Friday, November 17, 2006

wow.



people never cease to amaze me with their fanaticism. for expensive japanese toys.

"PlayStation 3 shopper shot outside Wal-Mart"

PUTNAM, Connecticut (AP) -- Two armed thugs tried to rob a line of people waiting for the new Playstation 3 game system to go on sale early Friday and shot a man who refused to give up his money, authorities said.

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In Palmdale, California, authorities shut down a Super Wal-Mart after some shoppers got rowdy late Wednesday. In West Bend, Wisconsin, a 19-year-old man was injured when he ran into a pole racing with 50 others for one of 10 spots outside a Wal-Mart.

In Lexington, Kentucky, someone fired BB pellets from a passing vehicle at people waiting outside a Best Buy store, according to television station WKYT, whose own reporter said she was among four people grazed while she interviewed buyers in line.
FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!

more at gizmodo.

2 comments:

emily1 said...

losers.

FM said...

i'm waiting for a "darwin award" entry arising out of all of this.