Chicken McNugget More Expensive than Gold Nugget

Here's Rebekah Speight's story in her own words:

"Approximately 3 years ago, I treated my children to “99 cent McNugget Tuesday” and play time at our local McDonald’s. As I was cleaning up, I noticed one particular nugget and began to laugh. I picked it up for a closer look, and sure enough it was in the likeness of President George Washington. I decided to take it home and show my husband this hysterical find.

When he arrived home, I pulled it out of the freezer and he could not believe his eyes. We shared a moment of laughter as we joked about putting it on Ebay. Then back in the freezer it went.

This “President George Washington Chicken McNugget” became a show and tell item for friends and family who came to visit, and all have responded with awe and laughter over this remarkable find. We have shared many laughs over this “President George Washington Chicken McNugget”, but now he has been called to a higher purpose.

The students of Family Worship Center in Sioux City, Iowa are in the process of trying to raise $15,000 for Church Camp this summer. My husband and I felt led to auction this “President George Washington Chicken McNugget”as part of our fundraising effort. 100% of the money raised will go to Family Worship Center in Sioux City, Iowa.  

By bidding on this rare “President George Washington Chicken McNugget”… not only will you have an opportunity to be the new owner of this rare find, but you will be investing in the lives of children."

     The bidding closed today at a whopping $8,100 and is more expensive than a nugget of gold the same size - all because of it's Resemblance!

Link to the video.

Fly with Golden Booty Resembles Beyonce's Prominent Butt

Bryan Lessard is a 24-year-old researcher at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization who is working on his PhD studying the who, what and where of horse flies, or scientifically speaking, the taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of the Tabanidae.      While studying un-named species that had been sitting in a fly collection of CSIRO, Lessard's interest was piqued by one particular fly, one with dense golden hairs at the fly's rear end.      It was then that Lessard was reminded of another prominent rear, that of pop star Beyoncé, a singer who boasts about it in a song entitled Bootylicious.     So while the world is full of talented singer/performers just as the world is full of important pollinating horse flies, it is those with special assets that get a distinction.  It was this Similarity that Lessard Recognized and ran with, naming the insect Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae.  Never mind that this fly was first captured in 1981 - the same year the former Destiny's Child singer was born!      Lessard says the fly's spectacular gold color makes it the "...all-time diva of flies.  It was the unique dense golden hairs on the fly's abdomen that led me to name this fly in honor of the performer Beyonce as well as giving me the chance to demonstrate the fun side of taxonomy - the naming of species."      The rare Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae horse fly was collected in 1981 from the Atherton Tablelands.  "Most Australian Scaptia species have been described. However, these five new species of a sub-group [Plinthina] have been housed in Australian collections since the group was last studied in the 1960s," Mr Lessard said.   It's unknown if the rare species is a bloodsucker like many female horse flies.  The description of the fly was earlier published in the Australian Journal of Entomology, but the results were announced two weeks ago. "It's extremely important to name all the undescribed species so we can measure our human impact on the environment and hopefully protect it for future generations to enjoy.  Here is a video of Lessard talking about the Resemblance he has Extracted:  Title: Fly with Golden Booty Resembles Beyoncé's Prominent Butt   Resemblance: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles' Prominent Rear End  Extractionist: Bryan Lessard  Matrix: Horse Fly's Rear Abdomen  Location: Atherton tablelands in Queensland, Australia  Date: 13 Jan 2012  Links:  http://www.abc.net.au/rural/qld/content/2012/01/s3407573.htm http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/weird/fly-named-after-singer-beyonce-because-of-butt/story-e6frep26-1226243518546