7 peculiar new Groupon offers

The daily deals site is promoting offers that have triggered plenty of head-scratching — ranging from cheap circumcisions to the opportunity to be tucked into bed

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Seemingly bored of its usual spa, restaurant, and bar offerings, the daily deals site Groupon is branching out into stranger areas of commerce. In recent months, the company has promoted a number of bizarre deals that have befuddled longtime users and caught the attention of the news media. Groupon is still struggling to recover from a disastrous IPO in late 2011— its stock has plunged 62 percent — and analysts speculate that at least some of Groupon's forays into the weird are an attempt to drum up much-needed publicity. Here, seven strange new Groupon offers:

1. Name your baby 'Clembough'

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