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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!
If this is not an april fools joke i shall eat my mac
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
... 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.
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To realize what day it was.
The rest of that 15 seconds was spend thinking "WTF?"
with, like, special days marked on it.
Frankly, if one is going to sell such "merchandise" to pay for gadgets, I would go out of my way to find another buyer (check the black market), and start a bidding war! You could likely get up to $50K that way - and then imagine how much you could get in gadgetry!
;)
Or, better yet, auctions on eBay, with some well placed shill bidding could get you $100K! Then you could double your fun/d!
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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....
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
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.
Wow. Nice April fools joke on my hosting provider - the site lasted all of about 60 seconds after the article went public. I never expected this pretty lame joke to actually get posted.
Here's a nicely formatted version of the article text (compared to that pretty poor effort above... thanks for the effort, but if you're going to repost the article text, perhaps at least remove the piles of whitespace mmkay?)
gadgetophile.com
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I've had the theme tune to Quantum Leap going through my head all day... Now you have, too!
Electronic Arts wasn't hiring! ;-)
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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.
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Isn't it usually the other way around: Man sells gadgets to pay for baby?
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It had to be a hoax cause if it was real his wife would have spent the money on a new bedroom set.
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.
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