You may have heard of him, his name is Kyle MacDonald and he's kinda cute...
Anyway, he had a little goal to get a big house, problem was, he had no money. His solution?...trade one red paperclip till he acheived his dream....
That's right, he started out with a little red paperclip, which he traded for a fish pen with some canadian vegans, he in turn traded this for a smacked out ET ceramic door knob in Seattle...
This is his account...Question from passerby: “What are you holding? Me: “A Knob-T" Passerby again: “What’s a Knob-T?” Me again: “It’s pretty much my favorite Seattle souvenir. It’s like a tripped-out version of E.T. crossed with a doorknob...bred for its skills and magic.” If only. I think it's all a little Napoleon Dynamite....creepy thing is, his Grandpa is called Napoleon!!!Moving right along, he traded his knob-T for a coleman camping stove. The next trade, he promised, would be a bonanza! He offered a meal cooked on the stove, plus the stove of course for something bigger...it was time to trade up....
A sergent in the US army answered his call and traded him for a generator, this in turn was traded for an instant party... yep, a keg full of beer and neon Budweiser sign...Bargain!Next up, Kyle hit the big time with some radio announcer offering his snowmobile for the instant party kit....CNN showed up to catch it all on film and now Kyle was hitting the big time...here's his take on the situation: "It's a funny feeling when somebody recognizes you from a picture on your website that you set up in your bedroom while eating toast in your underwear" Instant party to instant fame!
The snowmobile was traded for a Holiday, which in turn was traded for a truck... seems people would give just about anything to be in on this trade phenomenon. Somehow our boy Kyle managed to trade the truck for a RECORDING CONTRACT! Amazing! Now he really has bargaining power! And not to disappoint, Jody Gnant offered one year rent free in her Pheonix apartment for the contract. Let's hope it pays off!
This next trade is just insane!!! Apparently Jody's next door neighbour in Pheonix figured she could get her rent free if she traded with Kyle the one thing she could offer...an afternoon with Alice Cooper! you see, she works for him at his restaurant (I know...Alice Cooper owns a restaurant??)...he was happy to obilge and now the stakes were raised with the chicken killing rocker.
Kyle would have loved to keep this trade for himself, but was on a mission for a house, so traded it for....what else?...a Kiss, motorised, yes motorised snow globe! Well Corbin Bersen (or LA Law fame) thought the globe was valuable enough to offer one lucky trader a role in his new movie!
The final installment in this saga occurred when the mayor and townsfolk of Kipling, Saskatchewan Canada waded in offering a 3 bedroom house for the movie role! Kyle had done it...one red paperclip for one house in one year!
Now he's organising the world's biggest housewarming party and we're all invited!
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5 comments:
Shit, I've only got blue paper clips in my drawer.
you never know Jen, if a red paperclip can get you a house....imagine what a blue one could get you???
You could trade up to a headbutt from Zizou!
I don't think you'd get Zizou in on the act until at least the fourth trade. As much scandal as it caused, I reckon there's quite a few people that would give a lot to be that close to him, even if it involved a bit of pain!
That headbutt caused a stir but he is still a national hero, and the Italian is firmly getting the blame!
He's getting much the same treatment here apart from the National Hero bit. Most people say it was the wrong thing to do but they would probably do worse in the same situation. I think it was justified, but perhaps should have been delivered after the game.
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