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KID BUYS PLAYSTATION 2 ON E-BAY, BUT GETS $90,000 INSTEAD!
I believe that every video game console should always be packaged with the following: connections, controllers, and $90,000.
Gizmodo reports that a British teenager who bought a PS2 on Ebay for 95 pounds ($194) got a hefty surprise when he opened the product. Instead of unwrapping Sony’s console, the boy instead found a neat stack of 65,400 euros ($90,000) inside! Why doesn’t this happen to us?!?
A spokesperson for Ebay said that the package’s contents were ‘somewhat unusual’, and they would give the needed assistance to the police. The boy’s parents contacted the Norfolk Constabulary, who is now holding the cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act, when the packaged arrived on March 20.
However, if the owner does not claim the money by September 22, then the family can apply to have it returned to them, assuming that the police don’t apply the same.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/wa_heystation/teen-buys-ps2-on-ebay-receives-whole-heap-of-cash-instead-279631.php
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CLIPSE VS. WAYNE -THE BEEF IS GETTING THICK! But still no diss tracks...
The tension between Clipse and Lil Wayne has been everything but quiet in the last couple of months. The beef, which was initially sparked by Wayne’s comments towards the group late last year in an issue of Complex Magazine, has yet to spill over into the booth.
However, that hasn’t stopped Clipse from aiming at Wayne whenever they get a chance.
“I don’t see no fucking Clipse. This is a fucking legend you’re talking to right here. How many years them niggas been around? Who the fuck is Pharrell? Do you really respect him? That nigga wore BAPE and y’all thought he was weird. I wore it and y’all thought it was hot. What I gotta go in the store and say, ‘I like these colors but I can’t buy them because other 1. rappers wore them?” Said Lil Wayne in Complex Magazine.
The latest offering of words from the Virginia duo comes from the upcoming issue of Laced Magazine:
Laced: How do you feel about Lil Wayne saying he is the greatest rapper alive?
Malice: If you Wobble Dee Wobble Dee, you can’t be a legend.
Pusha T: You can’t kiss other men, you can’t wobble dee-wobble dee, and and you can’t bite styles. You can’t bite everybody’s styles. You can’t try to rap like Jay-Z, dress like the Clipse, become a coke dealer after 5 albums, and now dress like Jim Jones. You can’t do all that and be a legend. You have to be a trendsetter and he ain’t setting any trends.
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50 CENT SAYS NAS SHOULD STOP READING!
50 Cent has a few words of advice for Nas in the new issue of XXL: put down the book. When asked, "What percentage of MCs in hip-hop do you think are actually intelligent?" 50 replied: "You have different kinds of people. You have people that are extremely book-smart that lack common sense, so they don't know what's going to affect their audience. ... For instance, Nas is a really smart guy. He reads books constantly. We were around him on the Nastradamus tour. He was almost weirder than me 'cause we would go to breakfast and he'd be there reading a book. Conceptually, I think that's what made him drift away from what his initial audience enjoys from him and why he's not hot right now."
In the interview, 50 also insisted Jim Jones should be running Dipset — he's "a more credible artist than Cam'ron is," 50 said — revealed that he's been trying to hook up with M.O.P. and admitted that he doesn't eat cookies because he's looking after his weight...
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iPHONE NANO FOR $250 BY SEPTEMBER?!
Taiwanese company Wintek may have won the contract to produce new touch screens for a 2nd generation iPhone that is much cheaper.
According to the rumors, it's looking like the new iPhones will be $249 - $299, but it's uncertain if this is for a different iPhone (nano?) or an update to the current iPhone. It is also unclear if these touch screens will be used in iPhones sold in the US or overseas.
Analysts are scratching their heads as this doesn't quite match up with their predictions of when the iPhone nano or the next version will appear.
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MICHAEL VICK (NFL), CHARGED W/ ILLEGAL DOGFIGHTING! Yeah, this is what all the talk is about. I didn't know, and I know some of you didn't either- don't lie.
It's dog days for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and others, after being indicted today on federal charges related to illegal dogfighting.
Vick was charged with illegal competitive dogfighting, which involves training pit bulls to fight against other dogs. When authorities searched Vick's property this month, they found 54 pit bulls and a host of brutal items including a "rape stand," used to hold dogs in place for mating; an electric treadmill modified for dogs and a bloodied piece of carpeting.
Graves of seven pit bulls were found inside "Bad Newz Kennels," a Virginia property owned by Vick. The dogs were allegedly killed after testing whether they would be good fighters. According to documents, dogfights would end when one dog died or backed down, and dogs were sometimes put to death by drowning, strangulation, hanging, gunshot, electrocution or some other method.
The indictment alleges that Vick and his co-defendants began sponsoring dogfights in early 2001, the former Virginia Tech star's rookie year with the Falcons.
TMZ.com
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OPRAH'S DOG CHOKES ON A BALL- AND DIES! Owned.
Oprah Winfrey has lost a beloved member of her family today, as Gracie, one of her golden retrievers, choked on a plastic ball belonging to another one of her dogs and died.
Seems that popculturekilla, who'd been hiding out in the shadows, trying to avoid a hit from any number of hip-hop celebrities he made fun of, left his chew toy out, and dvinson couldn't help herself. She popped it in her mouth, and we found her, gagging and unable to breathe. Next thing you know, she's gone.
I would like to extend my sympathies to Oprah today. We certainly hope Michael Vick wasn't involved.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21292616.shtml
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QUICK STUFF! -Yeah, not as much as usual but I got you in here! Ha!
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Queen Latifah ,the Queen of hip hop, will be making her return to the charts this fall with her forthcoming LP,“Trav’lin’ Light.” The rapper, who recently opened a chain of “Fat Burgers” fast food restaurants in L.A. will be following up 2004’s “The Dana Owens Album,” which has sold 701,000 copies in the US.
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Remy Ma was released from jail, on a $250,000 bond thanks to her manager who sold his house!
The NY rapper was in custody for allegedly shooting someone for stealing a few thousand dollars from her purse.
- New
Harry Potter book is out July 21 but it has apparently already leaked. This is supposedly the real one, unlike the fakes that have been popping up. Here’s the link:
http://[OMGSPOILER]torrentfreak.com[OMGSPOILER]/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows [OMGSPOILER] -leaked-to-bittorrent
[WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS. REMOVE FILLER WORDS, COPY AND PASTE IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SPOIL IT FOR YOURSELF INSTEAD OF READING IT, YOU LOSER.]
- Some guy in Brazil was forced at gun point to transfer his account for the video game
GunBound over to a gang called “La Firma.” He held the top score in the game, and the account is now being sold online for $8,000.
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Metallica's lead singer James Hetfield was stopped at London Luton airport on his way to the Live Earth concert in the city because of his "Taliban-like" beard, according to bandmates.
No official reason was given for him being stopped.
- 2 girls in Ecuador met each other at a steakhouse in a HUGE coincidence and realized they were twins! -Wtf?! Crazy! ...Here’s link to full story and pic of them:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/07/14/2007-07-14_tale_of_girl_finding_twin_15_years_after.html
- T.I. is still #1 on the US charts, even though his sales have dropped 63%.
- Theres a new X-Files movie in the works.
- Congrats to
DnA,
AK47, and
Snoopy8 on their new Moderator powers!
[Edited to safeguard against accidental unwanted clicking of Harry Potter spoilers page, because some people are oddly uptight about that stuff
-Pommy]
