FARK.com: (6178074) Bin Laden's mansion worth only 25 percent of what he paid for it, meaning he'll be underwater for a long time

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		Bin Laden's mansion worth only 25 percent of what he paid for it, meaning he'll be underwater for a long time (guardian.co.uk)		113
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NewportBarGuy		2011-05-06 09:32:33 PM

Now THAT is a headline! Bravo!

mr_a		2011-05-06 09:33:32 PM

We should have hired realtors to track him down back in 2001. They can find a sucker no matter where he hides.

Relatively Obscure		2011-05-06 09:39:04 PM

A bit of a stretch from the article itself (when AREN'T Fark headlines a stretch), but damn. HOTY candidate.

elvisaintdead		2011-05-06 09:39:46 PM

If you're fishing for compliments with that baited headline, subby,
you're in the right school of thought.

+1.
Hey, I bit.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener		2011-05-06 09:44:38 PM

That's a headline and a half, subby - take a bow!

Flab		2011-05-06 09:47:14 PM

Good run. Steady routine. Impeccable dismount. I give it a 10.

GAT_00		2011-05-06 09:48:23 PM

That right there? That's funny.

NewportBarGuy		2011-05-06 09:50:15 PM

mr_a: We should have hired realtors to track him down back in 2001. They can find a sucker no matter where he hides.

You reminded me of:

Obama should have listened to Peter Schiff (new window)

Benevolent Misanthrope		2011-05-06 09:55:06 PM

Relatively Obscure: A bit of a stretch from the article itself (when AREN'T Fark headlines a stretch), but damn. HOTY candidate.

Indeed - bookmarked in my HOTY folder. Well done, subs.

NewportBarGuy		2011-05-06 09:55:27 PM

NewportBarGuy: Obama

Sonofab*tch, that is an easy mistake to make.

Anaxphone		2011-05-06 10:01:56 PM

m0llusk		2011-05-06 10:04:30 PM

But now it has celebrity cachet to go along with the shabby chic styling.

Makh		2011-05-06 10:05:08 PM

Yeah, with all the neighborhood shootings and the place looks like a dump inside.

fuzzwell		2011-05-06 10:07:49 PM

Glad he's gone. Now let's do something big to make the economy in the USA recover... i.e. bring jobs back home to the USA and stop importing cheap crap and buying it at Wal-Mart.

Come on Government... make it happen!

7of7		2011-05-06 10:08:27 PM

It's almost like this story was designed for this headline.

phlegmmo		2011-05-06 10:15:31 PM

Great headline, subs.

+1

MoonPirate		2011-05-06 10:22:34 PM

Well played sir

shanrick		2011-05-06 10:53:37 PM

Approves of subbys headline

Mini Ditka		2011-05-06 10:57:09 PM

/Awesome!

jayfurr		2011-05-06 10:58:06 PM

Now, this is a headline to put away in storage and take out on those long winter evenings, just to appreciate it all over again.

Well done.

RoyBatty		2011-05-06 10:58:18 PM

Very nice subby, John Matrix should kill you last.

buckler		2011-05-06 10:58:39 PM

Subby make me laugh. Well done.

Stanfan114		2011-05-06 11:00:04 PM

Bravo, subby.

drjekel_mrhyde		2011-05-06 11:00:09 PM

/Had nothing

studebaker hoch		2011-05-06 11:00:14 PM

Warren Buffet called the economic crash in 2003

Bin Laden was only 2 years old then.

cryinoutloud		2011-05-06 11:00:36 PM

*snort*

12349876		2011-05-06 11:00:41 PM

Nice headline.

But seriously (sort of), I assume that most of the costs went into security a prison would envy and no regular person would ever need and little went into granite countertops and stainless steel appliances and tray ceilings, so it makes sense it's valued so low.

menschenfresser		2011-05-06 11:00:46 PM

A masterpiece of a headline! Bravo, Subby.

P.S., The Guardian hasn't gone by "Guardian Unlimited" in a couple of years, has it? (referring to the fark tag)

Biff Spiffy		2011-05-06 11:01:04 PM

Subby, Mini Ditka:

You... You have a gift!

Oldiron_79		2011-05-06 11:01:50 PM

shanrick: Approves of subbys headline

//sleeps with the fishes

bulldg4life		2011-05-06 11:01:57 PM

Win

skinink		2011-05-06 11:02:00 PM

The best part is, your neighbors mind their own business and will never bother you, or know you are even there.* Great for those who like privacy!

*Claim is made by Pakistan politicians and is currently unverifiable.

Gyrfalcon		2011-05-06 11:02:58 PM

Meh, they just need a slick Orange County realtor to spackle over the bullet holes and slap some fresh paint on the bloodstains, and show it as a celebrity "fixer-upper". Just like those high-end meth labs they sell down here all the time.

Jewdown		2011-05-06 11:03:04 PM

NewportBarGuy: mr_a: We should have hired realtors to track him down back in 2001. They can find a sucker no matter where he hides.

You reminded me of:

Obama should have listened to Peter Schiff (new window)

Predicted in 2006. Do the math. u mean Bush.

cryinoutloud		2011-05-06 11:03:06 PM

Makh: Yeah, with all the neighborhood shootings and the place looks like a dump inside.

You'll never get those bloodstains out. Or the angry, jihadi ghosts.

LockeOak		2011-05-06 11:05:34 PM

One day I hope to have a headline that awesome.

jpo2269		2011-05-06 11:06:16 PM

Well, obviously, Osama was not a member of FARK, otherwise he would have learned he should have walked away from his property once it went underwater.

For all his negatives, at least he cared about the property values of his neighbors...

His relationship with the HOA is a completely different story.

LargeCanine		2011-05-06 11:06:52 PM

Headline is a hoot and a hollar.

Homer_J_Fong		2011-05-06 11:08:55 PM

Well done Subby

Dallymo		2011-05-06 11:09:09 PM

Zzzzzing! Bravo, subby!

KimNorth		2011-05-06 11:12:36 PM

Well most people turn up their noses at dead bodies in the living room and a blown up chopper in the back yard.

Rowena		2011-05-06 11:13:06 PM

Bravo Zulu, subby!

Benevolent Misanthrope		2011-05-06 11:13:21 PM

KimNorth: Well most people turn up their noses at dead bodies in the living room and a blown up chopper in the back yard.

Meh - that's all cosmetic! It's got great bones!

Mistymtnhop		2011-05-06 11:15:16 PM

Headline of the year!

dodecahedron		2011-05-06 11:15:33 PM

Subby, reveal thyself and wade in the glory that belongs to thee.

RoyBatty		2011-05-06 11:15:57 PM

KimNorth: Well most people turn up their noses at dead bodies in the living room and a blown up chopper in the back yard.

The dead people ARE a deal breaker, but surely some kids somewhere would enjoy a blowned up stealth choppa when playing cops and robbers.

Rent is too damn high		2011-05-06 11:16:12 PM

KimNorth: Well most people turn up their noses at dead bodies in the living room and a blown up chopper in the back yard.

Buncha snobs. I could find 10's of hipsters who'd love to have a terrorist hide-out/Navy Seals raid motif to their home.

Ed Willy		2011-05-06 11:16:49 PM

Golf clap, subby

eggrolls		2011-05-06 11:19:35 PM

jjorsett		2011-05-06 11:21:36 PM

NewportBarGuy: NewportBarGuy: Obama

Sonofab*tch, that is an easy mistake to make.

Every radio host, network news reporter, and acquaintance that I've heard talk about this has made that mistake, sometimes repeatedly. Personally, I've switched to 'bin Laden' when referring to OBL, just to avoid making it myself.

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