What Can You Get for a Red Paper Clip?
Posted by: Denelle
Kyle MacDonald managed to turn a red paper clip into a house. A three bedroom, 1,000 sq. ft. house in Kipling, Saskatchewan, Canada to be exact.
I think that this proves what real ingenuity can do for a person. Hmm, let's see . . . I have some scissors here on my desk. Think I can turn those into a brownstone in Brooklyn?
Kyle MacDonald managed to turn a red paper clip into a house. A three bedroom, 1,000 sq. ft. house in Kipling, Saskatchewan, Canada to be exact.
It began when MacDonald, an aspiring writer, doer of odd jobs and apartment dweller, advertised in the barter section of the Craigslist Web site that he wanted something bigger or better for one red paper clip. He traded it for a fish-shaped pen, and posted on Craigslist again and again.
Roaming Canada and the United States, he exchanged the pen for a ceramic knob, and in turn: a camping stove, a generator, a beer keg and Budweiser sign, a snowmobile, a trip to the Canadian Rockies, a supply truck and a recording contract. Next, in April, he got himself really close, obtaining a year's rent in Phoenix.
I think that this proves what real ingenuity can do for a person. Hmm, let's see . . . I have some scissors here on my desk. Think I can turn those into a brownstone in Brooklyn?
