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Soul for sale
A New Zealand man has put his soul up for auction to the highest bidder, noting that it is "a merry old soul" rather than a "funk soul brother" but that he would "would like to think there is a bit of funk in there somewhere".
- AP
- Published: 00:10 July 3, 2008
Wellington: A New Zealand man has put his soul up for auction to the highest bidder, noting that it is "a merry old soul" rather than a "funk soul brother" but that he would "would like to think there is a bit of funk in there somewhere".
Walter Scott, 24, put his soul up for sale on New Zealand internet auction site TradeMe, and so far has received more than 100 expressions of interest.
Bids in the auction, which was to close today, had reached $189 (Dh694) late yesterday.
Scott said he had been thinking about selling his soul for ages.
"I can't see it, touch it or feel it, but I can sell it, so I'm going to palm it off to the highest bidder," he said.
It was in "pretty good nick" except for a rough patch six years ago when he reached the legal drinking age, he said. Advice from a lawyer was that the winning bidder would not be entitled to anything but Scott's soul. The successful bidder will receive a framed deed of "soul ownership," Scott said.
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