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Bender buys Elvis pad
Mike_Diver by Mike Diver May 17th, 2006

Strange-faced spoon bender and Exeter City fan Uri Geller has splashed his cutlery cash all over a house formerly owned by Elvis Presley.

Geller purchased Presley's pre-Gracelands home for just under half-a-million pounds through an eBay auction; his plan is to restore it and open it to the public.

Geller, taking time out from freaking me out, said:

"We are unbelievably pleased. This is a piece of history. As the clock closed on the bidding Sunday, I felt intuitively I got the price. Suddenly the radio started playing an Elvis song. That was Elvis telling me we got the house."

That was Elvis telling you to quit freaking people out, you freak. Then again, your car's got spoons all over it. 'Spect.



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