Whale Tale

The London whale who swam up the Thames River may have died, but his soul lives on, at least according to an anonymous vendor who is trying to sell it on eBay. "I was accompanying the poor whale in his last journey, and he handed his soul to me. He asked me to sell it, so I could invest the money raised in other bottlenosed whales," said the Minneapolis seller, who is apparently unaware of the whale's gender. The soul seller describes the item as "100 percent soul" and promises to ship it anywhere in the world. The whale essence, though, won't last long. "It is a listing that will be taken down," an eBay spokesman told Reuters. "Our policy states clearly that people can't offer for sale things they don't own."