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The Best Job In the World Takes a Wrong Turn

Posted by samzenpus on from the black-fly-in-your-chardonnay dept.

snl2587 writes "You may remember the story of the man who was selected for 'the best job in the world' as a blogging island caretaker in Australia for the tidy sum of 150,000 Australian dollars ($120,000). Now it seems that the stunt may have backfired as a tourism boost since the man has been stung by a potentially fatal jellyfish in his last days there. As he said, though, he 'really should have been wearing a full stinger suit.'"

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  1. Backfired? by lightspeedius · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'd hardly consider the "stunt" backfired simply because a rarely fatal, readily treatable injury.