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    A study in contrasts

    By Jeremy | September 22, 2006

    So I'm at the library, and Rudy and I are IMing thanks to free WiFi. He mentions that as a 7th grader he spent most of the summer at the library "wishing a pretty girl would walk through the door," and reading the Guiness Book of World Records. Then we chat about that Sarah McLauchlin video -- the one that cost her $15 to make where she donates the other $150,000 it normally costs to international relief agencies -- (powerfully convicting video, by the way!). Meanwhile I log onto the Guiness website -- just because I can -- and it turns out the latest certified world record is:
    MILLION-EURO CELL PHONE! Earlier this month Guinness World Records was at the three-day Millionaire’s Fair in Cannes, France to certify the sale of the Most Expensive Cell Phone in the world - ‘Le Million’ Piece Unique which was bought by a Russian businessman for his wife for 1 million Euros ($1.2 million)!
    Ugh. After chatting about NGOs and global poverty and the extraordinary things people do to be memorable, my stomach turned. UPDATE: If you haven't seen it already, here's the video.

    Topics: guinness world records, poverty, sarah mclauchlin | No Comments »

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