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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. Slashdot story? by Cicero382 · · Score: -1, Troll

    And this is appropriate material for a /. story... How exactly?

    1. Re:Slashdot story? by wbren · · Score: 0, Troll
      And this is appropriate material for a /. story... How exactly?
      Probably because it was on digg, four hours earlier. Let the -1 Trolling begin!
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    2. Re:Slashdot story? by Harker · · Score: 0, Troll

      'caus it's a story on the intraweb!!!11oneoneone

      H.

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  2. ugh by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Troll
    Wow, talk about stupid.

    Zonk: Just because everyone else dugg it, that doesn't mean you have to.

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    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Living in Sin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So he's going to be living in sin, huh. Maybe he can trade the house for a proper wedding and make an honest man out of himself.

    Sadly our society has lost a valuable tool over the past few years in civilized living, that of shame.