From a Paperclip to A House... Again

Charles Moffat is trying to duplicate the results of Kyle MacDonald's "One Red Paperclip". On his blog, MacDonald had announced that he wanted people to offer trades for his red paperclip. He wanted people to give him offers for objects that were a little bit better than the item he had. In the course of a year, he traded the paperclip for a pen, which he traded for a doorknob, which he traded for a camp stove, which he traded for a generator, which he traded for an "instant party", which he traded for a Ski-doo, which he traded for a trip to Yahk, which he traded for a cube van, which he traded for a recording contract, which he traded for a year's rent, which he traded for an afternoon with Alice Cooper, which he traded for a KISS motorized snowglobe, which he traded for a role in a film, which he traded for a house. Now, Moffat is attempting to achieve similar results by trading a toy car for various items. He is hoping to end up with a condo in Toronto. He currently is trying to find a trade for a retro bicycle.

• • http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/08/qa-from-toy-car-to-toronto-condo-charles-moffat-tries-to-make-the-trade/
  
   

Funerals Can Be Happy Sometimes

In Luxor, Egypt, 28 year old Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi suffered a heart attack while working. The hospital officials pronounced him dead and according to Islamic tradition, his grieving family took him home, washed his body and made funeral preparations. A doctor was sent in to sign al-Nubi's death certificate. He realized that al-Nubi's body was warm and he discovered that the deceased man was indeed not deceased. His mommy fainted when the doctor delivered the good news. Wit the doctor's help, both the man and his mother were awakened, and the funeral turned into a celebration.

• http://www.chron.com/news/article/Egypt-funeral-turns-happy-after-dead-man-awakes-3553677.php

School Misspells Its Own Name

Before the spelling correction.

After the spelling correction.

 Sunrise Elementary School, in Texas changed its name to honor its first teacher, Mrs. Mary McMillan. Recently, a relative of the teacher, informed the school that when they changed the name, they misspelled it. They added an extra 'i' when changing the name... nine years ago. They spelled in Sunrise-McMillian, rather than McMillan. Sunrise-McMillan Elementary School is now attempting to fix all the misspellings. On everything from signs to logos, from business cards to the lettering on the building, to visitor passes to the embedded signatures on emails. Changing the error is proving to be costly, but the faculty is handling the situation with a 'balance of seriousness and humor'.

• http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/09/11616759-f-is-for-fail-texas-school-misspells-its-own-name?lite