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A House For One Red Paperclip

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-red-paperclip dept.

Tim_F writes to mention the news that Kyle MacDonald (the guy trying to trade a red paperclip for a house) has succeeded in his quest. His recently traded a KISS Snowglobe in exchange for one afternoon with Alice Cooper. He in turn traded the snowglobe to an enthusiastic snowglobe collector, for a role in a movie. From the article: "Now, the town of Kipling, Sask., located about two hours east of Regina with a population of 1,100, has offered MacDonald a farmhouse in exchange for the role in the movie. MacDonald and his girlfriend will fly to the town next Wednesday. 'We are going to show them the house, give them the keys to the house and give them the key to the town and just have some fun,' said Pat Jackson, mayor of Kipling."

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  1. Tagging WTF by distantbody · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Offtopic, I know, so please answer and then mod accordingly.

    If I tag a story as 'flamebait', and then return to the same story two hours later to discover that the 'flamebait' tag has yet to be applied, I would conclude that there is some sought of selective process at work. Can anyone intelligent shed some light onto this process and how/if it is possible to see the entire list of every last tag for a story, so as to completely asses the entire gamut of users opinions? Or is it subscribers only?...

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    1. Re:Tagging WTF by distantbody · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Offtopic, I know, so just answer the damn question then mod accordingly.

      Say that I hypothetically need to tag a story 'ponies'. Why when I return to the same story two hours later I discover that 'ponies' has yet to be applied, I would conclude that there is some sort of selective process at work or a minimum number of repetitions. Can someone explain where the niche tags go and how/if it is possible to see the entire list of every last tag for a story? Or is it subscribers only?... It would be good to be able to completely assess the entire gamut of users opinions. I'm sure we all consider how others are most likely to word their tags (e.g. vapor vs vapour), in a vain attempt to avoid redundancy.

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  2. Re:So what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If only he had thought ahead...he could own australia by now...

  3. Only... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Only in Canada