For blues musicians Tommy Johnson and Robert Johnson (no relation), it was the ability to play the guitar better than any man who came before them. For Stanley Moon in the 1967 film Bedazzled, it was the love of a waitress in a Wimpy restaurant. For Keanu Reeves it was the chance to work in a top law firm (not, as perhaps would have been wiser, a degree of acting ability). And for Homer Simpson, it was a donut. It seems we all have a price, and the Devil is a pretty shrewd negotiator.
Personally, I’d really test the fella, see how far he could go. If I could sell my soul for, say, a guarantee that hell would stop being such a crappy place to spend eternity, I think that would be a decent deal. You know, scatter a few cushions, stick in a pool table, get rid of all that fire and brimstone and gnashing of teeth, and Hades could really be a decent hang-out. It’s essentially a bit of an eternal fixer-upper. Plus, I can imagine I’d get some serious respect from the population of Hell for putting an end to their eternal damnation and torture, so that would really start me out on the right foot, socially-speaking.
So, with this in mind, what would you enter into a Faustian pact with the horned-one for? What would you trade-in your immortal soul for? And what impact might that have on your day to day life?
Leave your answers, as weird, wacky and wonderful as you like, below the fold.
#1 by Stoko - Pops at July 22nd, 2009
Sorry, are you not even slightly sceptical of the existence of Beelzebub himself!
#2 by Marsh at July 22nd, 2009
Haha touché! Well let’s, for the sake of fun, pretend for a moment that he’s real. And perhaps he is Peter Cook in little round shades and black cloak. Done. Now what’s your answer?
#3 by Colonel Molerat at July 22nd, 2009
I’d ask, when it came, to die in style. REAL style.
#4 by pete at July 22nd, 2009
To live to see the end of the universe, nice table please not to close to the stage!
#5 by Joe Btfsplk at July 22nd, 2009
Having the house office cleaned and cleared out – I promised my wife that I would do that over a year ago and now the task seems too much to tackle. I have rather low expectations though.
#6 by Robert Phillips at July 23rd, 2009
If I sold half of my soul could I share homer’s wish? (that’s if its cool with him)
#7 by Mike at July 23rd, 2009
Can I only sell it once? Personally I’d sell it for a packet of peanuts, but if I could only do it once I suppose I’d better get as much as I can for it.
#8 by Alan and Bob at July 23rd, 2009
One might be as cunning in one’s dealing with the “Dark One” as that ‘entity’ might be with you.
One would of course obtain the ‘goodies’ then refer the contact (pact) to a ‘universal court’ inasmuch as one does not possess one’s soul, therefeore it is a commodity that one can not sell or bargain with as one would not be the holder of the title in deed…
Having done that and won, you could get the goodies as originally requested as a ‘compensation deal’ without the requirement of parting with something that you never possessed in the first place.
May the force be with you
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Disclaimer: this is solely personal opinion and should not be taken as ‘Legal Advice’. Any such advice should be obtained from an appropriate source…heh, heh, heh
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#9 by Mike at July 23rd, 2009
Sappy though it may appear, I’d take on the sins of the world. He can take it all out on me, if he leaves everyone else alone. I’d suffer, forgotten, in an eternity of torment to save the world. Why not?
It’s more than Jesus ever did. Suffered and died for your sins? Hardly. One afternoon of torture and a couple of nights nailed to a tree. In return you get to be the omnipotent vice-ruler of the entire universe for all time. Sounds a bloody good deal for Jesus, if you ask me.
#10 by Marsh at July 23rd, 2009
Two words: Messiah. Complex.
#11 by Mike at July 23rd, 2009
Hey! It can’t be a messiah complex if I’m languishing forgotten… can it? Don’t people have to know the messiah?
Gulp!
#12 by The Skepdick at July 23rd, 2009
I would sell my soul for whatever the best price I could get for it. Caveat emtptor.
#13 by MiddleMan at July 23rd, 2009
Klondike Bar.
#14 by Barbara at July 25th, 2009
Mike, that is really sweet of you, please go ed. Do you mean we don’t have to do anything… like repent? That would be brill. I’ll sign up as your disciple.
Actually, I feel like I might be selling my soul in real life. I can’t get my dad in a decent home for respite but a christian home has offered! Oh yes! We didn’t have to lie (but I would have done) and yes the devil can have my soul and if necesary I’ll do whatever carnal acts he desires, if I can only have some respite.
Sorry. I’m being too serious here.
I’d sell my soul for a Crunchie Ice cream bar.
#15 by The Skepdick at July 25th, 2009
I really can spell, even in Latin. I can’t type worth a damn.
#16 by Colonel Molerat at July 26th, 2009
Hmmmm. I’d also consider selling my soul in exchange for being a tiny tiny bit better at guitar than Robert Johnson. That’d be a nice prank – would Mr Johnson get a refund?
#17 by Andy at July 30th, 2009
Better than Robert Johnson as the result of a Faustian pact?
I think you may be going too far there. And I’m not talking about Lucy!
I would trade my soul for his job. Then fix everything.