Duff for Sale

thought this was pretty damn funny

Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Beer

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling on eBay three nonexistent cases of Duff brand beer - the favorite of cartoon character Homer Simpson.

Tara Edith Woodford, 28, pleaded guilty in the Mackay Magistrates Court in northern Queensland state to three charges of dishonestly gaining money by false pretenses.

Prosecutor Gavin Burnett told the court Woodford was paid a total of 1,951 Australian dollars (U.S. $1,511) by three separate buyers after advertising the bogus beer on the eBay Internet auction site.

Duff is the beer brand of choice for Homer Simpson and his barfly friends in the animated U.S. television series The Simpsons.

In the mid-1990s, two breweries released their own "Duff Beer" in Australia until legal action by the creators of The Simpsons and the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. took the beer off the market. Fox has a policy of refusing to license The Simpson's merchandising for products that would be detrimental to children.

Duff beer is now a collector's item and cases can sell for as much as A$1,000 (U.S. $774) on eBay, according to Lorraine Gledhill, the treasurer of the National Beer Can Collectors Club.

Buyers paid money into Woodford's bank account, but contacted police when they never received the beer.

Woodford was caught because she listed her correct name and address on the auction site, the court was told.

Woodford's lawyer Phillip Moore said she committed the scam to buy Christmas presents and clothes for her four children.

Woodford was placed on 18 months' probation, and was ordered to reimburse the money and undergo counseling.

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wat i dont get is why didnt these dickheads who bought the beer check if it was legit and ask 2 see some proof

i remember going to the horse races at Ascot when i was younger and seeing the Duff beerstand...mmm, beer.

i remember going to the horse races at Ascot when i was younger and seeing the Duff beerstand...mmm, beer.

Wow there's a story to tell your grandchildren.

They actually did mass produce Duff beer for a while in 1996-97. By Carlton i think, everything was exactly the same.
Then it was stop for legal reasons.

damn i want some duff beer
my dad has got a 6-pack of un-opened Duke Blue-Devils beer. it was made a while ago when they had a perfect season and my dad bought like 5 6-packs of it, but now he has one and its all dusty and stuff. he might sell it some day.

seems a lot of people these days are liking the simpsons? First that guy that hooked the beer kegs up to himself, now this guy hm...

seems a lot of people these days are liking the simpsons? First that guy that hooked the beer kegs up to himself, now this guy hm...

WTF?
The simpsons have been on for more then a decade.
Did you just climb out of an ass crack or something?

[duff man]oh yeah!!!duff is the stuff!!![/duff man]

"Duff Man... can't breathe"

"Who is going to look after Duff boy and Duff Girl?"

In the episode when he gets fired i think.

I remember the episode when the simpson's dog took over duffman's job