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Man Sells Baby to Pay for Gadgets
nzgeek writes "This guy seems to have a serious gadget addiction: 'we're selling our son for $30k. There's nothing sinister about this, he's not going into child slavery or anything, Randy and Linda just really liked his demeanor, and they're keen on a Kiwi kid because they're usually so healthy. I hear $30 grand is really good value these days.
So help me out: what would be a good swag of gadgets to get hold of for US$30,000?'
" This one definitely raises a lot of important questions. $30k is a lot of gadgets, so you must choose wisely!
... that slashdot once ran an April Fools piece that was both funny and plausible. It was 1997, if I remember correctly.
Of course, it's entirely possible that this recollection is a hoax, too.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
The kids mother is wanting to fight the case, but SCO are sure they are the father.
liqbase
And I shall eat my BigMac!!!
How about some Robotic artificial baby to compensate for the loss of your son? :) Something like an Aibo perhaps..
To realize what day it was.
The rest of that 15 seconds was spend thinking "WTF?"
with, like, special days marked on it.
Mac mini is quite digestable now. Though I hear that eating Tiger fuzz gives you furrballs.
liqbase
gimme ur mac :)
Novel idea that. I love my children, and shudder at the greed involved here.
I am thinking though... A new mac could be nice..........
Why should he rule out slavery? The market value might be higher and you would deprive the child of some valuable life experiences and lessons....
1. One arm, left or right, your choice
2. One leg, again, your choice
3. 1/5th of your immortal soul
and you have not finished your KoolAid. When those task are complete you may commence eating your Mac. And good news, if you need to replace it, we know accept.....
wait for it...
that's right, babies!!!!
I hope its a joke since i just made a very public statment saying if it wasn't I would eat my mac , I know its small and everything but silicon is really hard to digest
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
No, only if he says "Someone set us up the bomb."
still beats using windows ;)
A couple of months ago, I was approached with an interesting offer by an affluent company from California. After thinking carefully, we've decided to take them up on their offer. My fetish for gadgets is well puplicised through this blog, and I think this offer will help me finally get those gadgets I've been coveting for so long.
That's right, i'm selling my popular newsite Slashdot for $30k. There's nothing sinister about this. The company really liked the website, and they said there wouldn't be as many repeats, dupes and Roland Piquepaille articles . I hear $30 grand is a really good number these days for this quality.
So help me out: what would be a good swag of gadgets to get hold of for US$30,000? Here's my initial wish-list:
* A dictionary to learn how to properly spell.
* Some kind of anti-bias machine. Maybe Microsoft makes one.
* An anti-duping machine.
* A vaccine for my Apple Fever. And not the one that attacked my lower intestine that summer of 76.
* Maybe a realdoll.
I traded my mum for a Slashdot subscription, so I guess anything's possible.
'Thats they exact same thing a banana wrench monkey.'
So the only believable part of the story is that the original article is slashdotted.
Oh, no, that would mean that slashdotters RTFA - I call April fool.
But he who tux into penguin-meat gets tarballs.
I've had the theme tune to Quantum Leap going through my head all day... Now you have, too!
Electronic Arts wasn't hiring! ;-)
Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud.
Don't eat your mac. Eat my PC instead and give me your mac.
I don't know many countries that it is legal to sell your offsprings.
Wonder if there's anywhere it is legal to sell your politicans. Not that most of them would raise much money.
"So this raises an important question - if someone went to the airport today and announced that he was going to set off a bomb, can he use "Hey it's April Fool" as an excuse to get away?" Asking for personal reasons? However, it will be followed by the April Fools joke your cell mate, Buba plays on you by stating "I'm not gonna touch you. You are the man."
There are no loopholes. It's either legal or it's not.
Sure I'll give you my MAC , 07-FF-E2-F4-00-AF
boom tish
And I traded my slashdot subscription for your mum. Everyone's a winner! :D
Happy April Fools day. I love you, sugartits.
Roadkill is yummy.
... wow that was such a poor troll i think you gave me cancer
Who cares? As long as it isn't his baby. ;)
Just don't eat your iPod Shuffle.
It had to be a hoax cause if it was real his wife would have spent the money on a new bedroom set.
Someone setup a paypal link for us to collect the 30k.
:-)
30k to have a video of someone eating an entire mac. Bargain. I hope you realise you're also going to be munching down the monitor, keyboard and mouse. I wonder if that one button will come out whole
Go for a Quadra if you can. That was a wonderful vintage.
-- Using the preview button since 2005
Well if i have to eat the hardrive , my projects may end up getting ""Forked""
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
because it's not a dupe.
Yes, in America. If you outsource all the child-rearing to India, you can get a child educated and reared for only $3,000.
For more information, click here.
And drink your Google Gulp!
You know, I spent a good three minutes just staring at my screen with my mouth open before I remembered that it was April 1. I was caught between the audacity of such a stunt, the possibility that maybe it wasn't a real child, and the indifference of the Slashdot editor. What a ride! Thanks for the joke.
GreyPoopon
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Why is it I can write insightful comments but can't come up with a clever signature?
hey Seumas.....
pull my finger.
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