Author Topic: Dad sells son\'s 90-dollar video game online for more than $9000 (Read 2136 times)

Spacey · « **on:** December 17, 2007, 08:38:47 am »

Quote from: yahoo

MONTREAL (AFP) - After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get "Guitar Hero III" video game he bought his son for 90 dollars for Christmas at an online auction, fetching 9,000 dollars.

The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard.

"So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Christmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn\'t wait to spread the jubilance to my son," the father wrote on the eBay website.

"Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends."

The man, a school teacher, who kept his identity private, said he sold the coveted video game to punish his son and discourage him from smoking dope.

The sale was a boon for the family\'s bank account, since the game the father purchased for 90 dollars (US) was finally sold to an Australian who plunked down 9,100 dollars for it.

The naughty son, however, will not go without a present on Christmas.

"I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said, tongue-in-cheek.

Yahoo Dad

HA! Who would think smoking the reef would have a backlash like this. I would have to toke just to comprehend what my father did.

Teach him well.

FreeSpirit · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2007, 08:47:32 am »

rotfl who would pay $9000 for a game?! It sounds like more of a punishment for the Australian bloke who bought it!

Spacey · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2007, 09:11:47 am »

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"Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends."

This is my favorite quote. It is always the delinquent friends who are responsible, never the "innocent" little boy.

tyzack · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2007, 09:25:48 am »

Quote from: Spacey;173247

Quote from: yahoo

"I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said, tongue-in-cheek.

Teach him well.

Reef = Bad.
Social outcast = Good.

Great Dad.

ds673488 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 17, 2007, 09:55:48 am »

i didnt even know this game was that hard to find?

Spacey · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2007, 10:02:35 am »

perhaps in Canadian it is harder to obtain than the states?

DocEllis70 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 17, 2007, 11:20:57 am »

video games are worse for you than pot

Spacey · « **Reply #7 on:** December 17, 2007, 11:46:01 am »

perhaps you are correct but the father is more concerned about smoking pot.

we may never understand this Canadian ideal.

jocelyn · « **Reply #8 on:** December 17, 2007, 11:48:30 am »

Quote from: DocEllis70;173295

video games are worse for you than pot

You speak the truth.

Spacey · « **Reply #9 on:** December 17, 2007, 11:53:07 am »

Quote from: jocelyn;173304

Quote from: DocEllis70;173295
video games are worse for you than pot

You speak the truth.

where is the link to this research?

I have a "friend" who enjoys toking the reefer and occasionally will play video games. Does this put him in harms way more than just playing the video game or "doing the pot?"

jocelyn · « **Reply #10 on:** December 17, 2007, 12:07:13 pm »

Yes. And if orange cheesepuffballs are involved, have him get help immediately.

Spacey · « **Reply #11 on:** December 17, 2007, 12:13:06 pm »

Luckily, I have never seen him digest orange cheese puffballs while on the pot and playing video games.

Will keep my eyes open for that fatal sign.

SlimPickens · « **Reply #12 on:** December 17, 2007, 12:24:47 pm »

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Yes. And if orange cheesepuffballs are involved, have him get help immediately.

I\'d like to conduct some research on the validity of this claim. Please send me your gaming consoles, reefer and cheesepuffballs.

Me! · « **Reply #13 on:** December 17, 2007, 12:40:39 pm »

Quote from: SlimPickens;173331

Quote from: jocelyn;173320
Yes. And if orange cheesepuffballs are involved, have him get help immediately.

I\'d like to conduct some research on the validity of this claim. Please send me your gaming consoles, reefer and cheesepuffballs.

you can join the research I have had going for the past few years. Although not a cheespuffball guy. Still looking for funding for a next-gen consoles though.

Spacey · « **Reply #14 on:** December 17, 2007, 12:44:43 pm »

listen, come by the apartment tonight after work, bring some orange cheese puffballs and we will toke the reef and play video games until the wee hours.