Parents Nearly Trade Kids for PS3 [Archive]

Cloud3514

12-06-2006, 06:49 PM

It seems people will do anything to get a PlayStation 3 this holiday season. A Minnesota radio host announced over the radio that if parents were willing to turn their children over to the station for 24 hours, they would give them a new PS3.

The joke soon turned sour when it became apparent that a majority of the callers were serious about the trade.

"We got more calls than we could handle," said Dave Ryan, "They were lined up willing to turn their kids over to strangers for a freakin' PlayStation."

Children offered included a one week and two day old baby. One caller named Katie attempted to get a PS3 by offering her 1 month old up for a 3 day period. When informed it was a hoax, she responded in disbelief.

Dave Ryan went onto say in an article,"But I didn't want them to feel too badly. I said, 'Listen you're not the only one who fell for this'. But at the same time, think about it, these are your kids, these are the most precious responsibility you'll ever have in your entire life. Be careful with your babies.' "

Linky (http://www.psu.com/node/5761)
Radio Exert (http://www.kdwb.com/pages/dave/audio/Baby_PS3.mp3)

Found it on another forum. Pathetic, just fucking pathetic.

ChopperDave

12-06-2006, 06:50 PM

lol greed.

Max Cola

12-06-2006, 07:02 PM

Christ on a bike, can't we have an article that isn't depressing for once?

Tiki

12-06-2006, 07:04 PM

This is sad.

And strangley funny.

Ryoga Hibiki

12-06-2006, 07:10 PM

Whats the world going to be like tommorow? i wish people had a more caring sense these days but i ges its out of thw window sorry ranting. but Realy. :wtf:

GuyQuest

12-06-2006, 07:24 PM

It's not as crazy as it sounds. Think about it: they give their 10 year old kid who wants a PS3 and knows what's going on to the station for a day. They then come back the next day and the kid gets a PS3.

shade

12-06-2006, 07:31 PM

.......

Atlarge

12-06-2006, 07:32 PM

They were probably hoping the radio station would do something nasty to their kids so they couls sue and get a PS3.

Squints

12-06-2006, 07:34 PM

Retards...

Jog To Oval

12-06-2006, 07:34 PM

Its entirely possible a majority of those people were turning the joke around on the radio station, but to not be a cynic on an ivory tower is to not post at VG Cats.

Psychosis

12-06-2006, 07:36 PM

Talk about a new way to discipline your kids.

"If you don't eat your vegetables, I'll trade you for a PS3!"

Johnny

12-06-2006, 07:37 PM

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9443/bestideaeverkq3.jpg

Totally.

Jog To Oval

12-06-2006, 07:38 PM

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9443/bestideaeverkq3.jpg

Totally.
What is this, 4chan?

shade

12-06-2006, 07:39 PM

What is this, 4chan?
Who are you?

Jog To Oval

12-06-2006, 07:41 PM

Who are you?
I will need a moment for introspection...

Who am I?

What am I doing with my life?!?

I think I am going to take this reflection period to give myself a great big thumbs up.

Johnny

12-06-2006, 07:41 PM

What is this, 4chan?
No, it's me! Photoshop.

Tiki

12-06-2006, 07:44 PM

No, it's me! Photoshop.
You're skilled, Johnny

shade

12-06-2006, 07:45 PM

No, it's me! Photoshop.
pretty good job actully

Hospital Disaster

12-06-2006, 07:46 PM

I certainly wouldn't trade a PS3 for a kid.

Tiki

12-06-2006, 07:50 PM

I certainly wouldn't trade a PS3 for a kid.
I know...what could you do with a kid? That would be worth a PS3? That you could sell on ebay for like, 3,000 dollars? People today.

Johnny

12-06-2006, 07:51 PM

I certainly wouldn't trade a PS3 for a kid.
Its totally worth at least 2.

Shadow40000

12-06-2006, 08:04 PM

Well if it's only for a few days...

I could see why.

Hospital Disaster

12-06-2006, 08:05 PM

Its totally getting rid of 2.
Fix'd.

New Era Outlaw

12-06-2006, 08:14 PM

You know, this pretty much goes without saying, but anybody who'd jump at the chance to trade their child for an electronic device that's going to become obsolete in 4 years doesn't deserve to be a parent. Heck, they probably shouldn't even be reproducing in the first place.

Candin

12-06-2006, 08:17 PM

Kids are needy and smell funny.

The PS3 has almost no games and is freezing up like hell.

... I honestly don't know who would end up getting ripped off on this deal, the station or the parents.

Mog

12-06-2006, 08:39 PM

Well just think about it, you let the radio station take care of your kid for a day and you get to play a PS3 all day with no kids around to bug the shit out of you.

It's win/win!

Chrisboe4ever

12-06-2006, 09:34 PM

Christ on a bike, can't we have an article that isn't depressing for once?
Your prayer has been answered:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Jews

themark5

12-06-2006, 09:42 PM

can you say "Legal" belated abortion

RustyShackleford

12-06-2006, 09:44 PM

Thats pretty messed up.
So these people cant wait 2-3 months until they can get a PS3?

Jog To Oval

12-06-2006, 09:49 PM

Your prayer has been answered:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Jews
I believe he meant a news article that does not show the decadence of mankind.
This one for example? (http://mmdnewswire.com/content/view/925/26/)

Cloud Tribal

12-06-2006, 09:53 PM

Hell, you could just as easily force your kid to work early to make money for the PS3. Makes more sense than giving it to a stranger to do god knows what.

Balto

12-06-2006, 09:56 PM

'Listen you're not the only one who fell for this'. But at the same time, think about it, these are your kids, these are the most precious responsibility you'll ever have in your entire life. Be careful with your babies.' "

Haha!

poisonthemon

12-06-2006, 09:59 PM

That's just ridiculous, why would anyone want to trade their own flesh for something that is just a bit of plastic (albeit cool plastic)? It's beyond me

Narok

12-06-2006, 10:02 PM

I would.

Johnny

12-06-2006, 10:14 PM

I would.
I'd trade two, and the unborn baby in my wife's womb.

Chrisboe4ever

12-06-2006, 10:22 PM

I'd never trade my child. Who would hold me beers for me?

GunbladeKnight

12-06-2006, 10:24 PM

I hate Dave Ryan in the morning... KQ is so much better. This was Cities97, I believe...

And hey, we are Minnesota nice. They wouldn't have done anything bad to the kids. Although, I would not have believed it in the first place.

Atlarge

12-07-2006, 12:29 AM

That's just ridiculous, why would anyone want to trade their own flesh for something that is just a bit of plastic (albeit cool plastic)? It's beyond me
I nearly donated semen for a Wii. I'm glad I didn't. It'd be too weird to think of an Atlarge junior running around without my knowledge.

Chrisboe4ever

12-07-2006, 12:32 AM

I nearly donated semen for a Wii. I'm glad I didn't. It'd be too weird to think of an Atlarge junior running around without my knowledge.
It's a thought that haunts the minds of all those who have taken a taste of the forbidden fruit.

exare

12-07-2006, 12:48 AM

Those people are sick.........how could they joke about giving out PS3's. Some people have no values.

Spoon 8787

12-07-2006, 03:19 AM

In their defense kids are cheaper and easier to get. This must have seemed like a bargain.

And the kids were young, it's not like they've had taht much time to get emotionally attached. And if you've got a kid you have no time or money to play games, so this is really killing two birds with one stone.

Wolf Pup TK

12-07-2006, 05:42 AM

If I heard about that offer, I'd assume that they had some kind of tour/daycare for the kids and at least call to check it out. I mean, I would never suspect a public radio station to pull some huge kid-pwning scam.

Oh well. ^^;

namadnapyzarc

12-07-2006, 05:59 AM

-Sorry billy but daddy wants a playstaion3 very badly so...

Billy-But what about the camping trip you said we would go on?

-But in the PS3 you can do virtual camping with flying rabbits, race cars, and eyetoy! Now get in the box! :pants_eh:

Jacob Heartin

12-07-2006, 11:57 AM

"Look son, you can cry all you want, but until you learn to be a multimedia gaming system you're dead to me."

Sanjiyan

12-07-2006, 12:07 PM

Its entirely possible a majority of those people were turning the joke around on the radio station, but to not be a cynic on an ivory tower is to not post at VG Cats.
Jog, you are a christmas cracker of friendly fun.
But yeah, it sounds to me like they just sold it as a 'HAY YOUR KID GETS TO HAVE FUN AT A RADIO STATION FOR A DAY THEN WE GIVE YOU A PS3 IN PAYMENT!' kinda thing.

Valkor

12-07-2006, 12:09 PM

Jog, you are a christmas cracker of friendly fun.
But yeah, it sounds to me like they just sold it as a 'HAY YOUR KID GETS TO HAVE FUN AT A RADIO STATION FOR A DAY THEN WE GIVE YOU A PS3 IN PAYMENT!' kinda thing.

Bingo! This forum is not the only place in the universe where people have a sense of irony or fun. Let my five year old hang out at a radio station for 24 hours for a PS3? As in he gets baby-sat, fed, etc. and then I get a console? Or let's say its my high school kid and he is interested in working for radio when he gets older? Why the fuck not let him live his dream for a day?

darkbadness

12-07-2006, 12:12 PM

Well, screaming, whining shit box vs. sleek, smooth box of awesome and power.
I'd rather play something I might put poo into rather than clean up poo coming out.

Crun

12-07-2006, 12:45 PM

So... you babysit my kid for a day, and instead of paying you for this, you GIVE ME a playstation 3? Sign me up.

Hyro

12-07-2006, 12:52 PM

I wonder what the station would've done with all those babies

darkbadness

12-07-2006, 12:53 PM

I wonder what the station would've done with all those babies
Practice juggling.

Hyro

12-07-2006, 12:55 PM

Practice juggling.

But then what will they do with all those small kittens listeners traded in last month for XBox 360's?

darkbadness

12-07-2006, 12:58 PM

But then what will they do with all those small kittens listeners traded in last month for XBox 360's?
Dodgeball. Plain and simple.

Spoon 8787

12-07-2006, 01:18 PM

You gotta admit, this offer keeps sounding better and better.

GunbladeKnight

12-07-2006, 11:45 PM

I still don't get how they could take Dave Ryan seriously. Or even how they can listen to him in the first place.

RustyShackleford

12-08-2006, 12:18 AM

I wonder if they threw in the controllers too...

NauticalCow

12-08-2006, 12:23 AM

What the hell...

Crunchy Pickles

12-08-2006, 12:36 AM

I agree with the reasonable posts (the ones saying "hey, they're offering to show a kid how a radio station works for a day, and they give you a PS3 for it"). Honestly, it's not like they'd be dumping the kids on them and greedily taking the PS3 for it, the kids might actually want to do it. I'd want to, it sounds fun.

The Godfather

12-08-2006, 08:42 AM

Just the title of this thread made me laugh, oh jeez, this is just amazing.

Johnny

12-08-2006, 08:44 AM

"Look son, you can cry all you want, but until you learn to be a multimedia gaming system you're dead to me."
*sob* R...r-r-r....RIIIIIIIDDDDGGGEEEE RAC-her-her... Please, dad! Please! What about Christmas!?

Solid Snake

12-11-2006, 03:37 PM

...a majority of the callers were serious about the trade...
Heh...hehe....bwahahahahaha!!! That's priceless! Freaking ace!

Ah, silly people.

Mr.McSpiff

12-11-2006, 08:17 PM

:lol: Dumbasses.

Haddy

12-13-2006, 05:26 PM

I heard this on a radio station here back when it was CURRENT

But seriously, the 'parents' weren't really smart at all. I mean, maybe a 6 month baby or something. Why would you turn in a 1 month old baby when it still has to breast-feed?! That's like starving!(though i know nothing about babies so i may be wrong about that)

For some reason, finding out about the stupid things people do just makes my day better =D

King Arthur

12-13-2006, 11:41 PM

Lol

RustyShackleford

12-14-2006, 12:34 AM

Why would anyone take a kid for a ps3?

Kino

12-14-2006, 12:55 AM

What're you talking about? I'd trade my whiney-fuck, snotnosed rambunctious kid for a quiet, well-behaved PS3 ANY day.

Crunchy Pickles

12-14-2006, 12:58 AM

If I had a kid and that deal were real, I'd ask the kid if he/she wanted to do it. They probably would, I'd imagine it would be a pretty fun experience.

RustyShackleford

12-14-2006, 11:40 AM

What're you talking about? I'd trade my whiney-fuck, snotnosed rambunctious kid for a quiet, well-behaved PS3 ANY day.
Im saying who would take a kid, in exchange for a ps3 :3

Pyrofetishboy

12-17-2006, 11:43 AM

heh wait until you have kids. You would happily give your kid up for 24 hours to a reasonably accountable institution such as a radio station for FREE to get some peace let alone for a prize.
I blame slacking grandmothers.