eBay slot machine an apt metaphor for career prospects [Caption Contest]

Valleywag - 8th Oct 2008

Job for a Cowboy : If you were just laid off from eBay, will there be a job for you in five months when your severance runs out? For answers, consult the eBay-branded slot machines now up and running in Las Vegas. Licensing the eBay name is no doubt lucrative, but it's a bizarre branding move, since eBay's moving away from its are-you-feeling-lucky auctions in favor of fixed-price sales. Can you come up with a better caption? Leave it in the comments. The best one will become the post's new headline. Yesterday's loser: Anyone who suggested "Ich bin ein Wiener." Yesterday's winner: godospoons, for "No, you can't use it to SuperPoke Poland." (Photo by waldoj) Read More: No, you can't use it to SuperPoke Poland, I say we nuke the entire Read full story at Valleywag

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