
07-02-2005, 05:50 PM
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Facial Advertising Space??
I just read this in my local paper this morning...
Los Angeles: A US mother had the name of a casino permanently tattooed on her forehead after auctioning off advertising space on her head to pay for her sons school fees, she said yesterday
Karolyne Smith, 30, turned her head into a permanent billboard after a large online casino offered her $US10,000 ($A13,109) to indelibly emblazon it's name on her face.
"I really want to do this," said Smith. "To everyone else, it seems like a stupid thing to do. To me, $10,000 is like a $1 million."
"I only live once, and i'm doing it for my son. It's a small sacrifice to build a better future for my son," she said in a statement issued for the casino company GoldenPalace.com.
What do y'all think of this?
What would you do for your kids future?
Would you do something like this?
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07-02-2005, 05:57 PM
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if that is really what she wants to do, then more power to her i suppose. seems like there would be a better way of coming up with funds, but i suppose i don't know her whole situation. if i had children i'd do anything for them. i also like to think though, that i would have prepared better and wouldn't have to get a tattoo on my forehead, but sometimes crazy things happen
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07-02-2005, 06:14 PM
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I think it is interesting is that the Golden Palace is gobbling up these bizarre auctions.
Nope I wouldn't do it....well if my child were ill etc. I'd do just about anything.
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07-02-2005, 09:55 PM
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t do y'all think of this?
What would you do for your kids future?
Would you do something like this?
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I think its another sad commentary about a SUPPOSED advanced country when anybody has to even consider such a thing to provide one year (at best) of education for their child. Knowledge seems to becoming something only available to the privileged.
.. again. 
On the other hand,
. With the amount of space between my eyebrows and my hairline, both my kids could be doing post-doctoral work for the rest of their lives. 
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07-02-2005, 10:34 PM
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Too bad that $10,000 will only pay for about a semester at a " good school" and she'll have that thing for the rest of her life
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07-02-2005, 10:53 PM
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Let me say i'm very glad i dont live in the US if $10,000 will only do a bloody term!!!!
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07-02-2005, 10:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamgurl
Too bad that $10,000 will only pay for about a semester at a " good school" and she'll have that thing for the rest of her life
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You READ my mind... sometimes... School sucks!
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