"What might you be willing to sell your soul for?"

I am currently working on a project in which I need several hundred "examples" of what a person might theoretically sell their soul for.

So, I've decided to propose a little competition here among my fellows. Either post, private message, or e-mail at Philemon@ElementalEntertainment.com with your ideas, and I'll enter you into a drawing to win a prize package that includes all three of my books ("The Collected OORT" CD-Rom, "The Supplemental OORT," and "NINE"), a $95 value, shipped anywhere in the world.

Plus, the first 100 people who choose to include their full name, age, zodiac sign, and place of residence will have their information incorporated into the project and will earn a tiny bit of immortality in my act.

So get creative, and feel free to enter multiple times. All entries will become property of myself, but I promise to put them to good use!

:devilish:

I think I'd settle for an eternal supply of Hostess cherry pies and beer.

Is that what you're looking for? I mean, I could take hell if I had beer and cheery pies, I think.

And we start off with a great example of GLUTTONY.

Keep 'em coming!

Ok ... list of reasons to sell your soul..

- For Luck in gambling
- For Luck with women
- For succeeding in business (let me get that promotion..)
- For wealth (greed at it's finest)
- For revenge .. (to bring down bad luck on your worst foe)
- For Power
- For Immortality (but we all know that doesn't work...)
- For saving a loved one (unselfish reasons(!))
- For getting your hands on the Witchboard 3 months before anyone else...

Well .. a few reasons at least... just off the top of my head .. I'll add more later on ! =)

cheers,
Micke

All the contains of the Secret Warehouse.
And it's not greed but curiosity...

-To end a persistent pain or to cure an incurable disease.

Chris

...for omniscience.

You folks are doing a great job in coming up with the basic vague concepts (which are useful), but I encourage you to get real creative by coming up with specific examples of the above (or even of concepts we haven't thought of yet).

For example, instead of just "omniscience" (to use the most recent example), coming up with "To gain the knowledge of how to solve a Rubik's Cube in less than 30 seconds."

Do you get the idea?

The knowledge of how to keep one's soul even after it has been bargained away.

(Hey, folks, be careful of what you say. Philemon looks like he might take you up on it! )

Well, this being an election year, I could think of one thing...

But then again, we're not supposed to make this kind of comment in the Café.

Homer's Soul Donut is already in the Secret Warehouse...

That's definitely going in...

"Mmmm... forbidden doughnut."

Two Souls

Two Souls
(That need some fixing up)

Here are a few things for which a person (not me) might sell their soul (I hope they are sufficiently specific):

- To know what stocks will increase in value the day before.
- Have a song writing career as successful as Elton John.
- Become a movie star with a string of blockbuster hits.
- Invent "cold fusion" and end the world's energy problems.
- A wonderful sense of humor.
- Recognized as the world's preeminent brain surgeon.

Okay... time to get some sleep.

Regards, Steve

To develop extraordinary ability to hit a baseball...become an All-Star....and lead one's local MLB team to one (or multiple) World Series championship(s). <sound familiar?>

To bring back a lost relative or lover from the dead.

To write brilliantly and achieve acclaim from book critics and the public alike. (And to have each book written top the best seller list and awarded prestigious literature prizes)

To develop legendary oratorical abilities which entertain and persuade, providing the abilty to persuade the public about key substantive political issues. <insert education, environment, budget, etc.>

To master the ability to truly read minds.

For what everyone wishes for with 10% on top:-)

To mimic any skill I ever read/saw/thought about
invincibility including non drowning/suffocation/disease/poisoning - I'd tickle a tiger!
to instantly know everything about whoever I wanted (including their secrets) if I wanted to
to have any object appear in my hands upon command
complete and utter mind control
ruler of the known universe
ruler of the unknown universe
hmmmm...ruler....
to be able to make anyone say anything I wanted them to and they'd believe it
control/mastery of time
transmogrification
lead to gold
cure-all by thought and touch
shapeshifting including vocals
able to leap tall buildings in a single bound
endless money
a special devil proof soul protector

Can I add a bag of Fritos corn chips to my price? Hostess cherry pies, beer, and Fritos.

And an occasional orgy with me as the only guy, and no guilt feelings regarding my (absent for the orgy) wife.

But no Fritos during the orgy. Have any of you ever kissed someone who'd been eating Fritos? It's a bit unpleasant.

I'm sure I might think of a few more things. How does it work, anyway? Do you sit down with lawyers and business managers and negotiate a contract like A-rod would do?

Do you think A-rod gets cherry pies and Fritos and orgies?

Maybe I need to think about this some more.

From The Monkees: Fame, fortune, and the ability to play the harp

A private identity to allow a very famous person to be able to go out in public unnoticed.

"The World's Only" anything...
(Original Gutenberg Bible, Honus Wagner Basebull Card, unreleased copy of The White Album w/ the original pictures on the cover, living Dodo Bird, etc.)

Chris

Here are some, but just for Fun ... I'd never sell my soul.

For the Love of a Good Woman
For all the Gold in Ft. Knox
For the Wisdom of Solomon
For the Power to control the Elements
For Conquering death and Immortality
For the meaning of Life
For knowing and controlling the thoughts of others
For the ability to cross both space and time
For the ability to Fly
For the ability to breathe underwater
For Invisibility
For eternal heath; never to be sick or in pain
To bring World Peace for a Thousand Years

tcb