Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a forehead

[reveal]

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600145187,00.html

Woman auctions off her forehead as advertisement space. GoldenPalace.com wins and gives the woman $10,000 to PERMANENTLY TATTOO THE URL ON HER FOREHEAD IN BIG BLOCK LETTERS.

 

[GlassJaw]

Just when you think you've seen it all...

 

[Timeboxer]

Jdvn1 could certainly use a forehead...

 

[trancejeremy]

Well, it's not like she was an attractive woman to begin with...

 

[Jdvn1]

I'm glad my forehead is too small to do anything like that with. Although I imagine a lot of people around here could do that.

Did anyone actually go to that website due to that ad? ie, Has it worked on anyone here?

 

[der_kluge]

No way I'd do that. That woman got totally ripped off. I wouldn't have done that for less than 100k.

 

[Dagger75]

That.... for $10K. The lotto seems like a better investment. Thats really only 2 maybe 3 years of private school. Also $10k won't really put her kid through college, community college maybe but not a 4 year degree.

 

[Rel]

That right there is what my close personal friend, Jimmy Buffett, would call "a permanent reminder of a temporary feelin'".

I'd be willing to be that before that kid goes off to college, she smacking herself right in the advertisment and sayin, "What was I thinking!?"

 

[Abstraction]

$10,000 and in return I have to wear a headband all the time? Eh, I'd do it. I'd probably want more money than that, but I'd do it for $25,000.

 

[rushlight]

These people are some of the most brilliant marketers in the world. I've never been to Las Vegas. There are probably 30-50 casinos or gambling house in LV. I can name 2 - MGM/Grand, and Golden Palace.

They spent 10k - and got coverage on every news outlet for 2 days. CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc... Can you imagine the COST of buying time on all those stations? That's probably a million dollars worth of advertising provided free - in exchange for essetially a 10k donation to one lady.

Genius!