I was reading this article about a guy (actually James Vellanti, chief operating officer of hedge fund JNF Asset Management LLC) who fell off an escalator and died at The Pier Shops at Caesars in Atlantic City.
Sad enough, right?
But every time I read an article about tragedy, I can’t help but skip ahead to the comments section. Sometimes they’re funny. Sometimes they’re sick. But mostly they leave you scratching your head and wondering. Seriously, you heard about a tragic death and felt compelled to speak out — and this is what you wanted to tell the world?
There’s “doctorphil1″ who helpfully offers some personal safety advice:
And always remember to look for a floor before stepping into the elevator.
Then there’s this dude, combination firefighter / germaphobe:
But the dead guy was in a casino. You ever seen the orange-haired old lady parked in front of Squirrels Gone Nutz on her GetAbout, chain-smoking Pall-Malls and hacking phlegm onto the back of her fist? I’m sure her hands aren’t exactly surgeon-scrub clean. If he wasn’t scared of handling playing cards, slot machines or dice, he probably isn’t (or wasn’t) going to be bothered by handrails either.
“Adkboy,” has a life-saving solution.
Maybe if everyone would just opt for exercise, there would be no more escalator tragedies.
Can’t argue with that reasoning. And if we all walked to work instead of taking the car, I suspect we could cut down on driving fatalities.
Here’s someone with a practical solution. . . . Read on »
Obama Adds Mystery To Interrogation Team
Markovik, whose stage name is Mystery, is a preeminent expert within the seduction community and touts himself as “the world’s greatest pick-up artist.” He is most known for his Mystery Method seduction seminars and the VH1 reality series “The Pick-up Artist.”
Using showmanship to “seduce” confessions from uncooperative targets is not a new idea as anyone who has watched television crime dramas can attest. But the implementation of this form of seduction in this venue is a novel strategy.
The Neg: “That car bomb was a pretty effective killing machine … for an amateur.”
“I promised a new direction from the last eight years,” Obama reminded a gathering of reporters before boarding Marine One on Tuesday, “The Mystery Method: attraction, comfort and seduction … these are techniques, I’m sure, that will better protect America without alienating us in the world.”
Mystery’s contribution to the team will be primarily as an advisor. His methods, although not previously tested on terrorists, are expected to include such techniques as ‘peacocking,’ and ‘negging.’
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