[DRB]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12353171/

Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he had a house?

After a cross-continental trading trek involving a fish-shaped pen, a town named Yahk and the Web's astonishing ability to bestow celebrity, MacDonald is getting close. He's up to one year's free rent on a house in Phoenix.

Not a bad return on an investment of one red paper clip. Yet MacDonald, 26, vows to keep going until he crosses the threshold of his very own home, wherever that might be.

 

[stinkyboy]

He's up to one year's free rent on a house in Phoenix.

In a very questionable neigborhood.

 

[LordOpie]

ROI? Uhh, isn't his time part of the investment equation?

 

[DRB]

Moving this to this forum makes no sense. None at all. Its not news and certainly doesn't have anything to do with politics.

 

[N8 v2.0]

P&WN3d!!!!

 

[MudGrrl]

I think the concept is pretty interesting...

 

[valve bouncer]

Moving this to this forum makes no sense. None at all. Its not news and certainly doesn't have anything to do with politics.

I thought the powers that be had made it pretty clear they didn't want cut and paste N8 type stuff in the lounge.

 

[Echo]

I was actually gonna post this in the lounge yesterday and got sidetracked by work. I could have gotten my ass moderated!

 

[ohio]

Pretty cool. Caught this guy on the radio the other morning... he's planning to do it in under a year, while holding down a regular job. Pretty impressive.

 

[LordOpie]

Moving this to this forum makes no sense. None at all. Its not news and certainly doesn't have anything to do with politics.

Powers that be are afraid that we'll all turn paperclips into bikes and that'd ruin the industry.

 

[Changleen]

We may not want this crap in the Lounge, but we sure don't want it here either.

 

[jimmydean]

If I can get 5 people to send me $5 each...

 

[DRB]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13804920/

And there you have it a house for a giant red paper clip.

 

[fluff]

Bet he trades back in a year. Pretty much everyone has a house, but giant red paperclips? There's exclusivity my friend.

 

[MMike]

I didn't realize that he was from here....heard him on the radio this morning.

I'm not what is more valuable, a paper clip or property in Saskatchewan....

How much do you suppose THE original paper would fetch on eBay now?

 

[Ciaran]

Why am I not this clever. I have a computer, I have a red paper clip, I have the intarweb.

Dang it, I need to come up with something to make a million dollars on the web!

 

[BurlyShirley]

Why am I not this clever. I have a computer, I have a red paper clip, I have the intarweb.

Dang it, I need to come up with something to make a million dollars on the web!

I'll sell you my "Shaving Ice" idea pretty cheap...