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When it was revealed that Ireland Sr. left his entire estate to his second wife and the child they had together, William was apparently none too pleased, having hoped his father might try to make amends. He shelled out the money for the funeral and received his father's ashes, which, in a way typical of revenge scenarios, he then posted on eBay. According to TheSun.co.uk, the listing for the auction (which ended Sunday, Father's Day) simply read: 'Here are the ashes of my father, Kenneth Ireland, an adulterer who left a wife, two children and just £17 (about $28) in her pocket. He never paid a penny towards his kids' upbringing.'
Typically, the best revenge is living well, but starting the bid for your father at 99 pence might work, too. [From: TheSun.co.uk, via Lemondrop]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsEloiseJun 23rd 2009 6:38PM
Why would anyone want to buy the ashes of a deceased person they never knew nor had any connection to?
MillersonJun 24th 2009 6:37AM
I doubt this auction was allowed to run to the end, since ebay strictly prohibits the sale of human body parts or remains. They patrol every auction like hawks for any one of a long list of violations, and frequently OVER react to someone. I had an auction closed with a strong warning in email because I was selling a t-shirt from a Kukla Kat Klown show, and they said it was KKK related. Obviously the two had nothing to do with each other - well, obvious to anyone with a brain in their head, which leaves out the ebay censors.
glory25420Jun 23rd 2009 7:51PM
If it made him feel better to finally rebuke the stinking bastard, then it's a good thing. I'm sure the second wife and kid were happy getting the money instead of the pile of dust he left his first son.
SissyJun 23rd 2009 8:07PM
Lol!! LMFAO!!! Suzq I like the way you think. Thats exactly what he deserved!
ddwag1Jun 23rd 2009 8:08PM
what a D-to the-Ouche
BobJun 23rd 2009 10:50PM
The son has a very good reason to do what he is doing but His Mother should get her a lawyer and file a suit against the estate for back child support. It can be done and the First wife would have the last laugh and Her children would have money to live on for a while or money to invest. It might take a while to get it but if she filed a holding order on the estate then the second wife couldn't spend a penny until the lawsuit is settled.
suzyr512Jun 23rd 2009 11:10PM
suzq you go girl
jenkinsdarnellJun 24th 2009 3:43PM
To play devil's advocate for a minute, everybody's calling out the dad on this one when none of us know why the man left. Let's face it, men leave their wives for other women all the time. It's not right or fair, and parents who go through it need to realize just bad their breakup will be on their kids. The same thing happened to my dad. He's 69 and still hurt over what his dad did to him and my grandmother. But even so, he would never disrespect the man's remains. When you're dead judgement of your life belongs to God alone.
I do feel for this guy and he has every right to be pissed off over his childhood being the way that it was. But I don't believe it's ever as cut and dry as hi's making it. I put some of the blame on his mom. I don't know why her husband left her for this other woman, but we don't know why he stayed away from his son. Maybe his mom told him to stay away. Maybe she was so pissed at him for leaving her, she refused to let him see his son. Hell, maybe she told him the boy wasn't his after all. I know if I left my wife for another woman, it would be a cold day in Hell before she'd ever let me see my kid; and those are her words.
What I'm most surprised about is the law in the UK. You're telling me a husband can just up and divorce a wife, leave a kid and be allowed to build up his wealth and not be forced to pay alimony or child support. There're some real loop holes in this story. Why would he offer to pay for the old man's funeral when the man had an estate. Obviously the estate is pretty big for his son to be this pissed off. If you owned an estate, shouldn't you also have life insurance and burial insurance? This is something I would love to see made into a tv movie.
johnJun 24th 2009 3:36PM
take the ashes, mix them into a toilet bowl; then install it in your home, that way his ashes can take what he dished out all his life....
katieAug 30th 2009 12:14AM
maybe ill do this to my dad but instead of saying he wasnt in my life ill say how shitty he was my whole life