After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get "Guitar Hero III" video game he bought his son for 90 dollars for Christmas at an online auction, fetching 9,000 dollars.

The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard.

"So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Christmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn't wait to spread the jubilance to my son," the father wrote on the eBay website.

"Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends."

The man, a school teacher, who kept his identity private, said he sold the coveted video game to punish his son and discourage him from smoking dope.

The sale was a boon for the family's bank account, since the game the father purchased for 90 dollars (US) was finally sold to an Australian who plunked down 9,100 dollars for it.

The naughty son, however, will not go without a present on Christmas.

"I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said, tongue-in-cheek.

 

Source: AFP (yahoo.com)

The latest example of a parent selling a christmas present. Last year it was a PS3.

I love it!

 

WAY TO GO, DAD!!!

Smoking pot is teh devil.

:lol :lol :lol

 

The last quote in the article is classic.

Dad of the year? No.

 

Dumbest Australian of the year? Yes.

"I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said, tongue-in-cheek.

:lol classic

Dad of the year? No.

 

Dumbest Australian of the year? Yes.

 

This doesn't make any sense to me.

ZOMG TEH SMOKING WEED IS SO EVOL AND RRONGE.

I don't get why the dad need to talk to the media about how and why he punished his kid.

^I think the point was that those games are selling for ridiculous amounts and that the dad unintentionally got 9 grand richer.

 

Dad of the year? No.

 

Dumbest Australian of the year? Yes.

 

This doesn't make any sense to me.

 

The guy who bought the game off the dad paid $9,000 for it and was Australian.

Smoking pot is teh devil.

 

 

Smoking pot apparantly pads wallets, too.

I don't get why the dad need to talk to the media about how and why he punished his kid.

The media sought him out after seeing the ad.