If this story is true, it's pretty awesome. A man tried to pay his utility bill with a drawing of a spider. Not even a good one, not framed and matted, oh no - it was sent via email. Here's the story.

The kicker is that someone then sold the drawing on eBay for $15,000! I'm sure some yahoos thought they were being funny bidding up the cost, so it remains to be seen if any cheddar actually gets handed over.

The guy who won says he "was just having a laugh" and doesn't intend to pay up. Who's sadder - the guy who tormented some poor utility company employee with repeated emails trying to pay their bill with a spider drawing, or the total loser who gets his jollies making false bids on moronic eBay auctions? I'll vote for the eBay loser. At least the guy who did the original drawing exhibited a real sense of humor and did something more taxing and creative than placing a bid on eBay. He did drag the emails out a bit and may have made some poor employee want to bang her head into the desk, but he never got cruel or abusive - just a little annoying to her I imagine. Or maybe he even made her laugh, who knows? He surely gave her something to share at that water cooler.