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One Red Paperclip

Postby FlipMode » September 27th, 2011, 9:09 pm

So this is a real thing. A guy started off with one single red paper-clip, and over the course of a year he traded it for more and more things including but not limited to, a recording contract, and a paid role in a movie, and in the end of they year he had turned his red paper clip into... A house, furnished and all!

This is a few years old now, but I'm sharing it in case anyone has missed it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5167388.stm check out the video to see some of the deals he made from it ;D
Pretty crazy tbh.

EDIT - follow the original blog that he wrote throughout the year here : http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
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Re: One Red Paperclip

Postby Woeler » September 27th, 2011, 10:27 pm

Yes I remember me and some friends doing this at peoples doors. Ths guy made his job out of it. Great job he did. I had already seen it but its nice to read it again. It's funny as hell that this is possible
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Re: One Red Paperclip

Postby Daenerys » September 28th, 2011, 1:08 am

This is thing is all over Chicken Smoothie. People are posting threads with a really common pet, then they work themselves up to some of the rarest pets in CS. I was amazed at how fast they did it. O.o
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