Posted on 08/23/2016 4:04:38 PM PDT by bkopto
A fisherman in the Philippines is happy as a clam after finding out this mammoth pearl — which he has kept as a good luck charm — is worth $100 million.
The lucky angler, who has not been identified, discovered the 75-pound gem — believed to be the biggest ever — 10 years ago in the sea off Palawan Island....
Unaware of the massive gem’s value, he kept it as a good luck charm until a fire in his home forced him to move and he decided to take the pearl to the tourism office in remote Puerto Princesca.
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Ping - new hobby for you buddy - pearl diving!
Grips for a hell of a lot of whorehouse revolvers?
Or automatics...but putting pearl handles on an automatic is just wrong.
Plus, I never saw an automatic (except for a pea-shootin' .25 ACP) in a whorehouse.
Not that I've been in a whorehouse, lately.
There may have been some upgrades to a Glock or a something...who knows?
“And that is when he realized it was a pearl and not a good luck charm.”
LOL, although I find it a little hard to believe that a local man like this wouldn’t know a giant pearl when he saw one.
Matthew 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Matthew 13:45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,
Matthew 13:46 and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Someone once said that the pearl is "the brilliant sarcophagus of a worm."
I'm wondering how big that worm must have been.
With $100 million he will be the next presidente of the Philippines !!!
Fat chance.
The greediest entities on earth are so-called "governments."
Also the best armed.
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