They just sold Barney for...

[boomerbust]

650 million dollars. Now who wants to claim this country is not fucked up?

[Chih]

1. Would you care to elaborate, or perhaps provide a link to what it is that has you so riled?

[spanone]

2. barney rubble?

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[Zen Democrat]

3. W's dog?

[Matariki]

4. They?

who? what? ect...

[0rganism]

10. Them!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tgwing6kqBw/Ti8t-fTD2tI/AAAAAAAABbg/KCnlRMYUxVg/s640/title+them.jpg

[0rganism]

5. barney the dinosaur?

(although $650M is way too much IMHO)

[GentryDixon]

7. My first thought.

[kenny blankenship]

6. Barney's NY?

[leveymg]

8. If it was Barney Google, the buyer got the deal of the century.

$650 mil - is that all? Did the Internet bubble burst, again, or somethin'?

[ClassWarrior]

9. And he's not happy about it...

NGU.

[trumad]

11. This should go viral.

:popcorn:

[charlie and algernon]

12. I thought I was going to read that W sold his dog for some booze.

:rofl:

[FarCenter]

13. Dubai Government Buys Barneys for $825 Million

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/23/business/23barneys.html

The clothing retailer Barneys New York, a temple to fashion that introduced Americans to Armani and $300 T-shirts, was sold yesterday to the investment arm of the Dubai government for $825 million.

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They send us oil. We sell them Barneys. All good.

[Cirque du So-What]

14. I'd say they got a good price

seeing as how he'd gone over to the dark side & all.

[kenny blankenship]

15. Barney Fife?

I had heard he was being preserved in a giant jar of pickle brine, but had no idea that someone would ever pay so much for that vintage.

[Kennah]

17. And was that with or without his bullet?

[LiberalAndProud]

16. Oh no, not Barney! Who's next? Bob the Builder?

Bob the Builder makes Dubai debut

Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine and Barney are among childrens entertainment characters to feature at a new attraction in Dubai.
http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1126590.php

[TexasTowelie]

18. K&R.

I needed the laugh.