10-05-2003 22:55									#1
	Over zealous Candian women can't get a joke... Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

quote: "Son for sale" ad placed on Internet Thu May 8,11:34 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A man who jokingly offered his five-year-old son for sale on the Internet has had to explain himself to police after a complaint from a concerned web surfer. Police officers visited Alex Wilson at his Scottish home after being alerted by a Canadian woman who spotted the offer on a website selling bicycles and prams, the Times reported on Friday. "Hyperactive kid for sale, good at vacuuming, not great at washing dishes because he's too short," the advert read. "Guaranteed to annoy. Five pounds or nearest offer." Wilson, 33, of Carrickstone, placed the ad as a joke about two years ago to tease his son Liam, now aged seven. He then forgot all about it until he heard from the police, the Times said. "The police officer was quite jokey at the end of the conversation, but said I'd have to remove the advert," Wilson told the newspaper.

	10-05-2003 23:00									#2
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all just a cover of deniability for a sinister underground child selling scheme.

dont be fooled!

	10-05-2003 23:13									#3
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Both parties are in the right on this one.

	10-05-2003 23:13									#4
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yeah I saw that...

	11-05-2003 00:12									#5
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A joke isn't the only thing some of those fat old ladies can't get.

	11-05-2003 05:22									#6
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is the canadian woman series? how blind can you get?

did she NOT GET that when a person sells his 5 y/o son, and writes about his lacking dish washing skills - HE ISN'T ****ING SERIOUS!!!


I'm willing to bet that the same woman is also a live participant in all sorts of silly lobbies against things she knows nothing about, like tv, or movies, or games, general fun, and constantly fights to protect children, and eventually the human race, from thinking on it's own!

	11-05-2003 05:26									#7
	Tired of ads?

~"Blame Canada! Blame Canada!"~

	11-05-2003 11:11									#8
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the apocalypse draws ever nearer

	11-05-2003 23:16									#9
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Sirotnikov - How much for the kid in you avatar ? ... including shipping & handling charges ?

You have to remember that Canada was populated by children bought by the early fur traders in exchange for beaver pelts.

Can the kid in the avatar at least wash dishes ?

Last edited by Uncle Sparky on 11-05-2003 at 23:45

	12-05-2003 04:09									#10
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The kid in my avatar is myself at age 6.

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	13-05-2003 02:55									#11
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quote: A joke isn't the only thing some of those fat old ladies can't get.

Oddly the article fails to detail the complainents province of residence.

Now that would be a thread!