There are some things in life so important that they're worth compromising your integrity for. And then there are Super Bowl tickets, which some people will do anything for. And I do mean anything!
Take the woman who dumped Jason Elia the day the television writer from Tennessee found out he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer. She is now the talk of the interwebs because after being the world's worst ex-girlfriend (or right up there anyway), she had the audacity to actually expect him to take her with him to the big game in Indianapolis this Sunday.
Elia had the good grace not to tell her where she could take herself (ahem). He instead threw an online contest to give the person who sent him the most Twitter followers -- he tweets at NotJasonElia -- the $8,000 two-pack. Now, I know what you're thinking. Jason Elia is really good at getting revenge, and his ex-girlfriend is absolutely crazy for thinking she could go to the Super Bowl with a dude after she, ahem, DUMPED HIM BECAUSE HE HAD CANCER.
So would you believe me if I said her antics were tame in comparison to what other people have done for tickets to miss out on the commercials and watch the biggest football game of the year in person? Folks surveyed by Coupon Cabin this week showed 19 percent of people would skip out on the funeral of a family member for the game, and 15 percent would actually skip the birth of their own child.
And then there are the truly crazy offers:
1. A New Orleans resident who really, really wanted to see the Saints live at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami back in 2010 offered his left testicle for someone who'd get him to the game. To his credit, he said he'd only used it for 22 years.
2. A guy who claimed to be a look-alike for Pittsburgh Steelers star Troy Polamalu (and by that he means he also has really long, puffy hair) offered to "bang" someone else's wife if that dude would give him tickets to the game a few years back. With an offer like that, no wonder every man in America refused.
3. A heavily pregnant Jennifer Gordon had the perfect space for an advertiser to stamp a logo on 2007 -- her big baby bump. You'll never guess what she got in exchange ...
4. And who can forget the guy who was willing to give you one night with his girlfriend just so he could go to the Super Bowl in Texas last year to see the Steelers and the Packers?
What would you give up for Super Bowl tickets? Seeing the birth of your baby? Your dignity?
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