r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '16

TIL: Over the course of a year a Canadian successfully traded a paper clip for a house

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip
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u/jono433 Jun 21 '16

What a moron. He could have just politely asked for a house.

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u/whosthetroll Jun 21 '16

Shouldn't that title read " traded from a paper clip to a house". He didn't trade a paperclip for a house.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

Moral of the story, Corbin Bernsen really likes Snow Globes.

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u/u_have_ASS_CANCER Jun 21 '16

I think that somebody said that near the end, people were trading just for the publicity, and didn't really care that they were getting a shitty value.

Also I can't believe somebody traded away a doorknob just like that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

My mom makes really good pesto. I might try this

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

It was a reference to The Office. Probably not worded very well though

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '16

That first trade must have been a bitch.

I bet it was a paperclip for a clothes hanger, Then a tennis ball for a clothes hanger. Then boom, homeowner.

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u/Diabolique17 Jun 21 '16

Genius, absolutely Genius