Saturday, July 05, 2008

Making A Killing

But It’s Hard To Keep Up With These Orders

A Shanghai man who set up an online business selling dead mosquitoes says he's received 10,000 orders in just two days. He said he came up with the idea of selling mosquitoes he killed to attract visitors to his online jewellery shop. He sells his mosquito corpses for six yuan - about 90 cents - each.

FOOTNOTE: Not a sting.

7 comments:

Mima said...

What on earth do people do with dead mosquitos?

Cath said...

Well it worked! Although what folks do with dead mosquitoes I don't know.

Thanks for the lovely comment on my skywatch. You made my day! *blush*

Charles Gramlich said...

I wish he'd come sell our mosquitoes.

holly said...

oh YES!!! i just killed a few ants at the door. that's gonna be *my* angle!!! easy street here i come...

Maggie May said...

Does he dip them in gold and sell them as necklaces?

Shrinky said...

Right, that's it, who wants to buy my ants then? A snip at 5p a carcass..

Lavinia said...

Add my name to the list of people wondering, who is buying dead mosquitoes and why?