CO kids trade pen for a car

dantama · 08-04-2008, 01:39 PM

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Some kids in a church youth group had an activity to cure their boredom that was a scavenger hunt where they start out with a pen, and go door to door trying to trade if for something bigger or better.

They spit up into more than one group and it was a contest of sorts.

One of the groups came back with a running car. The story details what got traded for what, but in the end they were trading a BBQ for the car.

If you asked me if kids going door to door could start with a pen, and trade it up to a car, I would have never believed it.

chainsaw · 08-04-2008, 02:34 PM

There are some sales people in that group. Ya think?

08-04-2008, 02:47 PM

That is pretty incredible. It just goes to show that luck is important in life, but with ambition and perserverence you can really get somewhere. It's something I really wish I'd understood when I was their age.

08-04-2008, 02:49 PM

Some kids came door to door playing "bigger or better" They gave me a Santa cookie jar and I gave them a yard chair. It must have been too heavy for them to carry because I saw it the next day down the street at the bus stop

dantama · 08-04-2008, 03:02 PM

I'm going to sturgis with a zip tie to see what I can get :)

Yellow Jacket · 08-04-2008, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Lund

I'm going to sturgis with a zip tie to see what I can get :)

You better be careful Dan, you might end up with a Harley. Then you would have to figure out how to get it home!

cactusjack · 08-04-2008, 05:36 PM

This is like the guy that started out with a really big novelty paper clip and traded and traded and ended up owning a house a few years back. I think it was on Craigslist or eBay or something.

08-04-2008, 06:58 PM

I thought that paperclip guy was just an urban legend.

08-04-2008, 08:03 PM

This time I think it's real!!

http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/

Edit:

Just read the whole thing..very interesting story....he even traded time with Alice Cooper! There is even a book...CJ should know something about it...Cooper's restaurant is in DT phoenix....

cactusjack · 08-04-2008, 11:09 PM

Yes, Alice Cooperstown is a sports/rock n roll themed restaurant in downtown PHX, near Chase Field and US Airways Center. I'm ashamed to say I've never eaten there. I've been in it a couple of times, looking at the memorabilia.

They used to have a 24" long hot dog on the menu named "The Big Unit", after Randy Johnson. I don't know if they still have it or not.

**Top Cat** · 08-08-2008, 02:53 PM

Randy Johnson has a 24" hot dog named after him

He must be a real hit with the ladies.

misunderstood · 08-08-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wolfman

Some kids came door to door playing "bigger or better" They gave me a Santa cookie jar and I gave them a yard chair. It must have been too heavy for them to carry because I saw it the next day down the street at the bus stop

Did you reclaim it?? :)

08-08-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Top Cat (TC)

Randy Johnson has a 24" hot dog named after him

He must be a real hit with the ladies.

LOL!! "Randy" "Johnson" HELLO, That gives his name a whole new meaning!!

08-08-2008, 03:30 PM

LOL...good one Wolfie!

bobzinger · 08-08-2008, 05:36 PM

The kids in our youthgroup play "bigger and better". One kid came home with an aluminum 12' rowboat in really good shape.

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Guest Posts: n/a	CO kids trade pen for a car I thought that paperclip guy was just an urban legend.
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Guest Posts: n/a	CO kids trade pen for a car This time I think it's real!! http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ Edit: Just read the whole thing..very interesting story....he even traded time with Alice Cooper! There is even a book...CJ should know something about it...Cooper's restaurant is in DT phoenix....
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08-04-2008, 11:09 PM	#10
cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	CO kids trade pen for a car Yes, Alice Cooperstown is a sports/rock n roll themed restaurant in downtown PHX, near Chase Field and US Airways Center. I'm ashamed to say I've never eaten there. I've been in it a couple of times, looking at the memorabilia. They used to have a 24" long hot dog on the menu named "The Big Unit", after Randy Johnson. I don't know if they still have it or not. __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17
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