auction Z - U - O <- a very special L-L-L.com ★ historical interest ★ $20 start

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Z - U - O . com ​

what can I say about this one.
It starts with a Z
It middles with a U
It ends with an O

actually quite a bit beyond the great acronym potential such as Zero-Under-Over and Zombies-United-Online and so forth ...

well - let's check teh google ->
a respectable 3,100,000 results, many referring to various famous ZUOs of Chinese history, as well as more contemporary entities such as Zuo Modern Furniture ( www.zuomod.com ) ... and so on.

I like this one in particular: Zuo Ci 葛玄

Zuo Ci studied atop the Mount Tianzhu, practiced medicinal alchemy and nourished his vital essence by controlled breathing and by having sex with women without ejaculation. It is said that he could live for long periods without eating. He was also learned in the Confucian classics and in astrology.

At some time before 200, the local warlord Sun Ce, who was a strict Confucian, wanted to kill Zuo Ci and chased him on horseback. Zuo Ci, unmounted, still managed to escape by seemingly walking slowly.

Later, Zuo Ci went to Cao Cao, who granted him a pension to do his magics. Cao Cao may have shown an interest in the Taoist approach to longevity by doing this, but his son Cao Zhi wrote that the pensions are only intended to keep the magicians and their wild teachings under control. Zuo Ci showed Cao Cao's court a number of magics, such as catching an exotic fish from an empty copper pan, and teleporting far away to buy ginger. Zuo Ci once fed a whole court assembly with food and wine, but Cao Cao soon found out that Zuo Ci had emptied every wine shop in the region with his magic for this purpose. Cao Cao tried to execute Zuo Ci, but Zuo Ci escaped by walking through walls. When someone reported that Zuo Ci had been sighted in the market, everyone in the market became identical to Zuo's appearance.

and then there's also Zuo Zongtang a/k/a ... :yell: GENERAL FREAKING TSO y'all !!! :yell:

A chicken dish, "General Tso's chicken", was apparently named after him, though the reasoning behind this, if it exists, has not yet been discovered. The dish is said to have originated in New York City.

so ... how do you like them apples ? I don't know why I'm selling this one. Hoping it will find a good home with a fellow NPer, and soon to go on to the Great Things It is Surely Destined to Become on the Internets !

Registered at GoDaddy through October 19, 2008

Bidding starts at just $20 / increment $2 / BIN $120

Auction ends 48 hours after the last bid or if sold at bin (just post "sold at BIN" to end the auction when you absolutely just can't stand the waiting anymore!)

Payment ... whatever, you know the drill ...! (PayPal, moneybookers, e-gold, NP @ 0.02 - please PM me before placing a bid to make arrangements if you're not absolutely sure you'll be able to complete the purchase within 48 hours of winning this auction)

:yell: Bid early, bid often ! :yell:

 

[novaangel]

$20

 

[9MM]

$22

 

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Thanks very much for the "Early" bids novaangel and 9MM !
Hoping there will be plenty of time for the "Often" part of the bidding as well (the auction I did for H-Z-G yesterday ended at the second post with a BIN scoop by "the Norwegian" ! Well, was fun while it lasted ... I set the BIN a bit higher for this one (but still perhaps on the low side, this is a very nice one IMO ...)

well ... may the best bid win ! Thanks ...

 

[TheBaldOne]

$30 here.

 

[9MM]

$32 keep the ball rollin lol

 

[johnnywj]

$34

 

[TheBaldOne]

$40

 

[9MM]

I can go all night guys...$42

 

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thanks very much for the bids johnnywj and TheBaldOne.

and 9MM ...! Thanks! Now we get to the "Often" part ... that's where the fun begins.

"You're probably wondering, did he fire 5 or 6 shots...to tell you the truth, in all the excitement I can't remember myself."

I can go all night guys...

mebbe so, mebbe so ah reckon. Least til "the Norwegian" pulls out the BIN gun. Then it's "game over" eh ? Don't mess with the Norwegian ... he'll make the lutefisk outta your cowboy boots and feed it to the geese ...!

 

[johnnywj]

$50

 

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Thanks very much for your bids everybody.

I like to kid around a bit, ("he'll make lutefisk outta your cowboy boots") but really do appreciate the interest in this great name, and try to remind myself that this sort of an auction is about finding a fair market price for an attractive asset (likely to grow in value quite a bit over the next few months and years). So if $50 is that price at this point in time, then Z-U-O will go to "the Norwegian" in a bit less than 28 hours.

But if someone else still sees a great value for this name at $52, or $55, or even up to and including (but not over!) the BIN price ... :hi: ... well ... go on and place your best bid soon. I was just kidding about Johnny being likely to feed your boots to the geese, really!

 

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last call for bids on this fine fine superfine Z-U-O dot com ... :yell:

$50 is the bid to beat, 8:40 PM PST tonight is the time to do it by (a little over 3 hours from now)

thanks again to all the savvy players who put their bids in so far!