Comments on: Ghost in a bottle http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: prom77 http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-201054 prom77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-201054 Ghosts can pass through walls but not tinted glass? Useful information! Ghosts can pass through walls but not tinted glass? Useful information!

]]> By: Lee http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-200328 Lee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-200328 I wonder if I should give one of them away free with each copy of MORTAL GHOST ... I wonder if I should give one of them away free with each copy of MORTAL GHOST …

]]> By: reason78 http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198799 reason78 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198799 Reminds me of an eBay auction for a "Ghost in a Jar" Rob Cockerham did a wonderful parody of this with "Toast in a Jar" http://www.cockeyed.com/ebay/toast/toast.html Reminds me of an eBay auction for a “Ghost in a Jar”

Rob Cockerham did a wonderful parody of this with “Toast in a Jar”

http://www.cockeyed.com/ebay/toast/toast.html

]]> By: castewar http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198816 castewar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198816 To paraphrase the In Living Color sketch; "Seeeeen iiiit!" http://tinyurl.com/4lrmvr And that's from '89 - they sold empty cardboard novelty cans in '84 for the first Ghostbusters movie. To paraphrase the In Living Color sketch;

“Seeeeen iiiit!”

http://tinyurl.com/4lrmvr

And that’s from ’89 – they sold empty cardboard novelty cans in ’84 for the first Ghostbusters movie.

]]> By: danegeld http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198579 danegeld Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198579 how much is that? $5000 OK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tXsO35TQ-0 how much is that?

$5000

OK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tXsO35TQ-0

]]> By: konshuss http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198586 konshuss Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198586 May as well fill the bottles with snake oil. May as well fill the bottles with snake oil.

]]> By: Lilorfnannie http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198593 Lilorfnannie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198593 Wanna buy an "O"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHVLJG0298 Wanna buy an “O”?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHVLJG0298

]]> By: SMUMac http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198602 SMUMac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198602 Nice to know that someone's soul/essence/remnants/echo is worth only $20. Nice to know that someone’s soul/essence/remnants/echo is worth only $20.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-199116 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-199116 Hey, I still got one of those 1989 Burger King & Coca-Cola canned ghosts! It said "Do not open", so I managed to resist temptation and haven't opened it yet. The can is full of compressed air, it seems. Some people said it contained some sort of fluorescent gas that glowed in the dark when the can was opened. I think they were just pulling my leg to tempt me further. Hey, I still got one of those 1989 Burger King & Coca-Cola canned ghosts!

It said “Do not open”, so I managed to resist temptation and haven’t opened it yet. The can is full of compressed air, it seems.

Some people said it contained some sort of fluorescent gas that glowed in the dark when the can was opened. I think they were just pulling my leg to tempt me further.

]]> By: Tits McGee http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198616 Tits McGee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198616 If you like that, I have a sack of invisible fairies I'll sell you for fifty bucks. If you like that, I have a sack of invisible fairies I’ll sell you for fifty bucks.

]]> By: Carl Rigney http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198878 Carl Rigney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198878 Although it does remind me of Tim Powers' wonderful trilogy <em>Last Call</em>, <em>Expiration Date</em>, and <em>Earthquake Weather</em> with its ghosts and smokes and telophone calls from the afterlife. I'm looking forward to savoring <em>A Soul in a Bottle</em> soon. Although it does remind me of Tim Powers’ wonderful trilogy Last Call, Expiration Date, and Earthquake Weather with its ghosts and smokes and telophone calls from the afterlife. I’m looking forward to savoring A Soul in a Bottle soon.

]]> By: Abelard Lindsay http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-199405 Abelard Lindsay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-199405 @Carl: LA cigar? Too tragical! @Carl:

LA cigar? Too tragical!

]]> By: gonzilla http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198647 gonzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198647 Might as well piss in a bottle. But remember, don't cross the streams. Might as well piss in a bottle. But remember, don’t cross the streams.

]]> By: RJ http://boingboing.net/2008/05/29/ghost-in-a-bottle.html#comment-198907 RJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198907 @6: I think you can find those in the grass around truck stops. Spooky stuff, at least for the guys who mow the grass out there. @6:
I think you can find those in the grass around truck stops. Spooky stuff, at least for the guys who mow the grass out there.

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