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Urine the Money

A college student in Jacksonville, Fla., wanted a way to make money while pregnant. “I saw from other women and their experiences that it’s very easy,” the unnamed woman said. “$200 in a day off, something I have to do no matter what.” The thing she has to do: urinate. The way to get paid for that: use it to take pregnancy tests, then sell them. Some women advertise positive pregnancy tests as tools for pranks — or for getting men to propose marriage. (AC/WFTV Jacksonville) ...It’s a twist on that time-dishonored way of paying for school: helping people cheat on tests.
Original Publication Date: 25 December 2016
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.

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