Woman Tattoos Ad On Her Forehead For $10,000

[matcom]

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SALT LAKE CITY --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.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/06/30/for_10000_woman_tattoos_ad_on_forehead/

[Hugin]

1. Well... That's a fine howdy-doo.

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I fear that goldenpalace.com

will be the downfall of western civilization

[GirlinContempt]

8. Places have already been paying

people to temp. ink their foreheads with ads

[Reverend_Smitty]

12. it's one thing if it is temporary

but that one is for real...when she is 80 she will still have that stupid Goldenpalace.com tat!

[GirlinContempt]

13. well

she could get it removed, or grow out her hair. I think it's sick, but who didn't see this coming?

[jfxgillis]

15. Howard Stern already is

GoldenPalace is just stomping on the rubble.

[LastKnight]

3. if i would do that, i would ask a helluva lot more than

10 grand. that may get him a private education up through junior high or high school.... but then what? i hope she doesnt plan on paying for college like that because 10 grand aint gonna cut it for 4 years in most cases.

[Richardo]

4. She still has both biceps and the side of her face for college tuition

She's planned ahead! :thumbsup:

[Reverend_Smitty]

5. seriously!

10,000 won't even get you a year at my college, and I go to a state school

[LastKnight]

9. thats under half of a semester's fees for me...

shes freakin crazy.

[Hugin]

6. She's got some more skin...

But, with this success more and more people will be
doing it.

The price will fall...

Expect more of the same.

[Trigger Hippie]

7. Does this have something to do with advertising a hotel

run in Miami by three older women after their pal goes off and gets married to Leslie Nielsen?

[Mutley]

10. If I were gonna do that I would put it on my arm or something

where I can cover it up. Nutso :silly:

[LastKnight]

11. just think if the kid fails out

of whatever school she puts him in, shes gonna be PIIIIIIISSED...

[dajoki]

14. who needs an ad

i need the money:shrug:

[Deja Q]

16. corporate prostitution...

But it's better than buying a shirt, made in china, with their logo emblazoned across it.

[Kenneth ken]

18. exactly

she got paid to be an advert, whereas most people pay to be one.

[Shell Beau]

17. You'd have to pay me way more than 10 grand to do that!!!!