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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. So what? by MarkByers · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what?

    He has a farmhouse in the town of Kipling, Sask.? So...? Why stop now? If he could trade that for two red paperclips, doubling his original investment, I'd be impressed.

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  2. quote from tfa by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 5, Funny
    "This is not the end. This may be the end of this segment of the story, but this story will go on. "


    It would be ironic if he died of a paper cut that could have been prevented by a paperclip.
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    It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
  3. Amazing. by NexFlamma · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This story, more than anything else I've seen, shows the amazing powers of the internet. Simply by connecting so many people in almost-real-time, stuff like this has become a possibility. Admittedly, I'm sure many of the trades only came about via the publicity and novelty of the idea, but before we had the world literally at our fingertips, such ideas wouldn't have been even remotely possible.

    I applaud this guy simply for trying something new and having it work out for him nicely.

  4. Re:Red paperclip? by skippy_twin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, it should have been a green paperclip for the house.

    Save the red paperclip for a hotel!

    (Yes, I am missing a few Monopoly pieces. Why do you ask?)

  5. Pet Choices by pipingguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Saskatchewan is one of those places where you can watch your dog run away for a couple of weeks. This is not so with cats or hamsters (too disorganized and buffalo food respectively). Fish still refuse to live in the province.