J.D. Salinger photograph by Maurey Garber, 1950 |
RT @ForbesLife J.D. Salinger's Toilet Offered for $1 Million on eBay: http://bit.ly/bjEgrZ
6:03 PM Aug 17th via web
Marilyn Young commented that there is something wrong with this tweet to which I replied:
It's Phony RT @editormarilyn “@GardnersGazette: RT @ForbesLife J.D. Salinger's Toilet Offered for $1 Million on eBay: http://bit.ly/bjEgrZ”
6:06 PM Aug 17th via web
This could well be a hoax aimed at those who are overly worshipful of the Catcher in the Rye author, but as the vendor seems legit we doubt it. We won't speculate on the process of authentication however. The full listing for the curious commode reads as follows:
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I just gotta go buy that!
ReplyDeleteI think you are being overly worshipful.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child, we had a paperback copy of his book in the outhouse and I would read a couple pages, then wipe with them.
ReplyDeleteI can scarcely imagine anything the reclusive author would have loved more -- his words in your hands.
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