Slice of heaven set for world tour.In other cheesy cheesy (che´ze) caseous. news, the now-famous 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich A grilled cheese sandwich, (also known as cheese toasty or toasted cheese sandwich) is a form of toasted sandwich that consists of two slices of bread and at least one slice of cheese melted in between. , said to have an image of the Virgin Mary cooked into its exterior and sold for a whopping $28,000 on eBay to an online casino, could be on its way to a venue near you. GoldenPalace.com, new owner of the paranormal paranormal, adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. provender preserved in a plastic box with cotton balls, plans to take the apparently non-perishable item on a world tour. "We will definitely use the sandwich to raise money for charity, and we hope it will raise people's spirits as well," says Richard Rowe, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of GoldenPalace, which bought the sandwich from Miami-area resident Diana Duyser. She credits Mary's culinary intercession intercession, n a prayer in which a request is made on behalf of another person. with a streak of good luck that won her $70,000 on various trips to a local casino, according to The Miami Herald, and says she sold it so that others could share in the joy it has brought her since that fateful day when she grilled American cheese on two pieces of white bread. The sandwich attracted more than 1.7 million visitors to its auction site on eBay and inspired columnist Jim DeFede to personally drive the sandwich to its new home in Las Vegas. He reports his often-strange encounters on followthecheese. blogspot.com, including a minor turf battle with a competing Marian apparition site. |
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