NEWS: Shatner Sells Kidney Stone

CULTURE: Romancing the Stone

Actor William Shatner has, I kid you not, sold his kidney stone to GoldenPalace.com. The 74 year old actor was rushed to hospital after collapsing due to pain during filming on the set of 'Boston Legal' last year. The surgical stint and string used to extract the stone are also included in the sale.

The $25,000 will be donated to Habitat for Humanity. I sincerely hope this doesn't usher in a new age of celebrity collectibles.

William Shatner won an Emmy?

wort pain any human being can go through apparently.

even worse than childbirth.

but why would anyone want to buy somebodys kidney stone ?

[Edited on Jan 19, 2006 by zoton]

Why indeed? Why would anyone want to buy a partially eaten ham samwich, or used breast implants, or a cinnamon bun that looks like Mother Theresa?? Ah, humanity.

Golden Palace seems to buy a lot of celebrity items of questionable taste.

The title of this thread made me laugh...a lot

If some collector is willing to pay for it - and the money is going to something like HfH - why not?

For almost any celebrity item, somebody somewhere is willing to buy it.

OK sooo he passed the stone, as in really bad "the island" robot kidney stones? Ouch!

Captain Spock is 74 years old?

Seconded.

Thing is, I know people who'd gladly buy it.

I think this story would be a lot more mind-boggling if it didn't end with $25K going to a very good charity.

I heard the stone resembled jesus so im pretty sure its ok.

The money's going to charity, so I don't see a problem. Still, even as a Star Trek fan, why would anyone want a kidney stone?? Still better to have someone else's in a jar than your own lodged in your body!!!

That would make an awesome ring.

People would be like "what stone is that"? "Kidney. Captain Kirks kidney."

It'd be cooler if you answered in your best Khan voice.

That's gotta hurt.

[Edited on Jan 19, 2006 by PointBlank]

^^^ That's fucking hysterical.

Part of their business model is to get people with gambling problems to read these kinds of headlines to go visit their website.

From the DNA of the Shatner Stone, we will clone an invinciable army of Hardened Shatners and rule the Earth!!!

God I love the Shatner.
Picard was (will be?) a better captain than Kirk though.

That's almost too laughable to respond.

Name one alien that Picard fucked.

Name one time that Kirk pretended to be a retarded guy looking for a saddle.

That's like, every episode.

Hello? WILLIAM SHATNER'S kidney stone.