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Title: The golden goose
Post by: Ant-k on February 20, 2014, 05:39:45 PM: :o :o...wow

'Mother goose'...£360 just been sold on eBay!

Anybody here buy it?

Is this the going rate for a rare snowdrop? or do people buy them as
a investment

Ant
Title: Re: The golden goose
Post by: mark smyth on February 20, 2014, 05:50:21 PM: They are bought because of Galanthomania and they have money
Title: Re: The golden goose
Post by: Brian Ellis on February 20, 2014, 07:23:29 PM: Silly prices, silly people :D
Title: Re: The golden goose
Post by: Alan_b on February 20, 2014, 08:21:02 PM: It was a goose that laid golden eggs wasn't it, and it was in Jack and The Beanstalk. I've found myself thinking a lot about that tale recently:

Would a modern Jack have sold his cow on eBay? Would he have taken Bitcoins for it, or are eBeans even better? What sort of person sells beans and would trade a handful for a cow? Did the bean-trader know they really were magic? Did one ill-judged deal drive Jack to a life of petty theft, stealing geese, harps and the like? I ended up terribly confused about the morality of the whole story, even though it ended happily for everyone except the giant.
Title: Re: The golden goose
Post by: David Nicholson on February 20, 2014, 08:37:40 PM: Alan, you need a hobby ;D
Title: Re: The golden goose
Post by: Alan_b on February 20, 2014, 08:40:23 PM: It was the hobby that got me here in the first place!
Title: Re: The golden goose
Post by: Anne Repnow on February 20, 2014, 10:06:18 PM: ;D ;D ;D
I must read that tale again....