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The paperclip that Kyle MacDonald used to start the series of trades by which eventually he traded for a house. One red paperclip is a website created by Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald, who traded his way from a single red paperclip to a house in a series of fourteen online trades over the course of a year. [1]
In 2006, Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald successfully parlayed one red paperclip via a series of trades into a house in Kipling. [5] The town commemorates the story with the Guinness World Record certified World's Largest Paper Clip, 15 feet tall and weighing 3,043 pounds. [6]
About 15 years ago, he had the idea, starting with one red paper clip, to trade his way up to owning a house. For 29-year-old Demi Skipper, inspiration came by way of a TED Talk and a red paper ...
I disagree that articles should be merged. Both are clearly separate entities - Kyle MacDonald is likely to remain interesting outside the context of the 'one red paperclip' project.-- I second your thought! Keep Kyle and One Red Paperclip separate. Kyle's got lots more ideas that have yet to manifest, separate from this project. I've merged ...
Dwight Schrute attempts to walk away with the most expensive item by trading smaller items with his office mates beginning with a thumbtack (a reference to One red paperclip) and continuously trading up from table to table. One item on Jim and Pam's table that piques his interest is a packet of "miracle legumes."
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One red paperclip: A man's small piece of metal turns out to be worth more than expected. Parking chair: Using household objects to reserve parking spaces. Pigeon photography: Pigeons were used by the Germans for aerial surveillance in World War I, and apparently also in World War II. Not to forget the CIA's own pigeon camera.