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Teen auctions himself as prom date on eBay
by acdickson

Found this little dity and thought I'd pass it along in it's entirety, mostly just to show how eBay is transforming the very fabric of our nation. These two sound bite machines clearly have a future in public speaking, huh? Or make that as reality show contestants.

LA PORTE CITY, Iowa -— Stu Hemesath has earned $29.95 — as a prom date.

The high school senior from La Porte City auctioned himself off as a date on the Internet auction site eBay on Thursday. He will accompany Rachel Kay, 17, to her Cedar Falls prom.

The two say they have never met.

Hemesath said the idea just came to him as he was "thinking about proms and stuff.''

"I came to school with a thought in my head, and I told my friends,'' he said. "They thought it was the coolest thing in the world, so I decided to go for it.''

Hemesath posted pictures of himself and a description to secure some bids — which came from people as far away as Alaska.

"That's pretty far,'' he said. "She was really interested. She showed me her picture, but it was just too far away for it to be a possibility.''

Hemesath wasn't shy about his description, saying he's 5 feet 10 inches tall, 150 pounds, popular and a wrestler. He added: "I have a lot of girls telling me I'm pretty hot.''

Kay said she e-mailed Hemesath her phone number so that they could get to know each other before the big day. She said she made her bid in an attempt to make an ex-boyfriend jealous.

"I didn't think I'd actually win, I was just playing around,'' she said. "He looks like a pretty nice guy. I thought his write-up was pretty funny. He says he's a wrestler, so that's good.''

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