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Bizarre News - April 8, 2015
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
Suicide is not something to be taken lightly. It's not like it is a decision a person can go back on, so usually it is something extremely traumatic or stressful that triggers it; like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a terrible personal tragedy, years of pain, stress or depression, or maybe having your free lunch buffet coupon revoked.
Now that last one may not seem so tragic, but you have to consider; it was a free buffet coupon FOR LIFE!
That was what sent one Las Vegas man over the edge just this Easter past.
In his final message to the world John Noble blamed his suicide on depression that set in after the Henderson resort awarded him free meals at the buffet for life, then banned him from the property in 2013 for harassing some of the women working there.
Well, I suppose losing everything you've ever worked for CAN be traumatic enough to make a person take his own life, but if the shining success in your life is all-you-can-eat Turkey a la King, soggy vegetable medley and soft-serve ice cream, you may have failed to exploit some opportunities.
And this was not a bad decision made on the spur of the moment. Noble fought the loss of his 'prize' for several years, but when he couldn't afford a lawyer, not even one who would work on contingency of free Salisbury Steak, he prepared an elaborate suicide note and plan.
Noble documented his struggle with the Henderson Resort and his final decision with a stack of notes and documents that included more than 270 pages, photographs and a two-hour DVD of him talking about his troubles.
The second-to-last page, titled "The Curse," spells out all the harm he wishes on those he believed wronged him. Included on the list are several women who worked at the buffet and who Noble showered with gifts and unwanted attention after he won meals for life there in 2010.
He then mailed the entire package to a local newspaper before going to the buffet that apparently ruined his life and blowing his brains all over the crab legs.
Henderson police said two people were hurt attempting to flee the area after the shot rang out. One person was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries from a fall. Another person was checked out by paramedics at the scene.
Editor's note: I do not know that Noble blew his brains all over the crab legs, that is just what "I" would aim for if I were going to shoot myself at a buffet.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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*-- Chinese man's 17 girlfriends discover each other during hospital visit --*
CHANGSHA, China (UPI) - A philandering Chinese man who secretly had 17 girlfriends was exposed when all of his paramours arrived at the same time to visit him in the hospital. The Changsha man, identified by the surname Yuan, was hospitalized March 24 with non-life-threatening injuries from a car accident and doctors got into contact with a number of people they believed to be family members. However, the 17 people who turned up at the hospital were revealed to be Yuan's girlfriends, who were unaware of each others' existence until they all arrived at the hospital at the same time. A girlfriend who identified herself as Xiao Li said she has spoken with several of the other women and discovered many of them had been regularly giving him money. She said one of the women had been supporting him financially for nine years. Yuan, who also allegedly fabricated his education background to get a job with a large company, is facing a fraud charge after he allegedly bilked his ex-wife of more than $40,000.
*-- N.Y. woman gets permission to serve divorce papers via Facebook --*
NEW YORK (UPI) - A New York judge granted a woman permission to serve divorce papers to her elusive husband via Facebook message. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper ruled Ellanora Baidoo, 26, "is granted permission serve defendant with the divorce summons using a private message through Facebook." "This transmittal shall be repeated by plaintiff's attorney to defendant once a week for three consecutive weeks or until acknowledged" by Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku, Baidoo's husband, Cooper wrote in his decision. Andrew Spinnell, Baidoo's lawyer, said Blood-Dzraku has proven difficult to find and only communicates with his client via phone and Facebook. The court heard Baidoo and Blood-Dzraku were married in a civil ceremony in 2009, but the relationship fell apart when Blood-Dzraku backed out of his promise to follow-up the wedding with a traditional Ghanaian wedding ceremony attended by the couple's families. Cooper's ruling said the "last address plaintiff has for defendant is an apartment that he vacated in 2011." Baidoo "has spoken with defendant by telephone on occasion, and he has told her that he has no fixed address and no place of employment. He has also refused to make himself available to be served with divorce papers." "The post office has no forwarding address for him, there is no billing address linked to his prepaid cellphone, and the Department of Motor Vehicles has no record of him," Cooper wrote in the decision, which is dated March 27. Spinnell said the first Facebook message was sent last week. "So far, he hasn't responded," Spinnell told the New York Daily News.
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One would hope that at least one of those college 'students' might have thought to toss the hamper out the window instead of running around like headless chickens. Paying for a broken window would be less expensive than paying for an apartment complex and going to jail. -Ron
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Hey! Those kids are in college to learn, not to think. Let's not put too much pressure on them to use their brains.]
Lewis, you probably aren't aware that most of the Christian holidays are based on ancient Pagan holidays: Christmas is based on Yule, or Winter Solstice). Easter got its name from an ancient goddess named Ostara, who represents new beginnings and fertility; i.e. bunnies, at Spring Equinox. When Christianity came along and tried to convert the old religionists to the "new" religion of Christianity, the people were either forced to convert or were killed. These societies were matriarchal, and worshipped goddesses above gods. Do a little research;, you might learn something. Don't call a society backwards because they worship a goddess. There are many Pagans/Wiccans/Witches who honor goddesses as well as gods. And there are more of us than you think.
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If you want to run around naked in the woods on the equinox and pay to rocks and trees and have ritualistic sex with a guy dressed up like a goat, more power to you. Actually, I'd kind of be interested in watching that if you don't mind someone tagging along with a video camera.]
Lewis, The sherif says that high school is no place to buy or sell drugs but a place to get an education. I'd say those boys who were busted are getting an education and now they will be going to jail for some post graduate work. -Wes
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