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Man Claims Rigged Carnival Game Cost Him Life Savings...
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The 30-year-old from Epsom says he kept trying to win back his money by going double or nothing. He dropped $300 in just a few minutes, then says he went home to get $2,300 more and soon lost all of that as well.
“You just get caught up in the whole ‘I’ve got to win my money back.’”
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Manchester Police Lieutenant Maureen Tessier says the department is investigating to determine if there was any fraud.
The traveling carnival is now setting up in Derry, NH, but you will not see Tubs Of Fun. Fiesta said the independent contractor that runs the game is not allowed to set up while an investigation is taking place.
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“For once in my life I happened to become that sucker,” said Gribbohm. “It was foolish for putting up my life savings.”
More like two cartons of cigarettes in Rikers Island.
Yeah, maybe. I don't know how much tattoos cost. I just know that people who have a hard time getting money should probably not splurge on them. To some people in our society, being able to be "poor" is a luxury.
It's like walking in downtown Victoria and seeing the "street kids" panhandling for change wearing $200 leather boots and tattoo sleeves.
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Yeah, maybe. I don't know how much tattoos cost. I just know that people who have a hard time getting money should probably not splurge on them. To some people in our society, being able to be "poor" is a luxury.
It's like walking in downtown Victoria and seeing the "street kids" panhandling for change wearing $200 leather boots and tattoo sleeves.
You don't need to go to Victoria to do that, I have witnessed it plenty of times right here in Calgary during the summer.
instead of keeping his life savings at home he should try a bank.
And lastly, he got a giant banna with dreadlocks - sweet!!!
I remember going to the Red River Ex in wpg as a 12 yr old and wanting to win a picture of a Camaro on a mirror from the game where you use the gun filled with BB's to know out the star target out of a piece of paper - I must have spent $30 or so bucks (late 70's) to win this thing - when I won I realized I would have been better off just buying the prize - and that was my lesson about carny games........
At least the guy had on his best clean undershirt for the TV interview......
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You don't need to go to Victoria to do that, I have witnessed it plenty of times right here in Calgary during the summer.
Yup, I used to call them the "Summer Homeless" when I lived downtown.
15 year old kids wearing leather jackets, Doc Martins and some fancy Big Star / Guess jeans.
No I don't have a smoke or spare change. Go call your rich parents who you are rebelling against and go home.
It took $2,600 — Henry Gribbohm’s entire life savings — for him to win a giant dreadlocked stuffed banana while playing “Tubs of Fun” at a New Hampshire carnival. Lucky for him, it’s a sellers market for owners of the behatted Rastafarian fruit.
The website CollegeHumor, which did not like Gribbohm’s anguish over the lost cash, decided to take action.
For every Facebook “like” a post about Gribbohm gets, the humor website will donate 10 cents toward buying the big banana. The goal, the staff says, is to get 26,000 “likes” and buy the banana from Gribbohm for the equivalent of his life savings. If the post gets 30,000 likes, they’ll throw in the X-Box Gribbohm was gunning to win in the first place.
His “tragic tale of evil, deceitful carnies taking advantage of an eager father” caught the eyes of CollegeHumor and could now pay off in a big way. By 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, 18,000 people “liked” the posting on the website, and an additional 11,500 people “liked” it on Facebook. When combined, it’s enough for him to get paid back.
The Daily News could not reach Gribbohm for comment, and CollegeHumor, too, is attempting to reach him to make the deal.
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What did we learn today kiddies. That if your a gullible moron that you can do incredibly stupid things and someone will swoop in and reward you for it.
I hate modern society, its so anti-message based.
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It took $2,600 — Henry Gribbohm’s entire life savings — for him to win a giant dreadlocked stuffed banana while playing “Tubs of Fun” at a New Hampshire carnival. Lucky for him, it’s a sellers market for owners of the behatted Rastafarian fruit.
the moral of the story is - call the news station the enxt time you make a terrible life decision and just wait, people on the internet will help you out and earase the mistake and you will be kept whole.
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