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Rent a child for birthday parties, prom, playing in the park

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 7:36 am
by fluffy
http://www.rentmydaughter.com/

I'm sure it's totally innocuous.

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 8:37 am
by HeuristicsInc
this reminds me of the site i saw a while back...
er, i can't find the link. nevermind.
-bill

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 9:13 am
by thehipcola
this makes me feel uncomfortable. ugh.

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 9:16 am
by jack
it's so obviously a fake site. probably a demo someone did for a potential client.

a banner ad with a 12 year old's midriff? give me a break.

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 10:58 am
by Hoblit
jack wrote:it's so obviously a fake site. probably a demo someone did for a potential client.
If so, it's still in bad taste. Or...potentially bad taste...

It's downright weird.

This reminds me of a site that no longer exists. They advertised with a proffesional looking website. It was body disposal for murder cover ups. It was funny. Had the whole customer comments and different package set ups and everything. I mean, it looked totally convincing except you just knew it wasn't real.

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 11:24 am
by j$
Yeah I am assuming it's a joke. Although there is also http://www.rentmyson.com so that's taking the joke to pointless extremes.

I hope it is a joke.

Where did Fluffy come across it (as it were)? that might answer the question ...

j$

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 11:49 am
by fodroy
there's also this one --> http://www.petsorfood.com/

it's my personal favorite. the product descriptions and customer comments are pretty funny.

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 12:13 pm
by fluffy
It was linked to in the newsbox for a comic I read.

Here's one I saw being guerilla marketed on a subway (probably some marketing student's final project): http://thelastwords.net/

Also, don't forget http://bonsaikitten.com

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 2:05 pm
by bortwein
fluffy wrote:It was linked to in the newsbox for a comic I read.

Here's one I saw being guerilla marketed on a subway (probably some marketing student's final project): http://thelastwords.net/

I found this on that site:
"...I just got my suicide note back from you guys and it's so beautiful and so elegant that I can hardly wait till my beast of a wife finds it next to my dead and bloated body!...Goodbye cruel world, hello posthumous legacy!"
Josh Woodard, Albany, New York
http://thelastwords.net/wst_page5.html

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 2:52 pm
by HeuristicsInc
...so that's why Josh quit songfighting... oh wait, woodard, not woodward.
-bill

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 4:43 pm
by Dan-O from Five-O
HeuristicsInc wrote:...so that's why Josh quit songfighting... oh wait, woodard, not woodward.
-bill
Close but no rigor mortis.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:56 pm
by NeilThrun
Hmmm... Rent my son will deffinatly prove usefull for my pedophillic tendencies I plan to devolp once I turn 40.

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:09 pm
by Mogosagatai
That picture at the top of the daughter page is definitely pretty sexual.

I could see this as being a prostitution ring that uses the children thing as a cover-up. You know, for like, dads to buy their 16-year-old sons a special gift...

Whether it's a joke or not, it's really fucked up <i>and</i> morbidly hilarious.

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:44 pm
by jute gyte
Hoblit wrote: This reminds me of a site that no longer exists. They advertised with a proffesional looking website. It was body disposal for murder cover ups. It was funny. Had the whole customer comments and different package set ups and everything. I mean, it looked totally convincing except you just knew it wasn't real.
you're thinking of 'cadaver inc', which was actually the (pretty sweet) website for the death metal band cadaver.