[aldo_14]

Remeber that last trickle of faith you had in the sanity of the human race?  Say goodbye to it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/01/casino_tattoos_womans_face/

[q] A Utah woman has become the latest asset in online gambling outfit GoldenPalace.com's eBay preposterous purchase portfolio after accepting $15,000 dollars to have the casino's name permanently tattooed on her forehead.

Karolyne Smith joins the Virgin Mary toasted cheese sandwich and other assorted tat for which Golden Palace has shelled out gambling punters' hard-lost cash.

Back in February, an amply-endowed Glaswegian lass trousered £422 to bear a temporary Golden Palace tattoo on her heaving cleavage. All good clean fun, we noted at the time.

But Karolyne Smith is altogether another matter. She's not the first case of someone offering their body for permanent advertising - back in 2002, a hard-up eBayer whipped out his todger in an attempt to secure a penile sponsorship deal. In that case, however, the worse that could come of it is that the chap's long-suffering girlfriend would have to have GoldenPalace.com rammed down her throat a couple of times a month.

Smith, on the other hand, now has a url plastered across her face. She claims that she did it to raise funds for her son's private education, enthusing: "I really want to do this. 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 ... It's a small sacrifice to build a better future for my son."

No it isn't a small sacrifice - it's a bloody daft thing to do for $15k and raises the question as to whether Smith is not a couple of bids short of a auction. To its credit, the tattoo parlour which did the dirty deed - SI TATTOOING in Salt Lake City - reportedly spent seven hours trying to talk her out of it. Well, sort of to its credit, because it went ahead and tattooed the silly woman anyway, but it's the thought that counts...

The Golden Palace take on this, the literally unacceptable face of capitalism, is as follows: "I think this kind of advertising will become increasingly popular as time goes on. It is a perfect way to get attention amid the clutter of advertising that people see every second of every day. Conventional forms of marketing just don't cut it anymore. To get people's attention, you have to stand out from the crowd. In light of Karolyne's story and her intentions to improve her son's education, we have given her additional $5,000 on top of the $10,000 spent on the auction."

Ah, Gawd bless yer philanthropic cotton socks, GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe. And now go away and consider whether allowing cash-strapped mums to be permanently disfigured is a legitimate way to promote your product. If the answer is yes, here are a few further suggestions from the Vulture Central Strategy Boutique:

    * GoldenPalace.com branded Papacy. If Benny 16 doesn't fancy getting permanently tattooed up, then what about a huge banner fluttering above any Papal address in St Peter's Square reading: "The Catholic Church and Golden Palace: Proud purveyors of the Virgin Mary toasted cheese sandwich"?
    * GoldenPalace.com branded t-shirts for death row prisoners. Should prove particularly provocative in Florida, especially if url is preceded by "Frying tonight courtesy of..." in big black letters.
    * GoldenPalace.com branded vibrating panties. Especially effective at delivering your brand to astounded paramedics.
    * GoldenPalace.com branded Iraqi insurgents - the ideal way to get your message across with a bang.
    * GoldenPalace.com branded overproof white rum - the only known antidote to Golden Palace face tattooing stories.
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[Rictor]

Originally posted by aldo_14
   * GoldenPalace.com branded Iraqi insurgents - the ideal way to get your message across with a bang.

The Register always has the best articles. Stupid, stupid woman.

[EtherShock]

What...a...&^%@ing...moron. And for pennies nonetheless!

What new lows will capitalism sink to?

[Ford Prefect]

She did that for $15,000? That makes me want to kill myself.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
She did that for $15,000? That makes me want to kill myself.

How much?

[achtung]

give me that much when I was 98 years old or something and I might do it.  But at  my current age about 1.5 million would do

[redsniper]

Originally posted by Swantz
...when I was 98 years old...

You're even OLDER now?

[Clave]

That is so very wrong...

[achtung]

Originally posted by redsniper

You're even OLDER now?

Correction, when I become that old.

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Swantz
give me that much when I was 98 years old or something and I might do it.  But at  my current age about 1.5 million would do

Just 1.5 million? I'm sure you could find a few companies interested.

[Taristin]

I hope the casino goes out of business, and she's stuck with a dead link on her head forever.

[WMCoolmon]

Knowing the internet, and the maliciousness of people on it, it'd probably become a hardcore bestiality-pr0n site. Or another link to goatse.

[Taristin]

Even better.

[phreak]

Theres a reason why i call the place Utard.

[redmenace]

Reminds me of the time a british lesbian woman sold her virginity for $50000 on ebay. She regretted it and reffered to it as completely demining, IIRC

[karajorma]

Actually she only got £8,000 for it. I remember reading about it.

[redmenace]

lol, even worse. I am divided as to which one is a bigger moron.

[Nuke]

that gal will probibly never have sex in a face to face position ever again. who wants to **** a billboard. stupid stupid people
then again doggie style does have its good points for all involved.

[General Freak]

Don't worry, she's only a human. There are basically obvious and subtle stupid things, but it's almost always the subtle ones which are the most stupid. And, yes, this one is obvious stupidity. The fact that none of us wants to do it shows that there is after all some sanity left.

[IceFire]

"...humans as the third most intelligent species on the planet."

Behind Dolphins and Mice.