In one of the more surreal customer service nightmares we’ve come across recently, Paypal ordered a disgruntled buyer to destroy a $2500 violinand provide evidence of said destruction in order to get their money back after they claimed it was a [caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Image via CrunchBase"][/caption] counterfeit. The seller, who was never given…
We’ve never gone paragliding, nor do we have any interest in doing so. But we’re pretty sure that the example in the clip below violates what we imagine to be rule #1 of paragliding: watch where you land! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk-BLDhaeBg Related articles How to Picnic While Paragliding (thedailymeal.com) Paraglider rescued after crashing into tree during take-off…
Michael Anthony Fuller no longer feels like a million dollars. There’s a scene in Airplane 2 where Sonny Bono walks into a store and nonchalantly selects several items before sheepishly asking for “the second time bomb on the left”. We imagine that Mr. Fuller’s recent trip to Walmart was much like that. Mr Fuller selected…
As older brothers, we certainly don’t want to discourage fraternal obedience, but sometimes you’ve just got to say no to your older brother. For example, if he asks you to swallow an ounce of cocaine he’s hiding in his buttocks, you should refuse. Case in point: 20 year old Wayne Joshua Mitchell died last month…
After 77 years of marriage, including a short separation a decade ago, a 99 year old Italian man, Antonio C, has finally found the excuse he’s been waiting for to divorce his wife. Recently, while going through some drawers, Antonio found letters his wife had written to a lover in the 1940s. Confronted with the…
One would think that educators running a special needs classroom would be seasoned at dealing with different behavioral issues. Recently, staff at Mercer County Intermediate School in Harrodsburg, Kentucky proved otherwise, placing 9 year old Christopher Baker inside a duffel bag after he misbehaved in class. Baker, a 4th grader with autism, ha apparently been…
Tip: Throwing your half-naked mistress out the window is not an effective strategy for keeping your infidelity from being discovered. Buenos Aires (Agencies): A woman suffered various injuries and traumas after falling from the second floor window of a building located in the Argentine province of Salta. The injured person, identified as Yesica Tarifa, 23,…
LaDondrell Montgomery had an airtight alibi for his whereabouts during a December 13,2009 armed robbery. He was in prison for another crime. Unfortunately, neither prosecutor, nor defense attorney, nor even the defendant realized this. As a result, Montgomery was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for a crime he could not have committed. Shortly…
Fear Factor went off the air in 2006 due to poor ratings, and for some reason or other, a cadre of fans pined for its return. The show, emblematic of much of what is lacking in modern culture, will soon make its return to NBC. The network is desperate for a hit, and Matt Kunitz,…
In what ought to be a criminal offense, Sharron Smalls, Principal of Jane Addams High School in the South Bronx stands “accused of handing students chemistry credits for cosmetology courses and geography credits for tourism classes. Teachers say the fraud may lead to more than 100 seniors not graduating from the F-rated school because they…