turkishdelight Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Woman tattoos Web address on foreheadSold unusual advertising space for $10,000 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- For $10,000, Kari Smith has gone ahead and had her forehead tattooed with the Web address of a gambling site. Smith, 30, who sold her unusual advertising space on eBay, said the money will give her 11-year-old son a private education, which she believes he needs after falling behind in school. "For the all the sacrifices everyone makes, this is a very small one," she said. "It's a small sacrifice to build a better future for my son," she said. "To everyone else, it seems like a stupid thing to do. To me, $10,000 is like $1 million. I only live once, and I'm doing it for my son," she said. Tattoo artist Don Brouse said he and his staff spent nearly seven hours Wednesday trying to talk Smith out of putting "GOLDENPALACE.COM" above her face. When he did go through with it, he kept the inch-tall letters close to her hairline, where bangs or a hat could provide some cover. Smith's eBay auction attracted more than 27,000 hits and 1,000 watchers. Bidding reached $999.99 before Goldenpalace.com, an Internet gambling company in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, Canada, met Smith's $10,000 asking price. A bit more drastic than that one kid, Jamie something, who (using a temporary tattoo) put a "Spread Firefox" ad on his forehead for the SpreadFirefox 50,000,000 downloads countdown :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyranthus Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 why is this news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Where the tattoo was placed and considering this was for her son, it seems reasonable. At least she's doing it for her son. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShell Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I don't have any problem with it. I think doing that is pretty stupid, but hey at least she's doing it for her son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKap Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 wow... thats why u gotta luv ur parents, most of them will do anything just so u can hav the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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