Friday Funny: When Your House Really Does Become An Island
16 March 2007 - 2:00pm
A real estate company in Chongqing city, China, turns the home of a man who refuses to move into an island. [Includes a stunning photo.]
"The villa owner refuses to move, so the real-estate developer has had to dig out all around it to force him to," says a saleswoman at Weilian Real Estate Sales Company.
'He wants 20 million yuan, or he'll stay till the end of the world.' "
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House is an island
Source:
Ananova, March 14, 2007
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messed up!
That's really uncalled for and mean. All this for profits?