One Red Paperclip

Posted by ryan at 03:06 PM in holy shit . | 0 Comments

Another one from the "Why didn't I think of that?" pile:

My name is Kyle MacDonald and I am trying to trade one red paperclip for a house. I started with one red paperclip on July 12th, 2005 and I am making a series of trades for bigger or better things. My current item up for trade is one year in Phoenix.

Here are the series of trades that have taken place so far:

1) One Red Paperclip for a Fish Pen
2) One Fish Pen for One Doorknob
3) One Doorknob for One Coleman Stove
4) One Coleman Stove for One Red Generator
5) One Red Generator for One Instant Party (A keg, a neon beer sign, and an IOU to refill the keg)
6) One Instant Party for One Used Snowmobile
7) One Snowmobile for One trip to Yahk, British Columbia (roundtrip airfare for two, plus accomodations and skiing)
8) One Trip to Yahk for One Large Moving Van
9) One Large Moving Van for One Recording Contract
10) One Recording Contract for One Year's Free Rent in Phoenix

The current offers for trade for the year rent in Phoenix are a pimped out truck, or 24 hours of lapdances from some stripper in Japan.