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Arkansas Mom Fails to Sell Baby Naming Rights on eBay for a Fifth Time
Fox News ^ | 08/25/2009 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 08/25/2009 1:59:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

An unemployed Arkansas woman — and her unborn son, whose name she tried to auction on eBay — can't seem to catch a break.

After five auctions on the Internet marketplace, Lavonne Drummond, 36, saw a winning bid of $6,800 was dashed Tuesday when the winning bidder, a producer at an Internet radio talk show, told the mother of six that he had no intention of paying for the naming rights of her seventh child.

"They just apologized," Drummond told FOXNews.com. "They just wanted to help but didn't think they would actually win."

Drummond, whose first four auctions were removed by eBay for myriad reasons, said she won't make the radio show Morning Jungle or its producer, Brett Cohen, honor the winning bid.

"I've been through a lot and I'm just tired," Drummond said through tears. "I've had graphic e-mails sent to me, crank calls calling me every name. … I'm just done."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; baby; ebay; name; naming; rights

Lavonne Drummond, left, with five of her six children, Ashley, top right, Andrew, middle, Holly, bottom left, Heather, bottom middle, and Janelle.

1 posted on 08/25/2009 1:59:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
Until recently, Drummond, of Smackover, Ark., had sung a different tune, telling FOXNews.com she planned to use the money to repair her 2000 Dodge Caravan, to pay past due bills and purchase school supplies for her children, ages 19, 16, 14, 3, 2 and 1.

Gee, I wonder what her husband - the father of all these children - has to say?

2 posted on 08/25/2009 2:00:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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To: All

You don’t think much of your children if you leave their naming up to some stranger on E-Bay...she’s an idiot...


3 posted on 08/25/2009 2:01:06 PM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The article said — Drummond, whose first four auctions were removed by eBay for myriad reasons, said she won’t make the radio show Morning Jungle or its producer, Brett Cohen, honor the winning bid.

She should... I thought that was the whole thing behind bidding... if you win, you’re supposed to pay up... LOL...


4 posted on 08/25/2009 2:01:23 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Baby naming rights, that would be “Father” on the standard birth certificate would it not?


5 posted on 08/25/2009 2:02:45 PM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: Responsibility2nd
Maybe Lavonne can find a casino who will pay her big bucks if she gets a tattoo like this idiot did....


6 posted on 08/25/2009 2:06:47 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’d pay a couple bucks for the fund to have her spayed.


7 posted on 08/25/2009 2:07:31 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Speaking of Golden Palace...

I don’t have the guts to post the pic. So I’ll limk.

http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/bizarre-guerrilla-marketing-golden-palace-streaker.jpg

(You have been warned!)


8 posted on 08/25/2009 2:09:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I might pay to see her baby named “Mymoms Anidiot Drummond”.


9 posted on 08/25/2009 2:09:45 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Maybe George Foreman can chip in a few bucks. He doesn't have enough kids with his name yet.
10 posted on 08/25/2009 2:10:44 PM PDT by KarlInOhio ("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Maybe she should just name it Ebay.


11 posted on 08/25/2009 2:11:33 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Just another Joe
“Mymoms Anidiot Drummond”.

Nice initials too.

12 posted on 08/25/2009 2:16:46 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Responsibility2nd

I feel so sorry for the two oldest kids. Can you imagine having to listen to everyone at school yapping behind their back about their idiot mother. I hope they can survive the viciousness.


13 posted on 08/25/2009 2:17:47 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (Extreme right-winged mob terrorist astroturfing bitter clinging racist birther evilmongering wingnut)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So that’s what knocked my bid off the table. And Consuela Bannanahammock is such a pretty name too.


14 posted on 08/25/2009 2:22:10 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (My tagline is an honor student at Free Republic Elementary School.)
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To: Responsibility2nd; mikrofon; martin_fierro

My bid will be for “Bugle Corps,” so that on the kid’s records it will read, “Drummond, Bugle Corps.”


15 posted on 08/25/2009 2:24:48 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson ("Bulldog Drummond"?)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Heavy SIGH...


16 posted on 08/25/2009 2:26:09 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Responsibility2nd

By the looks of some of the children, I’d say this idiot had
more than than one sperm donor.


17 posted on 08/25/2009 2:26:19 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Markets and Marxists Don't Mix! Audit the FED NOW!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Tijeras_Slim Drummond?


18 posted on 08/25/2009 2:27:35 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Better?)
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To: DannyTN
Nice initials too.

Wondered if anyone would catch that. ;^)

19 posted on 08/25/2009 2:27:56 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Charles Henrickson

I am NOT Laz, no way would I hit that. ;)


20 posted on 08/25/2009 2:28:58 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Responsibility2nd
An unemployed Arkansas woman — and her unborn son. . . .

Bill Jr.?

21 posted on 08/25/2009 2:29:14 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (The Comeback Id.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Drummond, of Smackover, Ark.

But of course.

22 posted on 08/25/2009 2:33:01 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (I vote for "Smackover Drummond.")
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To: Responsibility2nd; mikrofon; martin_fierro

Whatever the name is, the middle name has to be “Wayne.”


23 posted on 08/25/2009 2:34:12 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson ("Earl Wayne Drummond"?)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Edith Mycock.

Funniest of the funny names.

Another good one, they were looking at the church registry of an old English parish and found a “Diet Coke” circa eleventh century or so. “Diet” was a form of ‘Beitrice’ and “Coke” meant her family worked the cole mines.

24 posted on 08/25/2009 2:35:11 PM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?)
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To: Responsibility2nd
This guy knows the PERFECT name...


25 posted on 08/25/2009 2:38:52 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: Responsibility2nd

All the girls, including mom, have stripper names.


26 posted on 08/25/2009 2:42:06 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: Responsibility2nd
Man tattoos radio station logo on forehead


27 posted on 08/25/2009 2:46:45 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Welcome to the Revolution.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Interesting.

This link:

http://books.google.com/books?id=mS38Lo5VVjMC&pg=PA504&lpg=PA504&dq=KORB-FM+tattoo&source=bl&ots=0tm9CXFFE6&sig=qqZYzt31PGT7A5z3wdV6ot68Qog&hl=en&ei=GF2USsD-NonWNbL55fkH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#v=onepage&q=KORB-FM%20tattoo&f=false

says the idiots sued and lost.

Good.

Also says what kind of trailer trash idiots they were as well.


28 posted on 08/25/2009 2:55:06 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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Here's a copycat.
29 posted on 08/25/2009 2:56:34 PM PDT by Rio (Don't make me come over there....)
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To: OB1kNOb

The mom looks like a cougar. A certifiable MILF.


30 posted on 08/25/2009 3:00:59 PM PDT by library user
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To: Rio

That girl looks very young. She says she’ll use the $$$$ for her kid’s college education - yeah, right. More like for a case of Kool’s and some meth.


31 posted on 08/25/2009 3:03:23 PM PDT by library user
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To: HIDEK6

Ashley, Holly, Heather, and Janelle? Mom’s got a stripper name but her daughters have pretty average names if you ask me.


32 posted on 08/25/2009 3:06:49 PM PDT by ReagansShinyHair
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Her husband is in the military, FWIW. I believe he is in Virginia right now.

At least she's creative about making some money...she could have done something a lot worse.

I'm sure the stupid Arkansan jokes will continue nonetheless.

And there is nothing wrong with the middle name Wayne--it is my fil's, my husband's, and my older son's middle name--try making fun of it to their faces--I dare you :P

33 posted on 08/25/2009 3:08:43 PM PDT by Hoosier Catholic Momma (Arkansas resident of Hoosier upbringing--Yankee with a southern twang)
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Hey now! Smackover is a very nice town. You should visit. The Arkansas Oil & Brine Museum is outstanding.


34 posted on 08/25/2009 3:26:29 PM PDT by phrogphlyer (Sarah 2012)
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To: Charles Henrickson; Responsibility2nd; martin_fierro
Drummond, of Smackover, Ark

Perhaps "Facepalm"...

35 posted on 08/25/2009 4:33:36 PM PDT by mikrofon (Facepalm Wayne Drummond)
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