In 2005, Kyle MacDonald successfully traded up from a paperclip to a house.
– Starting with a single paperclip, which I bought on craigslist for a few bucks.
– Mom is trading me the paperclip for a brand new bar of soap and washcloth, and it’s hard not to take it as a hint.
– Trading the soap for a bunch of little plastic shovels and racecars.
– No no no no no no
– Swallowed the toys.
– Don’t have anything to trade for emergency medical care.
– Nurse sees me crying on the sidewalk near my house and kicks me in the chest to get the toys out.
– She won’t trade me anything for them so I call her a bitch.
– Trading the toys with my mom and getting another bar of soap.
– Trading the soap for a ghost.
– Trading the ghost for a ghoul (worth twice as much).
– Trading the ghoul for a gun.
– Trading the bullet for all the cash in the Citizens Bank safe.
