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Cement Blocks for Sale

February 15, 2008 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment

Posted on Craigslist last summer:

8×8x16 Cement Block – $1

I have approximately 275 to 300 cinder blocks for sale. They are standard 8″x8″x16″. They cost about $1.75 plus delivery fees if you buy them somewhere else. I’m asking $1.00 per block.

You pick them up and move them yourself.

Please don’t waste my fucking time with endless emails. These are plain old cinderblocks, for fuck sake. You don’t need to do an engineering study on the feasibility of using these fucking things as building material. That’s what they’re for, you fucking idiots. Now listen, we’re all busy people here. You want the blocks? Come get the fucking blocks and give me one dollar for every block you take. How fucking hard is that? You don’t have to tell me what you’re building. I don’t give a fuck. I’m not interested in helping you build it either. Why? Because I don’t give a fuck. I just want to get these fucking things off my property. So if you want them, get the fuck over here with some money and take them. The next fucking moron that emails me with “I’m building a blah blah blah, and was wondering if…” The answer is NO. Come get the fucking blocks and build it yourself. If I knew how to do masonry, don’t you think I’d be using the blocks myself instead of selling them for half fucking price? What the fuck is wrong with you people? The next one of you fucking jackasses that emails me with some sob-story bullshit is getting his email address added to the North American Man/Boy Love Association mailing list.

You want the blocks? Come get the blocks, and don’t fuck with me!

Bizarre

Call Center Berates PC Buyer

February 15, 2008 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment

A Panamanian call center rep insults an American customer trying to buy a computer. When the customer tries to bail out of the deal when he learns the PC does not include a pair of speakers, the rep starts calling him a little pussy girl.

This might be bullshit, but we’ll let you decide.

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Musician Falls and Breaks $1M Violin

February 15, 2008 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment

In London, musician David Garrett tripped while carrying his 18th century violin as he was leaving London’s Barbican Hall after a performance, breaking it to pieces.

“I had it over my shoulder in its case and I fell down a concrete flight of stairs backward,” Garrett said Thursday. “When I opened the case, much of my G.B. Guadagnini had been crushed.”

Garrett said he bought the 1772 violin for $1 million in 2003, and he is now hoping to get it repaired in New York, where he is based.

The 26-year old musician is hoping and praying that it can be fixed. But if it can’t be fixed, hopes his insurance policy will compensate him and allow him to get another really expensive fiddle.

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Celebrity

Naked Cowboy Sues M&Ms

February 14, 2008 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment

The NYC street performer known as “The Naked Cowboy” is suing Mars, Inc. for millions of dollars because an M&M candy on a Times Square billboard sports the same look he does – cowboy hat, cowboy boots and white briefs.

For nearly a decade, Robert Burck has been a fixture in Times Square, where he strums a guitar on a street corner while dressed in his skimpy signature costume.

In a lawsuit filed this week in Manhattan federal court, Burck said that two oversized Times Square billboards that promote M&Ms used his look without compensating him.

The billboards depict a blue M&M with a white guitar overlooking views of New York City, including the Statue of Liberty. He is suing the candy maker and the ad agency that created the ad, for trademark infringement.

Burck had trademarked his signature look and has made several television and movie appearances in costume, including American Idol.

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Amazing

Baltimore Cop vs Skateboarder

February 13, 2008 | Filed by Boner | Leave a Comment

Baltimore police officer Salvatore Rivieri was suspended when a YouTube video surfaced showing him roughing up a teenage skateboarder. The burly officer grabs the 14-year old kid, drags him into the ground and puts him in a headlock.

When the boy denies doing anything, Rivieri responds: “First of all, you’re disrespecting me, my badge and this department.” The bully then launches into an angry tirade and threatens him repeatedly.

Rivieri, a 17-year veteran of the force is now suspended pending an internal-affairs investigation.

When Rivieri spots the kid with the video camera, he can be heard making a threat until the video shuts off. Kudos to the brave boy who secretly recorded the incident.

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