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Virginity: Going, going, gone!
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July 29, 1999 |
Beneath a smiling, oh so innocent- Frisky, fun-seeking Francis -- fact or fiction -- describes himself as a 17-year-old high
school senior in Miami, a member of the National Honor Society, president of his
school's computer and A/V clubs and lead trumpet in a jazz band; "If you live in
Florida, I could probably meet you halfway up to Orlando in my 1990 Honda Civic
Hatchback," he writes cheerfully. "I figured with the latest eBay craze, I'd see
exactly how much I could get for my virginity," alleged Francis allegedly explained
before kicking off the bidding at $10, only to have his page taken down at 12:30
p.m. Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the auction's apparent late-night
launch. EBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove told Nothing Personal he hadn't
known about the wacky item -- heavy-breathing hoax or not -- until we contacted
him, but, promising to look into the matter, sounded admirably amused by the
whole thing. "I understand 'Virginty' is in very high demand these days," Pursglove
quipped, "especially on the East Coast, with the warm summer weather." Maybe that explains the impressive $10 million one panting bidder claimed to
be willing to plunk down for Francis' ... uh ... item. Of course, poor Francis got only
one bidder. Rosie Palmer, is that you? - - - - - - - - - - - - You gotta get a gimmick,
lesson #1301 "It's live, there's gonna be improv, anything can happen. I just hope they don't tap
the keg until after the third show." Amy Reiter Amy Reiter's column appears daily on the People site, Monday through Friday.
Got a hot tip? Tell Amy! -- "The Drew Carey Show" executive producer Bruce Helford on his scheme to air a live, partially improvised episode three times in one night (time zones, don'tcha know) this fall. (Ahem ... Have we learned nothing from that horrible "ER" stunt? Why don't the producers just put the whole cast in nothing but G-strings and pasties and go for a surge in ratings that way? On second thought, methinks Drew Carey in pasties might be even scarier than "The Blair Witch Project.") - - - - - - - - - - - - Goliath needed a PR guy and a doctor The heck with that evolution vs. creationism debate. Science has just cleared up another biblical mystery: why big-guy Goliath was so easy for puny David to topple. "Goliath was no match for David because he was suffering from acromegaly," explains the Times of London in a series of articles on advances in treating the condition that causes the pituitary gland to overproduce growth hormones; think Lurch (Ted Cassidy) on "The Addams Family." "Although he was probably not the six cubits and a span mentioned in the Old Testament -- since this would be an improbable 11 feet 9 inches, he was obviously suffering from loss of peripheral vision, another condition linked to the disease. This kind of tunnel vision would have made it difficult for him to see the stone coming from David's slingshot." What's more, adds the paper, "In common with other sufferers of the condition, he was probably abnormally weak and more likely to be felled by a single stone. As he was probably sweating and feeling nauseous -- other symptoms of acromegaly -- he would anyway have been in poor shape for a hand-to-hand combat." So much for miracles. Now, do you suppose that means David has lost his chance at the Reform Party presidential nomination? - - - - - - - - - - - - Hanks for the memories "It is sort of intimidating. I've seen the way things blow up." -- Colin Hanks, Tom's 20-year-old son, on how his inside view of the trials of Tinseltown has caused him to put off his acting career now. - - - - - - - - - - - - Juicy bits Attention, all you well-heeled heels who attended Posh Spice Victoria Adams' and soccer star David Beckham's lavishly gilded nuptials earlier this month. Fork over the stolen silver! Guilty guests walked away from the fancy affair with 75 solid silver goblets -- rented for the occasion and worth thousands of dollars -- tucked into their smart evening bags and inside tux pockets, and the piquant bride is a bit piqued. "It's a bit embarrassing," the blushing new Mrs. Beckham told the Mirror. "It's flattering that people took them as a memento, but we'd only hired them and it seems they are quite valuable. So if anyone has them, please give them back." She added, "You can keep the velvet napkin rings." But, alas, you can't drink out of them. What kind of a dad would want his daughter to appear in the porn-packed pages of
Bob Guccione's "Penthouse"? Monica Lewinsky's dad,
according to MSNBC.com's Jeannette Walls. Guccione recently told
Walls that the Mon-ster's proud pops, Dr. Bernard Lewinsky, "was not
against his daughter appearing in the magazine." The porn peddler said the intern's
doting dad discussed details of the proposed $3 million deal with him at length,
including editorial control and the degree of nudity required. (Dr. Lewinsky denies
the conversation ever took place and claims not to know who this Bob Guccione
fellow is, notes Walls.) "It would have been very light nudity that she could
control," says Guccione. "We would have done much the same thing that [Vanity
Fair] did. We would have given her a makeover and everything."
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