Saturday, August 18, 2012
Greetings fellow Bizarros:Apparently there are a lot of young people out there with a lot of time on their hands and absolutely no direction whatsoever. I base this on a story I just read about a phenomenon called "Sharpie Parties" which is burgeoning in California.
Sharpie Parties are what happens when you combine the five-year-old foreclosure crisis with the power of social media and the propensity of youngsters toward criminality.
Typically the "host" of a Sharpie Party posts an invitation on Facebook to show up at a particular foreclosed property. The partygoers are handed Sharpie pens on arrival by their hosts and urged to graffiti the walls - a destructive binge, frequently fueled by alcohol, often prompts other acts of vandalism, including smashing holes in walls and doors, flooding bathrooms and ripping up floors.
At the most recently hosted "party" at least 100 people turned up and hundreds of smartphone text messages describing the party were also sent.
You can probably already see the flaw in this genius plan.
Anna Hazel, an investigator in the Merced district attorney's office in central California, said, "We obtained search warrants for Facebook accounts. It was very useful to us to get access to the social networks. They posted pictures of the party. They were brazen about it."
Three men, aged 21, 24 and 30, were arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism, burglary and conspiracy. One of them was the son of the evicted former owner.
In my opinion these kinds of problems could be solved with extensive labor programs for young people. Imagine how much work could get done if tens of thousands of young morons were paid $4 an hour or so to sort recyclables at garbage dumps or pick up trash along highways or any of dozens of other projects that don't require a lot of brains.
I'll tell you this much; a lot fewer houses would get vandalized.
Bizarrely,
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*-- Auto workers stay cool with kilts --*TULSA, Okla. - An Oklahoma auto shop owner said he has embraced the shop's Irish theme -- and beat the summer heat -- by wearing a kilt to work. David O'Brien, proprietor of O'Brien Auto Performance in Tulsa, said his shop plays Irish jig music during the work day and has a shamrock in its logo, so switching his summer garb from pants to a kilt four years ago seemed like a logical way to cool off in the summer heat, KOTV, Tulsa, Okla., reported Thursday. "This is physically cooler than shorts," O'Brien said. He said the mode of dress comes with its own challenges. "Keep your knees down and your feet crossed, then everybody's happy and safe," he said. O'Brien said worker David Denney followed his lead and also dons a kilt at work from May to October.
*-- READER COMMENTS --*Bizarre is usually pretty funny. This issue was w-a-a-a-y too much! -Linda P.
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You had a lot of morning sickness, didn't you?]
I am not buying what that doctor is selling. It's sounds to me like he is using his "doctor status" to get women to start swallowing. At the best of times, I don't appreciate being smacked in the face with a penis, but add morning sickness to it, and you are asking for a world of hurt! -Jenni
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That's good to know. Thank you for sharing.]
What a load of bullfeathers! I'll bet this will be one study that men around the world will support, aid and abet! The day a doctor suggests to me to suck a c**k to cure morning sickness - I'll warm up a cupful for him and say "Here - sample this! And do try NOT to throw up!" -Mary
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Your next party is definitely going to BYOB for me.]
Lewis.. only you would spend almost the entire newsletter discussing oral sex and masturbation! When will you be graduating? -Patty
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Hey, they say to write what you know, so...]
Hi Lewis, Well, I just HAVE to know - did TZ have anything to do with the morning sickness cure report? It sounds like something that goofy perv would write up, whether or not he was a scientist, just to get a shot at a blow job. "C'mon, honey! It'll cure your morning sickness!"
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I'm not sure of TZ sometimes, but he does have a lab coat.]
To the man who played the same song continuously to piss off the bar maid; Never get the person serving you drinks, or food at a restaurant for that matter, angry. I often frequented a 24hr coffee shop after the bars closed and would witness a drunk cuss out the waitress, complain about the food, service, etc. When the waitress brought out the food, you could see 2 or 3 cook's heads peeking out the serving window to watch him eat it.
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