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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: GOBUCKS on April 30, 2013, 02:52:21 PM
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Tue Apr 30, 2013, 01:41 PM
Contrary1 (10,937 posts)
Man claims he lost his life savings playing a carnival game
I find myself without words.
EPSOM, NH - Henry Gribbohm says he lost $2600 playing a carnival game and all he has to show for it is a stuffed banana with dreadlocks.
Gribbohm said he wanted to win an Xbox Kinect at a game called 'Tubs of Fun'.
In the game, contestants toss balls into a tub. When he practiced, it was easy but something changed when he started playing- the balls kept popping out.
Gribbohm kept trying to win back his money by going double or nothing, WMAR reported.
He dropped $300 in just a few minutes, then says he went home to get $2300 more and soon lost all that as well.
"It's not possible that it wasn't rigged," he said. "For once in my life I happened to become that sucker."
He went back the next day to complain, and the man running the game gave him back $600.
(http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac32/gobucksnumbers/carnivalbanana_zps47dd3193.jpg)
He split with the banana and the cash, and filed a report with police.
Gribbohm says he's considering a lawsuit.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/daily-extras/henry-gribbohm-claims-he-lost-his-life-savings-playing-a-carnival-game
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022776815
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 01:43 PM
actslikeacarrot (204 posts)
1. He could have bought the xbox kinect...
...for a hundred bucks.
"For once in my life I happened to become that sucker."
It is not In my nature to judge, but I have a hard time believing this.
At least he has SOMETHING to show for it!
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 01:46 PM
snooper2 (16,409 posts)
3. I went out in public to show off my stupid
and all I got to show for it is this ****ing banana
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 01:52 PM
richmwill (1,262 posts)
11. Stupid at this level should be mocked.
The complete and total moron spent $2600 to try to win a $300 video game console. And now he wants to run to the police and file a lawsuit for what, his own stupidity? Hard lesson learned, sir. As an earlier poster said, he could have gone to any video game store and purchased this system for a LOT less than $2600. Fools and their money are soon parted, and this guy is a prime example of that
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:rotf: It's like that game show where someone knows they should just walk away with thousands but no they gotta keep going and end up leaving the show with 1K.
Just say no! :fuelfire:
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Carnival games are crooked? I'm shocked! I say, shocked!
I remember reusing to play them at 14, because even at that tender age I was able to figure out it was all a sham.
This is surprising to DUmmies because they all want to play the disability bandwagon game.
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I thought it was a Twinkie.
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The father of a golf buddy of mine was a carnie. He's told me tales about how they fixed the games and how stupid some of the players are.
When he was little, his job was to walk around the fair or carnival carrying a huge teddy bear.
He was supposed to tell people he won it at that game over there, it's really easy.
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I thought it was a Twinkie.
It is. It's an anatomically correct sex Twinkie, including the cream-filled middle. He paid the carnie $2,000 for it.
He just told the reporter it was a "banana" and he was ripped off.
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:lmao: I got thrown out of the fair grounds as a teenager. The old toss a nickel in the glass plate game and win some cheap prize or some carnival glass. Well, an old carny told me how to beat the game and I was giving every girl there a prize....cost me about 20 cent per prize....probably about what the fair people had in the prize but they weren't making money off of me.
You put 2 nickels together and toss them in the plate....the top nickel pops out but the nickel on the bottom stays in.....works even better if you put a little spit between the nickels.....just do it when they ain't looking. They really hate getting beat at their own game.
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:rotf: It's like that game show where someone knows they should just walk away with thousands but no they gotta keep going and end up leaving the show with 1K.
Just say no! :fuelfire:
I can't stand that and it gives me anxiety attacks. Deal or No Deal was like that.
Why are there so many stupid people around?
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You too? Drives me nuts!!! :rofl:
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I blame our new Granny State Mentality. A few years back we had a Ponzi scheme go south and there has been talk about the state compensating the victims. What do you get when you subsidize stupid? More.
Should States Compensate Ponzi Scheme Victims? Montana and New Hampshire Think So.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanmaglich/2013/03/18/should-states-compensate-ponzi-scheme-victims-montana-and-new-hampshire-think-so/
The once proud Granite State is now officially The Granny State (tm). We have become a full matriarchy in terms of our Governor and Congress Critters. It seems like ever since the Old Man slid into Profile Lake (ten years ago May 3) the men of NH have gone fishing leaving the ladies and metrosexuals in charge. It shows. Oh how it shows.
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Well, an old carny told me how to beat the game and I was giving every girl there a prize....
What a ladies' man! :naughty:
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I suppose that the saying "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes" was never more appropriate.
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(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/37398589.jpg)
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It is. It's an anatomically correct sex Twinkie, including the cream-filled middle. He paid the carnie $2,000 for it.
He just told the reporter it was a "banana" and he was ripped off.
That is the most expensive Twinkie.
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This whole thing reminds me of libs and their desire for free healthcare
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(http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac32/gobucksnumbers/carnivalbanana_zps47dd3193.jpg)
Pretty bad when the Rastafarian Banana is the smart one. Individuals that do this would fall for scams like quarterly giving donations to the owners of a website who don't account for the money received and who sell things like hearts at Valentines, etc...
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(http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac32/gobucksnumbers/carnivalbanana_zps47dd3193.jpg)
Pretty bad when the Rastafarian Banana is the smart one. Individuals that do this would fall for scams like quarterly giving donations to the owners of a website who don't account for the money received and who sell things like hearts at Valentines, etc...
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and. To top it all off, isn't that banana...racist?
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It looks like he spent an earlier sum of his life savings at the $35 tattoo parlor.
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Hey, I won a goldfish at a carnval when I was 14 or 15! Of course it was a school carnival...
Cindie
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Hey, I won a goldfish at a carnval when I was 14 or 15! Of course it was a school carnival...
Cindie
I think every kid won some of those. :cheersmate:
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Jailhouse tatts
Wife-beater t-shirt
Ray bans set atop his head
soul patch
cheap-ass gold jewelry in abundance
beer gut before 45
too emotionally involved to let go when buying off the shelf would be easier.
Yeah ... this guy has at least 1 ex-girlfriend with a RO against him.
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And then, he allows the whole sorry episode to be broadcast on TV and all over the internet. He carries the banana around, announcing to God and everyone, how stupid he really is.
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Jailhouse tatts
Wife-beater t-shirt
Ray bans set atop his head
soul patch
cheap-ass gold jewelry in abundance
beer gut before 45
too emotionally involved to let go when buying off the shelf would be easier.
Yeah ... this guy has at least 1 ex-girlfriend with a RO against him.
And he could use a Bro-ssiere.
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Wait...did someone say banana?......
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IKMHtLe0Qg[/youtube]
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I wonder what this idiots DU handle is??????????????
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Something is fishy.
No sucker in the history of carnivals has ever got a $600 refund from a carnie.
Carnies aren't exactly famous for showing sympathy for their marks.
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Jailhouse tatts
Wife-beater t-shirt
Ray bans set atop his head
soul patch
cheap-ass gold jewelry in abundance
beer gut before 45
too emotionally involved to let go when buying off the shelf would be easier.
Yeah ... this guy has at least 1 ex-girlfriend with a RO against him.
And a prescription for Valtrex with several refills.
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:lmao: I got thrown out of the fair grounds as a teenager. The old toss a nickel in the glass plate game and win some cheap prize or some carnival glass. Well, an old carny told me how to beat the game and I was giving every girl there a prize....cost me about 20 cent per prize....probably about what the fair people had in the prize but they weren't making money off of me.
You put 2 nickels together and toss them in the plate....the top nickel pops out but the nickel on the bottom stays in.....works even better if you put a little spit between the nickels.....just do it when they ain't looking. They really hate getting beat at their own game.
AWESOME! what happens if they see the two nickels? are there rules to the game posted ?
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That moron looks like he could work for the carnival
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Wow - PT Barnum was right !
I'm waiting patiently for the bouncy on DU - about the way this Wiley E Coyote intellect manage to beat a bunch of inbred carny rethugs at their own game.
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Why are there so many stupid people around?
Greed, plain & simple.
(http://astrologyunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/greed-300x213.jpg)
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:lmao: I got thrown out of the fair grounds as a teenager. The old toss a nickel in the glass plate game and win some cheap prize or some carnival glass. Well, an old carny told me how to beat the game and I was giving every girl there a prize....cost me about 20 cent per prize....probably about what the fair people had in the prize but they weren't making money off of me.
You put 2 nickels together and toss them in the plate....the top nickel pops out but the nickel on the bottom stays in.....works even better if you put a little spit between the nickels.....just do it when they ain't looking. They really hate getting beat at their own game.
I swear I just told this story someplace else. I 'won' shoot out the star by cutting the paper over the star by firing back and forth in a line up by the clip, dropping most of the paper onto the floor. I didn't get tossed out, but I didn't win either.
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That moron looks like he could work for the carnival
Nah, even meth-heads have standards.
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Nah, even meth-heads have standards.
Yeah, and the fair/carnival around here runs all the workers through a background check and a drug test, so he'd never cut it.
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Yeah, and the fair/carnival around here runs all the workers through a background check and a drug test, so he'd never cut it.
My favorite game at the amusement park was shooting at those little ducks with Winchester Model 62s and .22 short gallery rounds.
I wonder if there is such a thing anymore.
There used to also be .22 BB Caps and .22 CB Caps for popping birds and vermin. Haven't seen those in many years.
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Nah, even meth-heads have standards.
Come fall the Carney workers take Temp Jobs, come spring they are on their way south. Interesting and spooky people, we had a few come to work and for a short time and they definitely did not like manual labor.
Very closed society, and secretive about their summer jobs moving from town to town.