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Ken and Barbie at risk of foreclosure

So says "America's Finest News Source," the Onion. The parody newspaper, ah, reports that "5-year-old Janie Wright's mean older brother, Dave, 8" is threatening to kick the "unsuitable borrowers" out of their dollhouse if they don't start paying on their subprime loan.
The nasty older sibling added that since Ken and Barbie never insured the dollhouse, they would have no recourse in the event of fire, flood, or stomping.

The Onion picked Dayton in foreclosure-wracked Ohio as the dateline.

Thanks to InmanBlog for pointing it out.

Posted by Jamie Smith Hopkins on October 25, 2007 8:27 PM |
                    

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