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Canadian blogger trades up from paperclip to a house
AP, Published: 11 July 2006Taking a paperclip and turning it into a house sounds like a cheesy magic trick or a phoney instance of resourcefulness on the 1980s TV show MacGyver. Canadian Kyle MacDonald, however, has pulled it off.
One year ago, the 26-year-old blogger from Montreal set out to barter one red paperclip for something and that thing for something else, over and over again until he had a house.
On Wednesday the quest is ending as envisioned: MacDonald is due to become the proud owner of a three-bedroom, 1,100-square-foot home provided by the town of Kipling, Saskatchewan. MacDonald and his girlfriend, Dominique Dupuis, expect to move there in early September.
I’ve got some used tissues here (though I’m not telling you what they were used for, that particular USP will only be revealed to the lucky recipient) . I need a new laptop. Any offers?
Nope, didn’t think so.
