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Title: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Snaggletiger on May 01, 2013, 12:55:26 PM
From the Foxnews.com and the Tigers X Face Palm Department, I give you a man worthy of  :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

5  :facepalm:'s being the worst.

What a banana.

A New Hampshire man says he squandered his life savings playing a rigged carnival game in hopes of winning an Xbox game system.

Henry Gribbohm, 30, of New Hampshire, told WBZ-TV that he ended up losing $2,600 playing Tubs of Fun at a Fiesta Shows' carnival. The next day, he said he complained to a person running the game and was given $600 and a large stuffed banana with dreadlocks.

To some, a large stuffed banana may suffice, but Gribbohm later filed a report with the Manchester Police Department claiming that the game was rigged. The department told the station that it is investigating the matter.

Tubs of Fun is notoriously challenging. Gribbohm told the station that he practiced and thought he had a knack for it. But once the game began the balls started popping out of the water. His only explanation: "It's not possible that it wasn't rigged."

Like a down-on-his-luck Blackjack player, Gribbohm began making riskier bets to win back some money and told WBZ-TV that at one point he dropped $300 in a few minutes. He went home and got another $2,300, he told the station.

The game is operated by an outside party and Fiesta told the station that it will also investigate Gribbohm’s allegations.

"For once in my life, I happened to become that sucker," he said.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/30/new-hampshire-who-loses-life-savings-on-carnival-game-looks-to-appeal/?test=latestnews#ixzz2S3ni6bWu
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Buzz Killington on May 01, 2013, 01:17:09 PM
You can't hide money. 

$1 to Jumbo
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: ssgaufan on May 01, 2013, 02:07:25 PM
30 year old man.  $2,600 LIFE savings.   :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: WiregrassTiger on May 01, 2013, 02:14:29 PM
30 year old man.  $2,600 LIFE savings.   :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
That's the same thing I was thinking. The son-of-a-bitch had too much money anyway. He needed to spread it and stimulate.
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Snaggletiger on May 01, 2013, 02:24:35 PM
Haters.  I was stylin' and profilin' if my "portfolio" had $2,600.00 in at 30 years old. 
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: dallaswareagle on May 01, 2013, 02:36:33 PM
Haters.  I was stylin' and profilin' if my "portfolio" had $2,600.00 in at 30 years old.

Hell at 30 I only had $26.00
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: bottomfeeder on May 01, 2013, 02:41:56 PM
Hell at 30 I only had $26.00

Hell, I was in debt $2,600 at 30 years old.
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Saniflush on May 01, 2013, 03:18:49 PM
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Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Snaggletiger on May 01, 2013, 03:47:37 PM
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Banana balla

Shot calla
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: AWK on May 01, 2013, 04:24:01 PM
Hell at 30 I only had $26.00
Me...too...
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Snaggletiger on May 02, 2013, 02:28:27 PM
Follow up.  Will he give up the dreadlock banana?  FoxNews.kum

After learning that a New Hampshire man lost his life savings at a carnival in hopes of winning an Xbox, a satire website offered to buy the large stuffed banana the man received as a consolation gift for the same amount of money the man lost, WBZ reports.

Henry Gribbohm, 30, of New Hampshire, told WBZ-TV that he ended up losing $2,600 playing Tubs of Fun at a Fiesta Shows' carnival. The next day, he said he complained to a person running the game and was given $600 and a large stuffed banana with dreadlocks.

Gribbohm later filed a report with the Manchester Police Department claiming that the game was rigged. The department told the station that it is investigating the matter.

Tubs of Fun is notoriously challenging. Gribbohm told the station that he practiced and thought he had a knack for it. But once the game began, the balls started popping out of the water. His only explanation: "It's not possible that it wasn't rigged."

CollegeHumor.com  caught wind of the story, and announced it would buy the dreadlocked banana for the $2,600.

“For every Facebook 'Like' this post gets, we'll put 10 cents toward the cost of Henry's stuffed banana, and if we get to 26,000 Likes, we'll offer to buy Henry's banana for $2,600. If this post gets over 30,000 Likes, we'll offer to buy Henry's banana AND pay for the Xbox Kinect that he was originally trying to win,” the post said.

Like a down-on-his-luck Blackjack player, Gribbohm began making riskier bets to win back some money and told WBZ-TV that at one point he dropped $300 in a few minutes. He went home and got another $2,300, he told the station.

The game is operated by an outside party and Fiesta told the station that it will also investigate Gribbohm’s allegations.

"For once in my life, I happened to become that sucker," he said.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/02/website-offers-2600-for-new-hampshire-mans-dreadlocked-banana-report-says/?test=latestnews#ixzz2SA1y36XE
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: dallaswareagle on May 02, 2013, 02:35:59 PM
Hell at 30 I only had $26.00
Me...too...

To be honest I was in some piss hole country where that prolly made me a millionare.
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: WiregrassTiger on May 02, 2013, 03:24:35 PM
To be honest I was in some piss hole country where that prolly made me a millionare.
Me too. I think I was in Dadeville at around that age.
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Buzz Killington on May 02, 2013, 03:28:39 PM
Me too. I think I was in Dadeville at around that age.

So, all your money went to pay for speeding tickets?
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: WiregrassTiger on May 02, 2013, 03:30:55 PM
So, all your money went to pay for speeding tickets?
That and the Beast. Spice wasn't around yet.
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Jumbo on May 03, 2013, 10:47:47 AM
X-Box Kinect is maybe $400? You can't hide money. Hell I have $260 in savings right now, thanks to Uncle Sam and his rigged tax give me all the money game.
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Godfather on May 03, 2013, 03:18:51 PM
X-Box Kinect is maybe $400? You can't hide money. Hell I have $260 in savings right now, thanks to Uncle Sam and his rigged tax give me all the money game.

GOD DAMMIT JUMBO ...at some point it's the principle...the principality. You can't let the game beat you!
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Saniflush on May 03, 2013, 03:50:11 PM
GOD DAMMIT JUMBO ...at some point it's the principle...the principality. You can't let the game beat you!

Recognize!
Title: Re: Yes, These People Walk Among Us
Post by: Vandy Vol on May 03, 2013, 04:20:56 PM
X-Box Kinect is maybe $400?

Where the hell are you shopping?  The Kinect by itself is around $100.  The 360/Kinect bundle is about $300, depending on which console you get.