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Yup. A Belgium citizen put the country up for sale on eBay.

You can read the AP story (Someone Tries to Sell Belgium on EBay) to confirm for yourself, or if that link is already archived, you can see my saved copy at JKN.com here.

Better is that eBay listed it ...

... but pulled the ad after receiving a bid of euro10 million ($14 million).

Supposedly, Charles de Gaulle said that Belgium was invented by the British to annoy the French. Apparently the Belgium government is annoying its citizens these days.

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  • dailyachesandpains said on Sep 20, 2007....
    Tooo funny!
  • exhibit_c said on Sep 20, 2007....
    Did the person who made the offer have a clear title to the country?
  • silverwhisper said on Sep 20, 2007....
    to me the big question is: would anybody really notice if it was sold? :D

    ed
  • aeschylus said on Sep 20, 2007....
    silverwhisper ....

    Hmmmm....

    I think the government of Belgium would. Apparently some other citizens were scathing about it (go figure, people are people).

    Technically, I think everyone went along to relieve some stress and tension, and pulled it (because they could) at the proper moment.

    Did you notice when the Prime Minister (or whatever they are called) posted a question about the country's economics and policies on Yahoo Questions?

    I even answered that one I think. The hits were over the top.

    And it was authentic. Gee governments are interacting with the internet?

    aeschylus

  • dailyachesandpains said on Sep 21, 2007....
    If only our government would use Yahoo Questions...
     
    Daily
  • aeschylus said on Sep 22, 2007....
    That was the Prime Minister of India who had posted the question on Yahoo Answers.

    I saw it on Digg, and within less than 24 hours I heard there were thousands of answers, and tens of thousands of hits.

    What a mess. I never did hear what finally happened. Never had a chance to look it up.

    aeschylus

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