Commander of Awesome
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Apr 30, 2013 12:48pm
[h=1]Man loses life savings on carnival game[/h]<cite class="byline vcard">
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Sideshow – <abbr title="2013-04-30T13:54:11Z">2 hrs 54 mins ago</abbr></cite>
A New Hampshire man who thought he had a decent ball toss says he lost his life savings—or about $2,600—playing a carnival game he claims was rigged.
Henry Gribbohm told WBZ-TV that he was attempting to win an Xbox Kinect at the Manchester carnival when things went awry.
The 30-year-old from Epsom, N.H., was playing a game called Tubs of Fun in which contestants toss balls into a tub, but the balls kept popping out.
“It’s not possible that it wasn’t rigged,” Gribbohm said. “You just get caught up in the whole ‘I’ve got to win my money back.’”
Gribbohm lost $300, WBZ-TV reports, "went home to get $2,300 more and soon lost all of that as well."
Manchester police are investigating the incident, and New Hampshire-based Fiesta Shows, which produces the traveling carnival, is pulling Tubs of Fun for the time being.
Gribbohm, who managed to win a stuffed banana with dreadlocks before dropping $2,600, says he's considering a lawsuit.
“For once in my life I happened to become that sucker,” Gribbohm said.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/carnival-life-savings-135411650.html
lol I don't even feel bad for him.
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Sideshow – <abbr title="2013-04-30T13:54:11Z">2 hrs 54 mins ago</abbr></cite>
A New Hampshire man who thought he had a decent ball toss says he lost his life savings—or about $2,600—playing a carnival game he claims was rigged.
Henry Gribbohm told WBZ-TV that he was attempting to win an Xbox Kinect at the Manchester carnival when things went awry.
The 30-year-old from Epsom, N.H., was playing a game called Tubs of Fun in which contestants toss balls into a tub, but the balls kept popping out.
“It’s not possible that it wasn’t rigged,” Gribbohm said. “You just get caught up in the whole ‘I’ve got to win my money back.’”
Gribbohm lost $300, WBZ-TV reports, "went home to get $2,300 more and soon lost all of that as well."
Manchester police are investigating the incident, and New Hampshire-based Fiesta Shows, which produces the traveling carnival, is pulling Tubs of Fun for the time being.
Gribbohm, who managed to win a stuffed banana with dreadlocks before dropping $2,600, says he's considering a lawsuit.
“For once in my life I happened to become that sucker,” Gribbohm said.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/carnival-life-savings-135411650.html
lol I don't even feel bad for him.
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MontyBrunswick
Apr 30, 2013 12:58pm
I...d-....wh-...
I hate people.
I hate people.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Apr 30, 2013 1:00pm
LOFLCommander of Awesome;1436203 wrote:Gribbohm, who managed to win a stuffed banana with dreadlocks before dropping $2,600,
I have a feeling it won't be the last time he's a sucker. What kind of idiot loses $2600 at a carnival game and then complains about it? It's not rigged. It's supposed to be hard you moron.Commander of Awesome;1436203 wrote:“For once in my life I happened to become that sucker,” Gribbohm said.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Apr 30, 2013 1:00pm
He might as well complain that the lottery is rigged and sue the state...
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MontyBrunswick
Apr 30, 2013 1:01pm
The $300 he sank into the game could've purchased an Xbox. What a dipshit moron.
I hope he files the lawsuit so he gets counter-sued and loses even more money.
I hope he files the lawsuit so he gets counter-sued and loses even more money.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Apr 30, 2013 1:02pm
If you click the link, and watch the video you'll see a guy who's dropped a ton of money on tats. Pushing his kid around in a stroller wearing a beater. Kid has no chance.FatHobbit;1436229 wrote:LOFL
I have a feeling it won't be the last time he's a sucker. What kind of idiot loses $2600 at a carnival game and then complains about it? It's not rigged. It's supposed to be hard you moron.
Raw Dawgin' it
Posts: 11,466
Apr 30, 2013 1:03pm
The fact that he went home to get more money shows how unbelievably retarded this man is. He'll just end up getting government funding and most likely win the law suit.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Apr 30, 2013 1:06pm
I hope he loses and his punishment is being buttfucked by a herd of angry wildebeest.
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gut
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Apr 30, 2013 1:09pm
Safe bet he's already on the dole.Raw Dawgin' it;1436238 wrote:He'll just end up getting government funding and most likely win the law suit.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Apr 30, 2013 1:12pm
The games frequently are rigged, or used to be. 60 Minutes or someone did a special a few years ago, and ball toss was one of them. Basically the distance, angle and depth of the tub (and air in the bouncy ball) make it impossible for the ball to stay in there.FatHobbit;1436229 wrote: It's not rigged. It's supposed to be hard you moron.
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MontyBrunswick
Apr 30, 2013 1:15pm
OP misspelled "loses".
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Apr 30, 2013 1:15pm
I think the lottery is a fair comparison. Everyone knows that it's hard to win. People still waste their money on it.gut;1436248 wrote:The games frequently are rigged, or used to be. 60 Minutes or someone did a special a few years ago, and ball toss was one of them. Basically the distance, angle and depth of the tub (and air in the bouncy ball) make it impossible for the ball to stay in there.
SnotBubbles
Posts: 4,492
Apr 30, 2013 1:16pm
It IS a pretty kick ass banana though...
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Apr 30, 2013 1:17pm
Only in the SEC.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Apr 30, 2013 1:19pm
I'm keeping it, seems fitting. Thanks for the call out though.dlazz;1436252 wrote:OP misspelled "loses".
Commander of Awesome
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Apr 30, 2013 1:22pm
Sure is. I'm shocked by two things in this picture though.SnotBubbles;1436256 wrote:It IS a pretty kick ass banana though...
One, that his sunglasses are on top of his head, and not on the back of his neck, or backwards on his head.
Two that he hasn't already drew red lines on the bananas eyes yet. Its going to happen.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Apr 30, 2013 1:39pm
No, rigged is very different. Enough air in that bouncy ball and the laws of physics say it's impossible to land in the tub. It was one of the games featured as the most commonly rigged.FatHobbit;1436253 wrote:I think the lottery is a fair comparison. Everyone knows that it's hard to win. People still waste their money on it.
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Gblock
Apr 30, 2013 1:46pm
chicago510
Posts: 5,728
Apr 30, 2013 2:33pm
These games are a losing proposition to begin with.
Better off just saving up and buying the stuffed animal.
Better off just saving up and buying the stuffed animal.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Apr 30, 2013 2:41pm
Probably could have slipped the carnie $20 to just buy the thing.chicago510;1436338 wrote:These games are a losing proposition to begin with.
Better off just saving up and buying the stuffed animal.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Apr 30, 2013 7:23pm
30 yrs old. 2600 life savings. Trying to win something he would use to not work. These are facts.
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gut
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Apr 30, 2013 9:11pm
He got grifted but good
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Apr 30, 2013 9:46pm
took me 75 to win a giant sponge bob in the bottle game but i got a bj from my date while i ate a sugar waffle
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
May 7, 2013 10:34am
Just saw a story on a TV show where the guys from the College Humor website gave this guy an Xbox 360 and paid him $2,600 for the banana.
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/college-humor-rescues-man-who-spent-2600-carnival-game-exchange-stuffed-banana-149191
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/college-humor-rescues-man-who-spent-2600-carnival-game-exchange-stuffed-banana-149191
Commander of Awesome
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May 7, 2013 10:47am
sherm03;1439384 wrote:Just saw a story on a TV show where the guys from the College Humor website gave this guy an Xbox 360 and paid him $2,600 for the banana.
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/college-humor-rescues-man-who-spent-2600-carnival-game-exchange-stuffed-banana-149191
SMH, this guy wont learn a thing.