Roman Ring

[poliphilo]

I used to own a Roman ring. It was too small to fit on any of my fingers, so I wore it on a thong round my neck.

Yes Roman. Really and truly Roman. Or so the seller said.

Last week the thong came untied and I lost the ring.

So I went on eBay and  bid for another.

There are an awful  lot of Roman rings for sale on eBay. I guess they're genuine. I figure they sell too cheaply for anyone to bother faking them. But where do they all come from?

The Romans must have been a really careless set of people.

Roman matron: (walking down country lane) "Drat, my ring just slipped off my finger into the ditch.  That's the third in as many weeks."

Roman patriarch: (cheerily) "Never mind dear. Plenty more where that came from."

Of course it is entirely possible that they....

have been robbed out of graves.....

(pause for delicious shudder.)

Anyway, I just learned that I won my auction. A bronze ring with a blue stone in it  is coming my way.

 

Comments

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Funny how people talk of "winning" stuff on e-Bay... I think I'll start referring to stuff I win at the supermarket as well! :-)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a competition, ain't it? You're bidding against other punters....

That said, my bid on this particular item was unopposed.

Actually I rather like the idea of going to the supermarket and "winning" things. It has a heroic ring to it. There are overtones of horned helmets and broadswords.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Yes, i mean I know the reason for calling it "winning" on e-Bay, and I agree that it does sound rather more heroic than just "buying". (Perhaps also less materialistic? Dunno... I seem to be fightong my own bourgeois tendencies as hard as I can these days, but am failing miserably!)

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

You really *are* in a Wodehousian mood today, aren't you?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It keeps the blue devils at bay.

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Ah, but you don't have to bid at the supermarket ..well not the one that I work at :-)

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should start a new trend, then?

"2.50 you say? I'll pay 3.50!!!"

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Very forceful.

And the supermarket companies would love it.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

They probably wouldn't... They'd have to give up the "prices are getting LOWER"-slogans (ASDA's rollback etc.), and that just wouldn't look very competitive... Of course one might try advertising "the new and EXCITING supermarket experience!"...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

And it would be exciting too.

People just love auctions.

Do you ever watch those auction shows on TV, like Flog It? I'm addicted.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

They're strangely compelling, those shows... Which, I suppose, might explain why UK television seems to be packed with them. The new gardening-show! (Wonder what the next day-time TV-fad will be...)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Gardening shows don't do it for me. All that decking- pah!

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Ahaha! You are, of course, entirely right. "Quick!" says the e-email. "Don't let it get away! Make us more money! Win!"

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Must.do.what.e-mail.tells.me...