Some people will do anything for money...

Published on July 1, 2005 By dharmagrl In Current Events

The Golden Palace Casino has sunk to a new low.

The buyers of the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich have paid a single mom $10,000 to have their URL tattoed on her forehead.

Permanently tattooed. On her forehead. For $10,000.

She said that $10 grand is "like a million" to her because she has no money. She said that she's doing it to secure her son's education.

I wonder if anyone has told her that a college education costs a damn sight more than that....that you can't even buy a new car for that much.

I'm not sure who should be more ashamed of themselves here....the casino for letting her do something so stupid for a comparitively small amount of money, or the woman for...well, for being so stupid. Then we have the tattoo parlour folks who actually did the inking. They did try to talk her out of it, apparently, but after 7 hours realized that she wasn't going to change her mind ($10,000 can make a person very stubborn, obviously) so they went ahead and did it.

I guess desperation can make a person do some really silly things....

Comments

bakerstreet

on Jul 01, 2005

As someone who has seen 10k come and go like water, I think this woman will realize just how much she is giving and how very little she is getting.

If I wasn't gonna be set for life, there's no way I'd do anything that marked me for life. I mean, damn, you make more than that working at McDonald's in a single year...

dharmagrl

on Jul 01, 2005

If I wasn't gonna be set for life, there's no way I'd do anything that marked me for life. I mean, damn, you make more than that working at McDonald's in a single year...

Exactly! If we were talking millions, then I'd be less dismayed. But $10k? Please.

crimson

on Jul 02, 2005

Even if you did want to get it removed, the time, expense, and pain of it all wouldn't match up, I'm guessing...

Janders

on Jul 02, 2005

That is just to bad... what a shame!

Janders

on Jul 02, 2005

That is just to bad... what a shame!

Chakgogka

on Jul 02, 2005

She said that $10 grand is "like a million" to her because she has no money.

Assuming that she could live for another 55 years (or 20,000 days) that works out at about 50 cents a day. I think MacDonalds pays much better than that.

citahellion

on Jul 03, 2005

Actually, you probably can still get a decent college education for 10k. Either a community college, or your state college (which generally has tuition rates MUCH lower for residents of the state).

Obviously, though, this woman did not get a college education herself or she would have had some idea of just how stupid this agreement was for her.

island_gurl12

on Jul 04, 2005

That sounds like 666 (the number of the beast in the Bible not the name of the band) to me...

drmiler

on Jul 04, 2005

Instead of tatooing a url on her forehead they should tatoo "I'm STUPID" on it.

Dr Guy

on Jul 04, 2005

And the beat goes on and on and on....

The reason these people are alive is due to nanny laws! Darwin cannot survive when nanny lives!

Kudos to Chakgogka for stealing my best comeback! So this is just a sloppy second.

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