Feel you're not quite snooty enough yet? Become a member of the House of Lords

[mandy]

  eBay pulled an auction offering a lifetime membership in the UK Parliament's House of Lords.  Starting Bid £1m, Buy it Now price £1.5m.

The item description:

Not getting enough sleep?

    Feel you're being unfairly passed over by the government for all that money you've given to their party?

    Feel you're not quite snooty enough yet?

    Own a chain of corner shops and want your own coat of arms?

    You too can now purchase a peerage and become a lifetime member of the House of Lords - The most exclusive private members club in the land.

    It's not a purchase, it's an investment!

    Watch as business is put your way by your fellow members in true masonic style... Steel Magnates and Supermarket owners should not miss out on this perfect oppurtunity.

    So place a bid to become a parliamentarian, without the need for those pesky elections - YOU'LL EVEN GET EXPENSES!

    These people are a barrel of fun, we even quoted my mate Archer as saying "go for it, it'd be a crime not to"

    You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want your money back.

full article and screenshot of auction: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/21/...e_auction/