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February 09, 2004

I Would Have to Be Heavily Discounted...

How much do you think you could raise by selling your virginity. How about $20,200 (Australian)? The Sydney Morning Herald has a story to excite the imagination of the overly-indebted around the world.

Rosie Reid, an 18-year-old social policy first year student at Bristol University, hit the headlines when she put herself up for sale on a website last month.

According to the website, the online auction closed at midnight last night and the highest bid was $20,200.

The site says the winning bidder for the student, who is a lesbian and in "desperate financial crisis", will be contacted on Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for the university said: "As far as the university is concerned, we have no comment as it's not a university issue and the student is an adult."

Well, it's probably a little late for me to consider this kind of a plan to alleviate my debt. I'm also guessing that I'd be more like the K-Mart Blue Light Special--cheap and of questionable quality.

Read the story.

Posted by zombyboy at February 9, 2004 05:59 PM | TrackBack

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I've forgotton who first told this story, but it seems germane:

A man walks up to a woman at a party and asks her, "Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?" The woman takes a moment to get over the shock of being asked such a question and responds in the affirmative. The man then says, "Okay, would you sleep with me for five dollars?" The woman indignantly asks the man "What do you think I am?" "Madam, we've already established what you are. Now we're haggleing over the price."

Posted by: Julia at February 9, 2004 07:38 PM

Beautiful!

Posted by: zombyboy at February 9, 2004 07:49 PM

I would have to be heavily sedated.

Posted by: McGehee at February 10, 2004 08:18 AM