Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

While in New Jersey you have the lesbian waitress who claimed she received an anti-gay message scrawled on a receipt instead of a tip (and has since been suspended from work while her boss tries to figure out exactly how full of shit she is), in other parts of the country a mystery tipper has been leaving tips ranging from $500 to $10,000 at random bars and restaurants.

The philanthropic spree struck recently in South Bend, Indiana where a customer scrawled "Fight on" on his receipt at Legends of Notre Dame after paying the tab and tacking on a $5,000 tip.

"We were all looking at this like, is this a joke?" said Ashley Rust, a former bartender at Legends.

But later that night, after the football game, the man and his friends returned to Legends, rang up another bill and added another $5,000 tip.

Apparently this kind of thing has been going on for months.

No one is even sure whether the tipper is one person or several different people. The only thing that seems to be consistent is that the tipper(s) leave @tipsforjesus on the receipts. The exploits have been chronicled on the photo-sharing application Instagram.

Monster tips with the tell-tale moniker have showed up in at least 15 different bars and restaurants in Utah, Chicago, San Francisco and Hollywood.

Jared Allen, owner of the downtown Ogden bar Alleged, where servers received a $1,000 tip, said his staff described the tipper as a stylish younger man who came in with a couple of friends and paid with a black American Express card.

Whoever he is he's probably having a hell of a lot of fun.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Disney movie audience shown sexually explicit clip --*
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Parents who took kids to see Disney's "Frozen" at a Florida movie theater said they were mistakenly shown a sexually explicit scene from another film. Lynn Greene of Largo said she took her grandchildren to see the PG-rated animated movie at Regal Cinemas Park Place Stadium 16 in Pinellas Park Friday when workers said they would be temporarily shown another cartoon as a result of technical difficulties, WTVT-TV, Tampa, Fla., reported Tuesday. "They put in the filler, it looked like 'Steamboat Willie,' the old Mickey Mouse cartoon, and then all of a sudden it goes into this other scene," Greene said. Greene said the scene appeared to be a sexually explicit clip from an R-rated movie. The theater said the clip played for less than two minutes, but Greene said it seemed longer. "It seemed like forever when you're trying to, you know, cover a little guy's eyes," she said. "I didn't have enough hands to cover his ears too and he got the sound down real good." Green said the free movie tickets offered to audience members were not enough of an apology. "You're talking, what, a PG-rated movie to all of a sudden have an R-rated scene up there for little children?" she said. "My concern is that there should be safeguards in place so that this doesn't happen again." A Regal Cinemas representative said the company is working to prevent similar incidents from taking place in the future.


*-- Police: Son attacked dad during mac and cheese argument --*
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Authorities in South Carolina said they arrested a 20-year-old man accused of assaulting his father during an argument about macaroni and cheese. The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office said Brian Rossi, 54, told deputies the incident began Sunday when he was "trying to make some macaroni and cheese for dinner" and he "discovered that there was only pasta and no more cheese packets" left in the package. The sheriff's office report said Rossi told his son, Alex, 20, to "stop using all of the cheese packets" and the two men then engaged in an argument. Alex allegedly "ran after" his father during the argument "and began to punch him in the face and head," deputies wrote. The son "eventually took Brian to the ground and continued to hit him," the report said. Deputies said "Brian had a fresh laceration beneath his left eye with bruising and swelling" when they arrived at the home and Alex confirmed he and his father "were arguing over macaroni and cheese." The report said Alex told deputies he "did punch Brian in the face, but that Brian also punched him in the face." Alex Rossi, who had no visible injuries, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. He was jailed in lieu of $1,097 bond.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
It is hard to believe a company getting irate over a few photos and story about sex. The UPS employee could of been on a lunch break. What's wrong with a little afternoon delight? It can be helpful to have sex mid day as it raises the endorphins and makes people happy. Plus is it not the season to be giving. UPS doesn't get upset if a driver tosses a package over a fence or wall but blows a gasket over sex pictures. America needs to quit being so prudish about sex. -Teddy
[Just as long as his bare ass wasn't sitting on my the Christmas present I bought for my wife.]

What are you, Lewis, a Grinch? Mega decorating houses has become a tradition in some streets and a tourist attraction. The kids especially love it. In some instances power companies subsidise the bill as the displays which extend to within the house and backyard collect through donations much needed money for charity. -Steve
[I have nothing against charity. I do have something against crowds of transients loitering around my house while I have to hang blankets over all my windows to keep the glare out.]

Lewis, check this from my home country... "A 28-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Malindi court for sexually abusing a neighbour's goat."
[Yeah, but that's in Kenya, so you can't be too surprised. In Australia it would have been a kangaroo and in Alabama it would have been the guy's 14-year-old cousin.]

*-- END OF READER COMMENTS --*
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