Astra flagged this one: in anticipation of Gatecon, various cast members of Stargate, including RDA, have put experiential items up for auction on www.charitybuzz.com. All auctions benefit the Waterkeeper Alliance.

Top item: lunch with RDA.

Other items: lunches with Amanda Tapping, Joe Flanigan, and Jewel Staite; or a kayak paddle signed by pretty much the entire cast of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

As of this moment, the winning bids are as follows:

The autographed kayak paddle: a mere $450

Lunch with:
Jewel Staite -- $925
Joe Flanigan -- $3,250
Amanda Tapping -- $3,600

Richard Dean Anderson -- $10,000.

These are actual bids, not reserve amounts.

The auctions still have several days to run -- bidding closes on April 29 at 12:50 PM EDT -- unless there's last-minute bidding. Here's a nice wrinkle: these auctions cannot be won by the Last Person to Squeak In a Bid -- late bids will automatically extend the bid window until bidding has actually stopped (closing period is ten minutes).

Also impressive: charitybuzz is waiving their fees and commissions on the auctions. The entire amount, presumably, goes to the Waterkeepers.

Whew.

So there's still time to set up a home equity loan, rob a bank, win the lottery, sell your children, etc.

LOL!

*shakes piggie-bank* I don't think bustin' this thing will help...

That is one expensive lunch!

Damn........wish I'd known about this before I went to Vegas. I'm not a half bad craps player..............oh well, the Idaho border is only about 3 hrs north. Yeah, Idaho, home of the Utah state lottery.

Anybody got the secret to winning a megapower ball? I'll treaty you to lunch.

That lunch better come with a "happy ending."

OMG!

Well it wouldn't be much use me winning it, cos all I'd want to talk to him about would be MacGyver (and maybe some StarGate stuff). I'm really not that interested in what he's doing with Sea Sheppard's or whatever else's he's into these days, I wanna talk about MacGyver!

Yea I agree if I paid that much, the last thing I would be talking to him about would be Stargate. It would all be strictly Macgyer.

If you are the one picking up the tab for that lunch he'd darn well talk about whatever topic you choose.

~snort~ I hadn't thought of it that way.

Seems the last time he agreed to auction off a lunch, it was along with Amanda Tapping, and it went for $30,000!

Too bad my friend I'm going to Gatecon with remodeled her bathroom last fall - she could have used all that money on this instead LOLOL

I'm buying the $2 Powerball lottery ticket today, instead of the regular old $1 as usual. With a special 10 multiplier this month, even $10,000 could turn into $100,000! Worth the extra buck LOL

banlu ---> would love to watch him masticate

Okay, since I needed a translation first for that thing you all were laughing about earlier, I almost expected "masticating" being another "bad" word - looked it up and then it's just "chewing"? Never heard that before Why do you need two words for the same thing anyway?


You know what I always wanted to ask - if you pay that much for the dinner, is the dinner itself at least free or do you have to pay that as well? Because then more than a soup won't be possible...


It's at 15,000 dollars now, according to somebody posting in the RDA forum.

LOL - It's funny because it sounds like a 'bad' word

We have so many synonyms in English because it's a Germanic language thet's been heavily influenced by the Romance languages, Especially Latin and French - the latter thanks to William the Conquerer.

My theory is that the 'four letter words" in English are considered so crude, because that's what the locals used, which the invading French nobles thought were beneath them.

I'm thinking the resteraunt probably donates the meal, since it's lined up before the auction started.

banlu

Update on all the winning bids:

The autographed kayak paddle: still a relative bargain at $750.

Lunch with:
Jewel Staite -- $3,500
Lunch for 2 people plus Jewel, anytime in the next year; includes tour of the Stargate Atlantis set.
Joe Flanigan -- $16,500
Lunch for 2 people plus Joe, anytime in the next year; includes tour of the Stargate Atlantis set.
Amanda Tapping -- $3,600
Lunch for 2 people plus Amanda, anytime in the next year; includes tour of the Sanctuary set.

Richard Dean Anderson -- $15,000 -- 2 people plus Rick, to be held during the weekend of Gatecon. Lunch will be either on the set of Stargate Atlantis or at a "secret location" in Vancouver. Or maybe both.

Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot? Joe Flanigan's outdrawing RDA? *scratches head* Betcha that won't last.

And I'd be happy to watch him masticate, fulminate, or even prevaricate.

Astra, there's a lovely saying about the English language: other languages merely borrow terms as needed. English sneaks up on other languages in dark alleys, smacks them over the head, and makes off with any word, term, or expression that isn't locked up or nailed down.

It then takes the pieces apart and assembles new terms at whim, whether needed or not.

Then our self-styled language experts settle in for another next generation of lamentation over the degradation of the language.

At Gatecon, I finally found someone who could actually tell me what the winning bid was! By the time I went back to look, the information was no longer online.

Lunch with RDA?

US $37,000.

Very impressive figure! Expensive, but definitely worth it for the winner I'm sure.

That auction was in aid of Waterkeepers -- another very worthy cause!

Yes--second only to RDA.