This is one of the creepiest news stories I've seen in a while. I have a folder on my computer called "News," in which I save remarkable and disturbing stories about things people do to each other. But something about this really weirds me out more than most. It's like an Encyclopedia Brown two-minute mystery, but Japanese, and creepy.
A little girl at work told me this joke:
There was a kid whose dad said, "Son, I'm going to buy you a bunch of video games." But the kid says, "No, I want 33,000 red pingpong balls." So the dad says "OK, if you insist." Then when the kid's in college, the dad says, "Son, I'm going to buy you a car." But the son says "No, I want 33,000 red pingpong balls." And the dad's like "Alright, I guess." When the guy gets married, his dad says, "Son, I'm going to buy you a house." The son says, "No, I want 33,000 red pingpong balls." This goes on and on throughout the guy's life, until finally, the son is on his deathbed, and the dad says, "Son, I just need to know-- what were the pingpong balls for?" And the son says, "Dad--" and then dies.
In other news, my
rhyme challenge against Kirk and Seth finally came to fruition, and I proclaim me and Seth the winners, and Kirk the loser. But if he were here right now he'd say I'm the loser. No way, Kirk, you're the loser. But if he were here he'd say I'm the loser. No way, Kirk, you're the loser.