My name is Kyle MacDonald and I traded one red paperclip for a house. I started with one red paperclip on July 12 2005 and 14 trades later, on July 12, 2006 I will trade with the Town of Kipling Saskatchewan for a house located at 503 Main Street.

— Kyle MacDonald, One Red Paperclip

Toss in the milliondollarhomepage.com guy, and, well, you’ve just gotta shake your head (for many, many reasons….).