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“That’s How My Family Ended Up In Ohio”: 35 Stranger Than Fiction Stories That Actually Happened, According To This Viral Twitter Thread
My grandma often used to repeat the saying, "Man plans, God laughs." Whether or not you're religious, I think we can agree that life can be stranger than fiction. Just when we think we have it all figured out, the universe plays a trick, reminding us that nothing is guaranteed.
Interested in these strange occurrences, Twitter user Naomi (@AMythicWitch) asked other people on the platform to share their personal stories that sound too wild to be true. The request immediately went viral, and everyone started describing the weirdest experiences they've had.
We collected the most memorable ones and even managed to get in touch with Naomi, so continue scrolling to read about those crazy moments, and don't miss out on the talk we had with the author of the thread — you can find it between the pictures.
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Nitka Tsar 3 years ago
Bet that stopped him being out past 8 for a time.... I would have still nightmares about it if I was him. I'm 38 now.
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wist_the_goblin (they/he) 3 years ago
it was probably around christmastime
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OhnoI’vebeencensored 3 years ago
So he has met you yet... well, at least, your brother in law.
surprised pikachu 3 years ago
this is obviously fake.they only let michael buble out of his cave during christmastime
Rocket ship 3 years ago (edited)
I once played tennis with Michael Bublé. We played doubles with bublé (edit grammer
"I made the tweet because I just launched a new hotline for people to tell their strange and unexplainable stories," Naomi told Bored Panda.
"I did not expect famous people like Monica Lewinsky to answer! I think once it got picked up by a few high-profile people, it just snowballed."
"I actually asked this exact same question a year ago with not even half the amount of engagement. I'm nosy. I love stories! This is how I operate in real life, too. I ask nosy questions and will listen to almost anybody who wants to share their weird life stories," Naomi explained.
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Phendrena 3 years ago
Yes he did, if you click the link it'll take you to his twitter (https://twitter.com/Andrewgspeedrun/status/1564462940295774209)
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One day I got a message on Twitter asking me to email an address in NYC to talk about Steve Martin. I presumed it was a scam, of course, but it did look different from most scams and I thought since they're only asking me to send an email, I'll do it. I emailed, then responded quickly and said Steve Martin is writing a book about Twitter and he wanted to include in the book a comment I had once made on his Twitter feed. I didn't even know what comment I'd made, but I said sure, signed the release, and then about 8 months later the book arrived. So, what I thought was a scam ended with me being quoted by Steve Martin!
DumYum 3 years ago
But what was it that you tweeted? Or does SM own that now?
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Dan Lopez 3 years ago
He was able to make it and met him as well. He even got a photo
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Anna Te 3 years ago
Obviously I don't know the circumstances, but for me it's sad to hear that the family didn't have contact with the uncle after the death of the wife/aunt/sister.
Monday 3 years ago
In the rest of the thread she explains that she was never close to her dad's side of the family and both paternal grandparents were already deceased. She has a half-sister from her dad's side too so there's likely quite a few turns in that story.
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Shannon Leta 3 years ago
My Dad worked in the film production industry for many years and died in the early 90s. Fast forward to me around 22 years old, working in the same industry on my very first day at a big production company. I arrive on set and immediately someone came up to me, with tears in his eyes saying you must be Jimmy's daughter. He said there were hundreds of people at his funeral, which I had heard from family members and thought they were exaggerating. It was so surreal. I never realized just how much we looked alike (I was 2 yrs old when he passed so don't have any memories of him)
SmooshyFries 3 years ago
I know, right? We talk about my sister who died in 2010 all the time
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BetterBitterButter 3 years ago
Acid attack on a minor? Pipe bomb to kill her mom? These people were just monsters! Also it's equally sad how the survivor's family ended up leaving the town.
Deux 3 years ago
Not very sensible putting your location online if this is your story. These kinds of people never give up their grudges.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
sounds to me like people who are above or beyond the law need john wick.
MiriPanda 3 years ago
Click on her username below left, the story is beyond wild! Gladly her and her family are all fine now.
Asha Mayes 3 years ago
Thank you for sharing this! I never would have read the rest if the story otherwise 😊
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"High strangeness" is something Naomi is especially interested in. In fact, this week, they will be scheduling a Twitter space to explore more stories that made it into their inbox via the Sleepy House Hotline.
"A lot of the wildest ones are not statements people want to have attached to their name and public profiles. This is where the juiciest, scariest, most interesting narratives have come through," Naomi explained. "I'm excited to explore some of the anonymous messages with my followers via Twitter spaces! We already have over 200 anonymous texts and voicemails to work with on top of the massive response to the tweet."
"The number is 678-321-7962 and the Twitter spaces event will be hosted on my page @amythicwitch," Naomi added.
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wist_the_goblin (they/he) 3 years ago
imagine having had John Wayne f*****g Gacy as your birthday party clown. that's just as horrifying as this
SCamp 3 years ago
Wow!! Having read a lot of books on serial killers (way too many) I have often wondered how many people have had encounters like this. Like a cruising shark swimming past you
Kelli Lindsay Boone 3 years ago
Ann Rule worked next to Ted Bundy at a suicide hotline. Her read watch into her friend led to the book "The Stranger Beside Me" and thus started her long career as a true-crime writer.
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Ginny Weasly 3 years ago
You should watch only murders in the building on Disney plus or Hulu. This storyline is kinda part of it.
Load More Replies... Otakupanda 3 years ago
Well when I'm a parent I will treat my kids with respect they will have a gay mom but still
Ursula Johnson 3 years ago
That is wonderful. I hope everyone is happy. We Jedi love our lightsabers!
Dayton MooreMonge 3 years ago
I am obsessed with both, I don’t have a nice car and only a Disney lightsaber but I still love both
#8
ohjojo (you/your's) 3 years ago
It happened to me driving my VW convertible but I threw it back before driving on.. I already had a frisbee.
ButterflyCatcher56 3 years ago
but if you didn't have one, would you have kept it?
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Savannah 3 years ago
How often do you see someone catch a Frisbee through their car window then drive off with it?
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Katy McMouse 3 years ago
"Not Montana" - I've always liked him. He seems like a decent, good natured man.
During unexpected hardships, clear and concise thoughts rarely enter our awareness and front-of-mind thinking. Proper and effective planning, however, mandates taking into consideration the what-ifs that happen when we don't see them coming.
"Like so many other human traits, resilience can be woven into the fabric of one's being (nature) and/or it can be learned (nurture)," career and business coach Marjie Terry said. "One's natural disposition may lead them to always look on the bright side or to look for the silver lining. For others, with an accumulation of life experience, they develop a resilience perspective and realize that, as the old saying goes, what doesn’t break you makes you stronger. They develop an ability to recognize that it’s important to keep going even when life hands you challenge after challenge—they develop perspective."
#10
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
Case was dropped? After being abducted by a cop? Did I read this right? 😳
Boreddd🇺🇦 3 years ago
It does happen sometimes, sadly, since the police just kinda shove it under the rug. Happens more than it should
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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago
Unfortunately not suprising, but still absolutely appalling. The German proverb "one crow does not peck the other's eye" (there is honor among thieves) is true everywhere...
Joshua Seaman 3 years ago
The fact that there wasn't accountability in this case further propels corruption in police culture.
Renee Sprague 3 years ago
All the more reason, the guy should have been charged. Just because you're a cop, shouldn't mean the law doesn't apply to you. Shameful...
norabest321 3 years ago
Even if it didn't, this sounds like something right out of the Chicago. Worst. PD. Ever.
Nicki Violet 3 years ago
Last time I reported a crime the dispatcher said "and just what do you expect us to do about it?" There is no more protect and serve.
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$cagsy 3 years ago
That must have been unfathomably hard to bear, I am so sorry. But an actual broken heart? That's something else.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
This happened in my family as well, an aunt and uncle. People can die of grief.
Anne Wyckoff 3 years ago (edited)
I got a bad case of Takasubo from a combo of empty nest syndrom and my dog being killed. Not fun, but unlike regular cardiomyopathy, Takasubo resolves! I got better after a few weeks.
Mental Liberals 3 years ago
So sad...My son and his maternal grandfather died on the same day, less than an hour apart...Grandfather first...
Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
Oh my gosh. My heart breaks for you, you have all my sympathy and empathy.
Satan Laughs 3 years ago
Aww my grandparents died a day before and day after my 20th birthday. I get it. Pretty much my mom and dad you can say.
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Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Or got bad wrong vibes from him and made the decision partially based on it
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Monday 3 years ago
You don't get to unilaterally decide that. His timeline of events make sense, this is plausible.
Load More Replies...According to Terry, resilience is characterized by positivity and productivity. "A resilient person will maintain a positive outlook on life and continue to believe that. Even when life hands you lemons, there is lemonade to be made. They will continue to present to the world with a positive attitude," she said.
"You are much more likely to be accepted and welcomed by every community with which you interact when you present in this way. When people view you favorably, they are more likely to like you and present you with opportunities. Opportunity leads to more positive experiences, which further reinforces one’s belief in resilience and their commitment to it."
#14
Draco's Dragonfly 3 years ago
Charlie as in Charles Manson? That quite the bullet she dodged there!
ZombieSushi386 3 years ago (edited)
My mom went to high school with Susan Denise Adkins, who also broke into her house sometime before the murders. As if that wasn't enough mom also danced with a stranger in Florida who tried to bring her back to his car. Mom had a bad vibe and left but never forgot how creepy the guy was. A little while later Ted Bundy was caught and mom realized who she had danced with. Most of his victims looked just like my mom :(
Deux 3 years ago (edited)
You may need to sit down after hearing this but...elders also use the internet. Startling information, I know. I've known people in their 80s and 90s using the internet!
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Melissa 3 years ago
The best part of this story is that Eminem during the height of his career took the time out of his busy schedule to pick up his daughter.
LinkTheHylian 3 years ago
Eminem would abandon a tour in Japan and fly back to America the long way around if it involved helping his daughters.
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Lauren Compton 3 years ago
At 18 months old, how were you so articulate and how did you get up the ladder to the top of the slide?
wist_the_goblin (they/he) 3 years ago
first, it's very simple english. when i was 18 months old i could probably say something like that. second, LITTLE CHILDREN ARE DEMONS. THEY HAVE POWER THAT WE CAN ONLY DREAM OF.
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Grandma (Pachydermies) 3 years ago
18 month olds can't form that complete of a sentence. Sorry
Ela 3 years ago
Depends. I've met one year olds who can, and four year olds who can't. Development varies widely from child to child, and from culture to culture.
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For those of us who are not naturally resilient, there are three tactics Terry suggests that can help us build this trait.
To begin with, there's something she calls a leap of faith or faking it till you make it. "Studies have shown that smiling can make you happier. Being happier will help you feel more positive about your life. This increased positivity is the beginning of resilience."
#18
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
I also just remembered this book! I wanted those wings so bad, consequences be damned
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AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 3 years ago
I buy a lot of books, new and used. A few years ago, I received a used book from a seller several states away. As I was reading this book, a picture of my Gwenny, one my beloved fur babies, fell out of it. I was surprised because I didn't recognize the background. Couldn't figure out where I would've taken this photo Then I realized it wasn't my house. And it wasn't my Gwenny. Just her exact doppelganger. My Gwenny had been dead a least a couple of years by that time and I adopted her as a kitten. The picture was of an adult Gwenny. Yes, I know it wasn't really her. But I do believe she was saying hello.
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Psycho Cat 3 years ago
How did you manage to take his place in detention? I don't get this one. Surely someone noticed that his mom was there and not him.
Will Cancel 3 years ago
back in the good days, parents could go into the school without issue. I am sure the school was well aware that his dad was there not the student.
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Kelli Lindsay Boone 3 years ago
Everyone referring to OP as a he when the persons name is clearly Cynthia Moon Goddess.
SCamp 3 years ago
Sorry, can’t see this one. I can’t think of any school that would be ok with this
Gawaget The Object Thingy 3 years ago
Somebody did that in our school kid got 2 weeks detention for something stupid that was the parents fault and a Karen of a teacher. The teacher later switched to a different school district this was a rural school in the early 90's
Sera 3 years ago
Did you read it? Mom didn’t sign the paper, son was getting punished for mom not signing the paper, mom went to detention because she didn’t sign the paper.
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Mokayokok 3 years ago
That's not the way this works, that's not how any of this works - Do these ppl not carefully check their made up b******t prior to hitting 'enter' - Thus is how you also know that he most certainly doesn't have a PhD
Sera 3 years ago
“I cannot fathom anything operating in any way outside of my personal lived experience therefore this is an obvious lie”
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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago
What? Your (hopefully now ex-) husband tried to have you murdered? If yes, I am so so sorry!!! I hope he got what he deserves
Laura Henderson 3 years ago
And so of course you reported this and your husband is now in jail? And this can all be proven under public record, not just some made-up story?
der sebbl 3 years ago
Her Twitter says 'they' don't allow her to talk about it because her husband is some 'high profile person'
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Kari Fitch 3 years ago
I believe you! I suffered the same set of circumstances with my ex-husband! Sooo glad you made it alive like I did!
Seth 3 years ago
It's a show for babies and toddlers. Think late-90's low-effort CGI with surprisingly well sung songs about stuff like washing your hands and sharing your toys, but with lyrics written by someone who doesn't speak English as their first language.
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Michele 3 years ago
This is like 99% believable, I just find it hard to believe anyone willingly watches Cocomelon! LOL
Michelle C 3 years ago
I worked for a middle school last year and I can tell you that some of my students absolutely loved Cocomelon!
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Mohsie Supposie 3 years ago (edited)
He was probably praying, "O Lord, give us our daily bread (pizza, wink wink)".
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
I really hope that man was asking God to send him a sign if he should open a pizza place
The second tactic we can apply is to approach a trying situation from a different perspective. "If you try to view a difficult experience from a different perspective (e.g. spend a few minutes deeply visualizing your favorite childhood experience and then approach your current crisis with the energy and creativity that characterized you in that earlier time in life), you will approach your current predicament with an altered, stronger sense of hope and energy," Terry said.
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KittyGotClaws 3 years ago
I live in Ireland now... I married an irish man I met on an online dating site, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Atopher Bot 3 years ago
I was going with friends on a backpacking trip across Europe while they were taking classes in London and meeting up with me at different points along my 8 week route. Got into a car wreck about a month before the trip and the insurance paid out $800 a week before I left. Completely changed the experience not having to worry about every penny.
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Líl̓wat Nation is a progressive First Nations community located 7 km north of Pemberton, BC. With a membership of almost 2,200 people — approximately 1,450 of whom live in the community — the Líl̓wat Nation is the third largest First Nation in British Columbia. The Nation is striving towards self-determination for, and by, its citizens by continuing to exert control over its Traditional Territory and resources. With economic development focused on land and resource management, Líl̓wat Nation is building the economic foundation for a sustainable community by exploring opportunities in retail, forestry, agriculture, energy projects and construction. Líl̓wat Nation’s government, headed by an elected chief, a cultural chief and an 11-person council, is committed to transparency and employs best practices in all aspects of governance. Their language is called "Ucwalmícwts." (nice that it's spelled phonetically)
krunchifrog 3 years ago
Not at all surprising. People with an extensive and eons long understanding of their world and how to live in it.
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Linda van A. 3 years ago
I believe this. When I was a teenager I dreamed I saw myself walking with two blond children on a zebra crossing on a very sunny day. Fifteen years later I had two blond children. Maybe everything is predestined and sometimes you can see your future?
Cowws 3 years ago
I had a dream of a crossing in my city I had never been to before. Two years later we drove past it... But even crazier was when my Mum dreamt of a town in France (she lived in the UK). When she went on a roadtrip with her friends in France, they went through the town and her friends were pretty confused how she knew where the bakery was etc.
Load More Replies... Melissa 3 years ago
I have reoccurring dreams where I'm turned into a zebra and stomp the shlt out of people. Hasn't happened yet but this gives me hope.
CultOfBambi 3 years ago
I had a dream last year that I bumped into Boris Johnson at a hot spring in Iceland -he was submerged in the water up to his nose and was blowing bubbles. I recognised him anyway (that hair!) and went over to him and called him an 'unmitigated twat'. Then I woke up. It was a very satisfying dream. I don't expect it will come true though as I don't have any plans to go to Iceland. I stand by my comment though.
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Abby Not Normal 3 years ago
Precognitive dreams are not uncommon. Myself and many people on my mom’s side have them.
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
Then why is there literally no evidence to back that aim.up?
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cadena kuhn 3 years ago
Dreamt about having a daughter. Saw this little girl who was so beautiful I woke up crying. When talking to my friend about it I said I think I'll have a baby in a yr and a half. Not sure where that number came from it just came out. I was single and still in college so I was in no hurry. I just figured maybe I would GET pregnant in a year and a half. But nope 1st daughter was born a year and a half later
Whitefox 3 years ago
I had left my ex husband of 13 years, moved to my folks house and was realllllly not looking to get into any kind of relationship. I was enjoying finding who I was. One night I had what I thought was a lucid dream in which someone was in danger and needed help. I was pushed to look for them on Facebook and a Name starting with "J'" kept running through my head.. Jonathan In my city needed help. There were a LOT of Jonathans in my city on facebook. I started scrolling and was nodding off when I felt something lightly slap me upside the back of the head and say "HIM!! He needs your HELP!" I sent off a friend request and lost the dream. I woke up later thinking how weird that had been, when I noticed my keyboard and mouse (wireless) were on the bed with me. Yep. I had really done it. He accepted my friend request and asked if he knew me. That was 11 years ago and we are happily married and still very much in love. He is my bestest friend!
Sydney Smith 3 years ago
Jesus 😆 - I'm just impressed you actually put your picture with this made up fairytale - that took balls!
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Andy Frobig 3 years ago
My maternal grandparents' fathers grew up on the same street in Manhattan and their kids met decades later in Brooklyn. My parents were baptized in the same church in Brooklyn, Mom's father knew Dad's mother but my parents didn't meet until they were in the same school in Maine in their 20s. My dad and my ex-wife were born in the same hospital in Brooklyn, and my mother knew my ex's aunt's cousins in Brooklyn, but my ex grew up in Florida and we met in Minnesota.
Dillon Brown 3 years ago
I'm going to need a map with sticky notes, pins, and red yarn to understand this! Crazy
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Jamie Skeffington-Yake 3 years ago (edited)
My ex and I were stationed at an AFB in California. Met another military wife with kids the same age as my kid. 5 years later divorced I lived in Maine, met a guy from Maryland and married him two months later. Went to NJ for family Thanksgiving and realized that mom from 5 years ago across the country is my new sister in law.
PSimms 3 years ago (edited)
I had a good friend who met and married a woman when both were in their early 50s - they'd been born in the same hospital one day apart 50-some years earlier, so they were actually together in that room where the new babies are, but they only met around age 50. I should note that the city where they met was not the same city they were born in, which makes it even more extraordinary.
Jessica Blankenship 3 years ago
My husbands older brother actually got into a fight with my dad when I was a toddler
The Silly Stellar Jay 3 years ago
I mean aren't circles of people who can afford Manhattan apartments pretty small? It doesn't seem that weird to me.
Alessa Gillespie 3 years ago
My SO and I lived on the same block when we were kids. I used to play with his younger sister. We realized this a few months into dating when we drove in front of his parents house. My family moved away from the neighborhood when I was around 9 but his family stayed there. We do remember each other as kids, we just hadn't made the connection as I lived there from 3-9 and he's 4 years older --A big difference at that age
Finally, there's using our own power. "Try approaching a challenging situation as if you are the only person in the world who can make it better," Terry said.
To do so, ask yourself: if anything is possible right now (divine intervention and magic aside), what three things can I do to improve my circumstances? "You may not be able to take every step at this very moment, but you can start to create a plan that you can execute over time until you have started to create positive change in your life circumstances."
As you can see from the tweets, we can't control what happens to us. But we can decide how to respond to it.
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Robert T 3 years ago
I quite agree! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Persephone 3 years ago
This is kinda freaking hilarious! I would have guests over and "yell oh no!! What happened to my hamster!!!" 🤣
ChickyChicky 3 years ago
On candy stripe legs the spiderman comes Softly through the shadow of the evening sun Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead Looking for the victim shivering in bed Searching out fear in the gathering gloom and Suddenly! A movement in the corner of the room! And there is nothing I can do When I realize with fright That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight!
Catherine 3 years ago
My mom was also always "rescuing" animals when I was young. We had a painted turtle, a snapping turtle, 2 chameleon, a snake, a bunny, and probably others I'm not remembering at the moment. She also let us kids have any pet we asked for. I had several parakeets, fish, a gecko, and 12 hamsters. The hamsters weren't really all intended though. The female dwarf hamster we bought at the store ended up being pregnant and having 11 babies! It was a pretty awesome childhood! Oh and I will mention my favorite pet of all time. When I was nine I loved white cats but didn't think they were real. I told my mom and the next week she surprised me with a white kitten. We named her Misty and she lived to be 22. I just lost her actually and still miss my girl.
Susan Betz 3 years ago
I was painting below my 2nd story deck back in Ohio and a huntsman jumped away from my paintbrush and ran away. I believe my scream carried for miles. Here in Florida I met banana spiders. They're big but they don't jump and run like those freaky huntsman.
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J Doe 3 years ago
Was dirtbag helping himself since phone can't be tracked/recovered+erased ?
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Dave Nalesnik 3 years ago
Hopefully you get the chance to help him find food and lodging for, say, 5-10 years.
ChickyChicky 3 years ago
The robber took the time to use a paperclip to open the sim slot and give the kid the sim card?
YaMaOnToast 3 years ago
Whaaat does he carry the little pin you need to release your sim from the phone. Mans prepared.
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Christian Maas 3 years ago
There would be security personnel all around. This story is not true. Beyonce definitely doesn't go to the restroom alone. Why make up such bs op?
Luis Gomez 3 years ago
Didn't know "following a cat" was code for "i was doing hardcore drugs and started hallucinating"
Cara G 3 years ago
Beyonce is 5' 7", which by most people's standards, is not short. It's three inches taller than the average height of an adult American woman and when was the last time anyone saw her not wearing heels? I'm also 5' 7" and also wear heels regularly and not once in my life has anyone ever remarked that I am shorter than they thought. This one is probably made up. Especially given the total lack of security presence.
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Glen MacLeod 3 years ago
Note to self: If kidnapped be as annoying as you possible. Mention all the people that know you and may have been witnesses.
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Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
He had 100 bucks to spare and wanted to show indie movies (independently made movies) at a cinema. So he booked two movie theaters to show them and send 100 faxes to publishers asking for their film to show (at 1 buck per fax). 68 publishers replied and send their movies to show, one of them was "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", which is a big movie. This endeavour turned into the Raindance Film Festival.
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Mz Phit 3 years ago
I know, right? I still have a hard time imagining that the 1950s were 30 years before the 80's (when I was in university) and the fifties seemed like another planet......but in comparison the 80's are now... OMG 40 years ago. Which means I'm no longer vintage... I'm antique!
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Prince Charles Cinema is a brilliant cinema, just off Leicester Square. I went there with a mate for a viewing of Sing-Along-A-Sound-Of-Music. Lots of people dressed up. Me and my mate went dressed in Green felt smocks covered in cut out musical notes. A nun came up to me whilst we were outside and asked what we were dressed as. I said “We’re the hills and we’re alive with music!” She went back, told her friends and they were laughing their heads off!
Nitka Tsar 3 years ago
That's the right question! He spend the 100£ on the faxes, so clearly, he had more to spare than just that sum!
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
I always assumed that Raindance FF was a humourous play on Sundance FF because of the UK weather.
Cara G 3 years ago
Ha! I never made that connection until just now but you're probably right on the nose! I'm going to look it up.
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Elliott is also a lovely guy, and his success is thoroughly deserved, unlike so many people in the industry.
This is a test 3 years ago
Maybe because I'm in my 30s (and therefore don't remember much about things 30 years ago) and not a native English speaker I don't understand what this means: "I invited a 100 films by fix at £1 a page and 68 showed up". Can someone explain? Does it mean they basically rented out the screens they had booked for close to nothing and a bunch were screened there?
Liz Orr 3 years ago
Sent a fax, which is a paper copy of the invite sent by phone line.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raindance_Film_Festival For the curious.
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DuchessDegu 3 years ago
Wow I've watched a documentary about Andrew Cunanan, he was a very sick individual
Laura Catania 3 years ago
When all this was going on there were some people who swore they were sighting Cunanan on Long Island, NY. It even made the news. Turned out to be a guy I knew in college who was essentially his Doppelgänger
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American here, I was newly living in a working class neighborhood (which is now super chic) in Florence Italy when Versace was murdered- I was amazed to see even the tough men of the neighborhood sobbing about his death. I was just beginning to understand the importance of beauty to the Italian culture. That snapshot in time was a great illustration for my understanding of the culture I had married into. RIP Gianni
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Seth 3 years ago
You'll have to wait your turn; he's busy speaking with Chinese government censors at the moment.
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john s 3 years ago
"I'm afraid of the written word... but it's also true."
Load More Replies... Robert T 3 years ago
And? Did you imagine that Jamie zipped round each restaurant every evening and made all the food, like some kind of culinary Santa Claus? I would imagine a fair amount is made centrally and distributed to the restaurants. Yes, it would be nice if every dish was made from scratch, but that's not practical in high volume chain restaurants.
Seth 3 years ago
When I go to an Applebee's, I fully expect that 90% of the menu is to be removed from a single-serving bag and heated in either a water bath or microwave. I'm fine with that because it's generally the cheapest chain restaurant in town. If I go to a restaurant named after a celebrity chef which charges premium prices, my expectations change. Nobody expects the actual celebrity chef to do the cooking; what a pointless comment. There is, however, an expectation that the quality that the restaurant puts out aligns with the values professed by the chef on their programming; aka they are expected to practice what they preach. Jaime Oliver is specifically known for making a public stink about chain restaurants using overly-processed, pre-made food, so for him to allow this in his businesses is a breach of trust with his fans. For what they charged, preparing the food from scratch is a perfectly reasonable expectation. Various critics described his restaurants as "average meals at high end prices" and apparently the general public agrees since most are now permanently closed. Not sure why you're defending lazy, greedy, and self-sabotaging business practices that we verifiably know ended in failure.
Load More Replies... HotDog Water 3 years ago
They were probably made at the production kitchen then sent over. A lot of restaurants have off site production kitchens - especially chain sit down/table service restaurants
Rebecca McManus 3 years ago
I can confirm that this is not the first time I've been told this from someone who worked at his Italian chain
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
I remember when his restaurant opened in my home town. My partner and I were big fans, had watched all the shows, bought. Few books, he's how we got into coooking. 3 month wait list for a.table and we finally got in. Food was ok at best. So disappointing.
Flabuless-Jaye 3 years ago
I went to one of his Jamie's Italian a few years ago. It was disappointing. I wasn't impressed. In fact the best thing about it was the "Thomas Crapper" toilets.
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SmooshyFries 3 years ago
Shouda said Your coffee was paid for by a Mrs. Robinson, wink and walk away
Seth 3 years ago
You're correct, it was spoken by the character Martin Brody, who was played by Roy Scheider. She probably chose that line because it's the most famous quote from the movie. Also, people were downvoting you, probably because they thought you misunderstood her story, but they probably don't realize thag it was Scheider who delivered the line and not Dreyfuss.
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Amber Kaul 3 years ago
robbers were idiots basically they hesitated for too long had the s**t scared out of them and then their gun broke and they ran for the hills
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Susan Bosse 3 years ago
If they were planning to rob the place at 1A, they'd expect it to be dark, not surprised by it actually being dark.
Sydney Smith 3 years ago
"Afraid to come in because light was off" - No s**t the light was off, why would the light be on and why would they have felt better if it was which would mean someone was probably home. I think the lights out is one of the requirements when you decide your going to rob a house. Makes no sense.
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Sydney Smith 3 years ago
A 'child' picked up on a subliminial message wedged in one of the frames? A child you say? Said child then had mommy report it to Disney and Disney got right back to them and asked for the VHS? A child pulled this off? Really? Is that seriously what you're going with? Alright then.
Seth 3 years ago
In those days, when you called or wrote in to customer support, you could expect a prompt reply from an actual human. It was a wild time.
Load More Replies... AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 3 years ago
When video rental places where a thing, for vhs tapes, we suspected one of our favorites was renting pirated videos. We were poor, it was cheap, we kept going. One day we rented the newest popular movie. We were so excited! Bought cheap takeout, went home stuck the movie in the player, settled in for a treat. And just about died of shock. As the tape began to roll, what we got was a very explicit, very multiply x-rated movie. They'd recorded the movie over a porn video but apparently didn't rewind far enough. My sister and I were screaming and scrambling for the remote because my eight year-old niece was watching. It was like a cartoon. We finally turned it off. When we went back to the rental place and told them what happened, they offered us a free rental. A whole Dollar's worth. To be clear, we didn't want money, we just wanted them to be more careful. Or, you know, actually rent not-pirated tapes?
Gawaget The Object Thingy 3 years ago
That happened to us from one of those vcr rental vending machines in the local convenience shop with a laundromat mom rented it we watched it part way through I went and got mom I never heard so many curse words before she took that tape back and reemed the clerk it was the 80's
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Michelle C 3 years ago
I can only imagine how much that must’ve hurt! I accidentally cast a line into a friend‘s hair once when I was rather young and her getting it out of her hair was hard and painful enough!
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Robert T 3 years ago (edited)
I got stuck in Denmark due to the same Icelandic volcano. I had a nice weekend in Copenhagen, put in two more days paid work and caught a bus home, as my airline decided to become temporarily a bus company. 19 hours on a coach got me as far a London, which as luck would have, is where I was supposed to be working that week. I arrived just as the first planes started to land, after they changed the rules on how much ash air traffic could fly through. The annoying bit is that my colleague made me do a day's work before taking me to my hotel - I was dishevelled, unshaved and hadn't slept. Still, I can laugh about it now!
Alexej Dvorak 3 years ago
Ah yes, the volcanic air traffic lockdown. I remember quite fondly how weirdly quiet it was outside. I usually have a lot of military air traffic where I live.
Chewie Baron 3 years ago
I remember that ti E. It was weird seeing no planes in the sky. First time we saw a plane afterwards, there was a lot of exaggerated “what is that?”
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LinkTheHylian 3 years ago
We've got people all over the wo... I mean they've got people all over the world.
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3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
Guy joins paintball team, paintball team turns out to be a team of neo-Nazis but he’s not allowed to quit so he helps the other team win their paintball match against the neo-nazi team instead.
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Sammi Potter 2 years ago
I have questions… How did a frog get in shoe in the first place? Especially since I assume you were wearing it
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LinkTheHylian 3 years ago
What? "Mob Infiltrator" written as one word isn't enough of an alias for you?
Load More Replies... Sammi Potter 2 years ago
That’s what I was wondering. I read the post and thought‘How are you not dead?’
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Persephone 3 years ago
He would have been misdiagnosed originally; this was likely a head injury or potentially even a viral infection (or something else), that had "alzheimer's" slapped on it. It's not funny, but stuff like this happens in medicine more than people realize. (I worked in nursing).
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Uncanny 3 years ago
Forgot that he had Alzheimer's, hmm? Sounds like double reverse psychology to me, with a twist of (whispers) I don't think he had Alzheimers. :-)
Deux 3 years ago
Sure. Have you seen brain scans of Alzheimer affected brains? It's literally crumbling apart and eating in on itself. There's no turning back when diagnosed, you can potentially slow it down by having physical therapy right after the stroke that triggered it and other small things but ultimately there's no turming back.
Persephone 3 years ago
I doubt he had scans but just had alzheimer's/dementia slapped on it as diagnosis when it was something else.. Very clearly misdiagnosed.
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Helen Waight 3 years ago
I was in very slow moving traffic on the motorway due to rush hour and there’s a woman in the car next to me driving along while looking down and doing something on her phone and saying quite loudly ‘it’s so boring here that I’m reading on the motorway!’ (It was summer, windows down). 5 seconds later she smashes into the back of a police car. The police do have a wonderful ‘did that just actually happen?’ look on their faces but get witness statements, clear the cars onto the hard shoulder and arrest the woman for dangerous driving. People don’t believe I saw that, but it really gets weird when I’m at work the next day and we find that our new health and safety officer won’t be starting because she got arrested for dangerous driving. It was the same woman.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Years ago, I was returning from dropping my daughter off at college north of Boston. Part of my route was on I-95, a 4-lane nightmare where the speed limit is nonexistent (but technically is 105kph). A car was in the passing lane traveling at 80kph. As I passed her on the right (out of necessity), I glanced over. She was applying mascara.
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Elliot Fowler 3 years ago
When I was 10, I was the goody two-shoes nerdy teacher's pet in my newly built private school. This school open only last year and it have only 3 classrooms and less than 100 students. So gaining new students was the main goal of the administration. One day a new student from a rich family came into class. His family was considering transferring him to the school and wanted him to spend a day in class to get a feel of the class environment. Naturally the the teacher assigned me the responsibility of convincing him that this is a good school and that he should transfer here. Well, They sat him next to me and as soon as I introduced myself and started talking about what a great school this was, the ceiling light and part of the ceiling broke and fell on top of my head. He decided not to transfer.
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
My first born had an atrial septal defect, a hole in his heart and needed open heart surgery at 3 months. My husband is a doctor and at the time had just opened his practice, basically he couldn't take time off or he risked losing his business. So I take my very young baby 150 miles from home to the Children's hospital all alone while still in the grip of wonky hormones. My baby goes into surgery, I'm told it will take around two hours. Six hours later no one can give me an update and I'm panicking. The nurse suggest I take a pager and go to the garden, they'll let me know. I get in the elevator and just break down. After a minute or so of ugly sobbing I hear "Do you need a hug?" I nod, I don't even care. This guy squeezes me super tight and holds me until I get control. I finally stop crying and step back to thank...John Cena. He was there for Make-A-Wish and just happened to be in the elevator when I had a breakdown. (Insert joke about how I didn't even see him)
Bill Allen 3 years ago
If you live long enough, at least a couple of odd things are going to happen. In the mid 1990’s, my wife and I took off the week between Christmas and New Year for a vacation road trip. We wound up at the Gettysburg Battle ground memorial the last couple of days. The last day was New Year’s Day and we were going to head home because we worked the next day. It was a but if drizzling rain/sleet mixed as we took one last look around. As we walked up towards the monument where President Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address we saw two other people already there and heading back as we approached. As we passed each other, we looked and recognized them from our hometown and they were even people my wife went to school with. The only four people in that area in the park that morning were from the same small town in Michigan. All unplanned. We hadn’t seen them in years. Haven’t seen them sense.
Dillon Brown 3 years ago
They had died under mysterious circumstances three days prior...
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Namesareforlosers 3 years ago
When I was 13, a group of kids stole a friend's younger brothers bicycle. We managed to catch the kid at the back of the pack, took him to one of our houses, and made him call his parents. We told them where to pick him up, they showed up with police, and a 3 hour "hostage stand-off" ensued until the police retrieved our friend's bicycle. The oldest of us (16 m) got 30 hours of community service, the rest of us were let off with a warning. We all (including our "hostage") sat around eating junk food and playing Nintendo while we waited for them to find the bike.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
In 1980 I was in NYC wearing the jacket shown in this picture. I was on the subway coming home from the Mudd Club at 3-4 in the morning when I saw a guy drawing graffiti on the black paper they put up after they remove ads in the subway. I'd seen and enjoyed his work before so I jumped off and had him draw a picture on the back of my jacket. It was chalk and only lasted about 1.5 days but if I'd gone to a hardware store and bought a can of spray urethane I probably could have sold it later for about $1 million. His name was Keith Haring. So I don't have a priceless jacket but I legitimately say that I had the very first piece of Keith Haring clothing.\ and I'm cool with that. 1978-Stan-...848e69.jpg 
Jasam Nitko 3 years ago
One night when I was walking home from the pud I had a car roll up alongside me. I often hitched rides when it was dark and cold, but something about the guy made me turn down the offer. He started nagging me about it, and that made me certain he was no good. I had a couple of minutes in half panic before he drove off. Early the next morning I had all my relatives on the phone. A woman my age, with similar looks, was missing. Later that day they found her clothes and purse in the apartment building next to mine. The media talked about a man in a black Ford. The creepy guy I met drove a white Opel, so I never contacted the police. 15 years later the cops finally find the remains of the missing woman. Evidence on the scene leads them to a man who eventually confesses. Turns out he got away because the media put all focus on a black Ford while he drove... Yeah, a while Opel.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
My college boyfriend and I were playing frisbee when he threw it badly and it bounced off a cop car and hit a police man in the back of the head, knocking his hat off.
BonnyDK 3 years ago
When my son was in college at UT I got a letter in the mail offering him a full scholarship to Cornell University. He was a Junior. I thought it was some kind of scam or joke so I called them up. No joke. One of his professors had recommended him. Was a pre law degree in Industrial Labor Relations. Full ride scholarship. He jumped on it. Manna from Heaven!
Helen Waight 3 years ago
I was in very slow moving traffic on the motorway due to rush hour and there’s a woman in the car next to me driving along while looking down and doing something on her phone and saying quite loudly ‘it’s so boring here that I’m reading on the motorway!’ (It was summer, windows down). 5 seconds later she smashes into the back of a police car. The police do have a wonderful ‘did that just actually happen?’ look on their faces but get witness statements, clear the cars onto the hard shoulder and arrest the woman for dangerous driving. People don’t believe I saw that, but it really gets weird when I’m at work the next day and we find that our new health and safety officer won’t be starting because she got arrested for dangerous driving. It was the same woman.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Years ago, I was returning from dropping my daughter off at college north of Boston. Part of my route was on I-95, a 4-lane nightmare where the speed limit is nonexistent (but technically is 105kph). A car was in the passing lane traveling at 80kph. As I passed her on the right (out of necessity), I glanced over. She was applying mascara.
Load More Replies... Elliot Fowler 3 years ago
When I was 10, I was the goody two-shoes nerdy teacher's pet in my newly built private school. This school open only last year and it have only 3 classrooms and less than 100 students. So gaining new students was the main goal of the administration. One day a new student from a rich family came into class. His family was considering transferring him to the school and wanted him to spend a day in class to get a feel of the class environment. Naturally the the teacher assigned me the responsibility of convincing him that this is a good school and that he should transfer here. Well, They sat him next to me and as soon as I introduced myself and started talking about what a great school this was, the ceiling light and part of the ceiling broke and fell on top of my head. He decided not to transfer.
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
My first born had an atrial septal defect, a hole in his heart and needed open heart surgery at 3 months. My husband is a doctor and at the time had just opened his practice, basically he couldn't take time off or he risked losing his business. So I take my very young baby 150 miles from home to the Children's hospital all alone while still in the grip of wonky hormones. My baby goes into surgery, I'm told it will take around two hours. Six hours later no one can give me an update and I'm panicking. The nurse suggest I take a pager and go to the garden, they'll let me know. I get in the elevator and just break down. After a minute or so of ugly sobbing I hear "Do you need a hug?" I nod, I don't even care. This guy squeezes me super tight and holds me until I get control. I finally stop crying and step back to thank...John Cena. He was there for Make-A-Wish and just happened to be in the elevator when I had a breakdown. (Insert joke about how I didn't even see him)
Bill Allen 3 years ago
If you live long enough, at least a couple of odd things are going to happen. In the mid 1990’s, my wife and I took off the week between Christmas and New Year for a vacation road trip. We wound up at the Gettysburg Battle ground memorial the last couple of days. The last day was New Year’s Day and we were going to head home because we worked the next day. It was a but if drizzling rain/sleet mixed as we took one last look around. As we walked up towards the monument where President Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address we saw two other people already there and heading back as we approached. As we passed each other, we looked and recognized them from our hometown and they were even people my wife went to school with. The only four people in that area in the park that morning were from the same small town in Michigan. All unplanned. We hadn’t seen them in years. Haven’t seen them sense.
Dillon Brown 3 years ago
They had died under mysterious circumstances three days prior...
Load More Replies... Namesareforlosers 3 years ago
When I was 13, a group of kids stole a friend's younger brothers bicycle. We managed to catch the kid at the back of the pack, took him to one of our houses, and made him call his parents. We told them where to pick him up, they showed up with police, and a 3 hour "hostage stand-off" ensued until the police retrieved our friend's bicycle. The oldest of us (16 m) got 30 hours of community service, the rest of us were let off with a warning. We all (including our "hostage") sat around eating junk food and playing Nintendo while we waited for them to find the bike.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
In 1980 I was in NYC wearing the jacket shown in this picture. I was on the subway coming home from the Mudd Club at 3-4 in the morning when I saw a guy drawing graffiti on the black paper they put up after they remove ads in the subway. I'd seen and enjoyed his work before so I jumped off and had him draw a picture on the back of my jacket. It was chalk and only lasted about 1.5 days but if I'd gone to a hardware store and bought a can of spray urethane I probably could have sold it later for about $1 million. His name was Keith Haring. So I don't have a priceless jacket but I legitimately say that I had the very first piece of Keith Haring clothing.\ and I'm cool with that. 1978-Stan-...848e69.jpg
Jasam Nitko 3 years ago
One night when I was walking home from the pud I had a car roll up alongside me. I often hitched rides when it was dark and cold, but something about the guy made me turn down the offer. He started nagging me about it, and that made me certain he was no good. I had a couple of minutes in half panic before he drove off. Early the next morning I had all my relatives on the phone. A woman my age, with similar looks, was missing. Later that day they found her clothes and purse in the apartment building next to mine. The media talked about a man in a black Ford. The creepy guy I met drove a white Opel, so I never contacted the police. 15 years later the cops finally find the remains of the missing woman. Evidence on the scene leads them to a man who eventually confesses. Turns out he got away because the media put all focus on a black Ford while he drove... Yeah, a while Opel.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
My college boyfriend and I were playing frisbee when he threw it badly and it bounced off a cop car and hit a police man in the back of the head, knocking his hat off.
BonnyDK 3 years ago
When my son was in college at UT I got a letter in the mail offering him a full scholarship to Cornell University. He was a Junior. I thought it was some kind of scam or joke so I called them up. No joke. One of his professors had recommended him. Was a pre law degree in Industrial Labor Relations. Full ride scholarship. He jumped on it. Manna from Heaven!
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