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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 05:41 AM
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Casino That Bought Cheese Sandwhich and Cane Buys Naughty Kids' Gifts
HOUSTON - An online casino that bought a cheese sandwich said to bear the Virgin Mary's image and a cane sold to banish a young boy's fear of ghosts has struck again — this time paying a man $5,300 for his naughty children's Christmas gifts.

The Pasadena man said last week that he decided to auction the three Nintendo (news - web sites) DS game systems because his sons, ages 9, 11, and 15, had misbehaved.

The family's decision made national headlines, intriguing GoldenPalace.com, casino spokesman Monty Kerr said.

"Everybody knows Santa doesn't come to naughty kids," Kerr said Sunday.

The Antigua-based casino agreed to bid on the game systems as long the family promised to donate the proceeds to charity, he said. The family told him it will buy a new heater for its church and do other renovations.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20041227/ap_on_fe_st/ebay_kids_s_gifts
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 06:22 AM
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1. GoldenPalace.com - specializing in spyware and browser hijacking...
I hope they blow every cent on shit like this, so they stop spending on their scummy marketing practices...
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 07:41 AM
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2. Makes you wonder...........
just what these kid's "naughtiness" was. It sounds like more fundie bullshit to me. They probably didn't make a burnt offering to the lord, or didn't bow their heads in prayer when "*" was on television. Hey, you let something like that happen and go unpunished and the entire fabric of society unravels.
These sound like some great parents. I'm sure they'll have a spot in the Conservatives' "Parents of the Year" award.
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KDLarsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-04 07:51 AM
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3. The story was in LBN the other day..
Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 07:52 AM by KDLarsen
.. the parents had specifically warned their children that their behavior was unacceptable, and that unless they changed behaviour, their presents would go. I think one of the kids even pulled a "I double-dare you" on his dad, confident that he wouldn't do it.
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