BOBBITT'S KNIFE UP FOR SALE; EXCLUSIVE.Byline: ANDY ANDY Andrew ANDY US Popular Abbreviation for Andrews AFB LINES JOHN Wayne Bobbitt, whose penis was cut off by his wife, is planning to sell the knife she used over an internet auction. The 34-year-old American, became infamous after his wife Lorena sliced off his manhood MANHOOD. The ceremony of doing homage by the vassal to his lord was denominated homagium or manhood, by the feudists. The formula used was devenio vester homo, I become you Com. 54. See Homage. with a 12-inch kitchen knife in 1993. Now he wants the police to return the weapon. Bobbitt hopes to earn more than pounds 2million from the auction. He plans to sell it on the eBay website and believes that collectors of crime memorabilia mem·o·ra·bil·i·a pl.n. 1. Objects valued for their connection with historical events, culture, or entertainment: posters, publicity photographs, and other movie memorabilia. 2. would pay the huge sum. Bobbitt said: "That knife is a part of American history, and it might even be a collector's item collector's item Noun an object highly valued by collectors for its beauty or rarity Noun 1. collector's item - the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection piece de resistance, showpiece . "I would like to talk to my former wife Lorena about hopefully splitting the proceeds of the sale. "I'm sure it's in both of our interests to auction it to a collector." Bobbitt, now divorced from his wife, added: "The last thing I told her was that I wanted a separation. "She took it literally. "It's been so many years. But I just want to bury the hatchet to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; - a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace. to make peace or become reconciled. - Dryden. See also: Bury Hatchet , so to speak." CAPTION(S): NET AUCTION: Bobbitt |
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