View Full Version : Web Panhandler Pays Off $20,000 Debt


goofyfish
11-11-02, 10:37 AM
This chick is a cockroach. NEW YORK (AP) -- After an 18-month bacchanal buying Manolo Blahnik, Gucci and Prada, Karyn Bosnak found herself unemployed and more than $20,000 in credit card debt.

When the 29-year-old spotted a sign in a supermarket with an odd request -- "Wanted: $7,000 To Pay Off Debt" -- it made perfect sense. The television producer launched a similar appeal to a much larger audience: the World Wide Web.

Internet panhandling was born.

(Full text here (http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/11/11/save.karyn.ap/index.html))I have no idea where to go with the fact that people actually sent money. Ah, well. As Barnum once said, there’s a sucker born every minute, and two to take him.”

Peace.

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Chagur
11-11-02, 01:54 PM
Except that P.T. Barnum may not have been the one who said it.

See: http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html

Take care :cool:

goofyfish
11-11-02, 02:05 PM
Well ain't that some shit.

Here it was, three o'clock and I was worrying that I might
not learn anything new today. Thanks for posting that tidbit!

Peace.

JelloPudding
11-12-02, 12:45 PM
Except that P.T. Barnum may not have been the one who said it.


what the hell some people will argue with anything doesnt he have somthing better to do.

goofyfish
11-12-02, 12:57 PM
You are just perplexed by a post containing content.
Stare for a while. It will almost certainly come to you.