own honest work is a day for which I can be thankful.

Also something I have a hard time forgetting is the people that I saw in the morning when I was waiting for hand-outs. Most notably was a small family whose mode of transportation was a bicycle that was put together from miscellaneous spare parts, each of which looking as though it originated from a dumpster.

For me, it was just a case of a young punk kid who was transitioning from careless teendom to adult-hood the hard way: without parental assistance.

For those people, it was a way of life. And those poor children who had to grow up in that environment are hard to forget even 10 years later.

Sometimes when I look at my seriously kick-ass Trek full-suspension bicycle that I just absolutely adore down to the very last greasy bolt, the image of that dumpster bike upon which that homeless family carted around their wordly possessions will briefly pop into my head and sort of hit me with a guilt trip.

Nothingman54

Not 4 sale

dust

its dumb but I'm so superstitious about this stuff I didn't even wanna read this thread ! ! !

Indian Summer

maybe for like world peace, and ending world hunger....I'd sacrifice my soul for something huge like that...it would have to benefit the entire world.

writersu

I'd sell my soul for the ability to go back a few years ago, before my marriage fell apart, when my kids were younger so that I can enjoy them in that way (I know it is selfish; but it is so bittersweet when they are growing), and my house did not need repairing........

but my soul and I are pretty tight; could I sell my kidney instead??

pouch15

I sold it to Milhouse for 5 bucks!! Now I want it back!!! help me

jamie uk

No money could buy my soul, but maybe a Europen leg of the Pearl Jam 2008 tour could

Hinny

Sold it for 20 cents 10 years ago after watching that Simpsons episode.

OneLove

My soul is sold to the first person with front row MSG tix

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

about three-fitty

genie

my soul is not for sale it's mine and no one else's

seanw1010

make me an offer...

acoustic guy

HushBull wrote:

To whomever for whatever...

So what kind of bargain can a person get? And in lieu of what?

how much you got?

BinGnarly

it was my friend jake's 21st birthday and my buddy rick took him out along with a group of some other friends of ours. Being 20 I had to stay behind. But at some point during the night Jake was really drunk and told Rick he would sell him his soul for a Dragons Milk. (a great beer roughly 10 dollars a bottle depending on the bar). So even though Rick had been buying him drinks all night he thought the offer was too much to pass up on. So he bought Jake a Dragons Milk and Jake handed over his soul. So I suppose a beer is a good enough price to sell it for.

mdigenakis

pouch15 wrote:

I sold it to Milhouse for 5 bucks!! Now I want it back!!! help me

first thing that came to mind.

Rhinocerous Surprise

What soul?