Dumped 2.0

by Sue Bailey

This post was written in March 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

Rachel Marsden in Jimmy Wales’ t-shirtHe was the founder of Wikipedia. She was a right-wing TV commentator. Then he dumped her via Wikipedia. So now she’s selling his clothes on eBay. The sweater and t-shirt (with two small white stains) have apparently been washed twice in extra-strength detergent, “otherwise they would not be in salable condition”. Ms Marsden models both garments herself, and apologises for her hair being in a mess: “I’m in break-up mode right now”. With the sweater currently standing at more than $200 with 9 days left to go, it seems she may get the last laugh.

If you want the whole lowdown on this rather sorry tale, Gawker has it.


Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
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Comments

9 Responses to “Dumped 2.0”

  1. Biggles on March 2nd, 2008 9:50 pm

    “Marsden subsequently told friends that Wales gave her feedback on her website design — is that what kids are calling it these days? — for 24 hours straight in a D.C. hotel.”

    :shock:

    That must be that course in xxxhtml between the stylesheets.

  2. Josordoni on March 2nd, 2008 10:38 pm

    what amazes me about these things, is who the heck would want either of these things???????

  3. Sue Bailey on March 2nd, 2008 10:45 pm

    Buyers with more money than sense, Lynne? I think we’d all welcome a few more of them :mrgreen:

  4. whirly on March 3rd, 2008 12:58 am

    :shock: Bunny Boiler.

  5. Josordoni on March 3rd, 2008 7:06 am

    Buyers with more money than sense, Lynne? I think we’d all welcome a few more of them

    yeeeess, of course, but the ones I have had who have paid over the odds have often also had more nuisance value than sense too…. :cry:

  6. SamASR on March 3rd, 2008 9:30 am

    Another classic tale of love in the noughties.

  7. Dan Wilson on March 3rd, 2008 11:54 am

    Just very, very classy. ;)

  8. Sue Bailey on March 3rd, 2008 1:07 pm

    • TechCrunch’s slightly alarmist take on this.
    • Valleywag’s response to Arrington.
    • Why any of this matters.

  9. www.storageandhomesolutions.com on March 4th, 2008 7:38 pm

    Talk about washing your dirty laundry in public :oops: :oops:

    I´m in Bruges at the moment, has anyone ever tried to type on one of these fqngled euro keyboards, ny typos qre even worse than ever!!!

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