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Tennessee Man Quits Job After Getting W-2 with '666' on it

 

By Mike Krumboltz

 

 

A Tennessee maintenance worker has quit his job after discovering the number "666" printed on his W-2 tax form.

 

The man, Walter Slonopas, a 52-year-old born-again Christian, told The Tennessean that God was worth more than money.

 

The number 666 is commonly referred to as the number of the beast and is often associated with the devil. (The number played a pivotal role in the classic horror movie "The Omen.") Revelation 13:18 in the New Testament says, "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

 

This wasn't the first time that Slonopas had a work-related run-in with the notorious number. When he first began his job in 2011, he said, he was accidentally assigned the number 666 to be used when he clocked in. His number was later changed to 668.

 

However, a few months later, when the company updated its clock-in system, Slonopas was again assigned the number 666. He quit, but returned to work after being given yet another new number.

 

The Tennessean spoke with Bob LaCourciere, vice president of sales and marketing for the Revstone Corp., Slonopas' former company, about the W-2 form. He explained that the number referred to the order in which the tax documents were mailed.

 

Slonopas, who calls the situation "unbelievable," is seeking a new W-2 with a different number on it. He says that he can't file his taxes without one.

[SIUYA 11]

While being superstitions is not the worst thing in the world, I for one have had the occasional giggle internally at getting something with the number 69 on it......the problem is he has not taken himself out of the genepool yet to win an award!

mind you it does not like he would believe in Charles Darwins ideas anyway.

I like the idea and will keep my eye out for some unusual ones - other than the normal ones.

thanks

[DbPhoenix 42]

the problem is he has not taken himself out of the genepool yet to win an award!

 

He's 52 and unemployed. It's only a matter of time.

 

Of course, if he's married, his wife may take care of it.

[DbPhoenix 42]

Heart Attack Grill Unofficial Spokesman Dies From Heart Attack

 

John Alleman, the unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, has died of a heart attack. He was 52, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

For the past year and a half, Alleman would stand outside of the restaurant and try to encourage people to come inside. Owner Jon Basso didn't actually pay him for this, but would occasionally give him some free food.

 

“I told him if you keep eating like this, it’s going to kill ya,” Basso told the Las Vegas Sun.

 

The Heart Attack Grill is known for its over-the-top burger creations such as the quadruple bypass burger, which holds the Guinness World Record for "most calorific burger."

 

Alleman's heart attack is the most recent health incident surrounding the restaurant. In 2011, another Heart Attack Grill spokesman died at age 29. The following year, a customer suffered a heart attack while eating a triple bypass burger. Two months after that, a customer collapsed while eating a double bypass burger.

[DbPhoenix 42]

Natasha Harris Died From Drinking Too Much Coke

 

A New Zealand coroner has told an inquest that Natasha Harris, a mother of eight who suffered a heart attack in 2010, would not have died if she hadn't been dependent on on Coca-Cola.

 

In findings released Feb. 12, coroner David Crerar wrote:

"I find that, when all of the available evidence is considered, were it not for the consumption of very large quantities of Coke by Natasha Harris, it is unlikely that she would have died when she died and how she died.''

As reported by the Associated Press last year, Harris, a 31-year-old stay-at-home mom, drank more than two gallons of the soft drink every day. Chris Hodgkinson, the woman's partner, said Harris was "addicted to Coke" and had unhealthy habits, such as eating very little and smoking up to 30 cigarettes a day.

 

Crerar calculated that Harris' intake of Coca-Cola meant that she ingested the equivalent of two pounds of sugar and 970 milligrams of caffeine per day, according to Television New Zealand. Her family claims Harris suffered from withdrawal symptoms when she didn't have access to her beverage of choice.

[SIUYA 11]

Not so much a Darwin award, but depending on where you stand on such things maybe it is - a special one for Valentines day :spam:

 

Lesya and Rouslan | BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification News

[MightyMouse 12]

Not so much a Darwin award, but depending on where you stand on such things maybe it is - a special one for Valentines day :spam:

 

Lesya and Rouslan | BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification News

 

I think if she really, really loved him she would have branded his name on her face instead of just a tattoo.

[DbPhoenix 42]

Not so much a Darwin award, but depending on where you stand on such things maybe it is - a special one for Valentines day :spam:

 

Lesya and Rouslan | BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification News

 

Just wait until she's 60 . . .

[Perrin 10]

Sorry to take this slightly off-topic - just regarding the 'too much coke' post above - it made me think of this video I saw on YouTube. It's from a set of Chemistry videos (about all sorts of different chemistry stuff) which are quite interesting. Anyway this one in particular was about coke in March 2012.

 

From the YouTube video description:

 

"The recipe is changed for Coke and Pepsi (in the US). It is because of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, which would require the companies to put a cancer warning on their labels. In this video we warn you not to drink more than 1,000 cans of the drink in a single day!"

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cejoE9l4FCc&list=UUtESv1e7ntJaLJYKIO1FoYw&index=77]Coke and Pepsi - Periodic Table of Videos - YouTube[/ame]

[TheDude 10]

I think these jokers should be up for an award...

 

UK rag head terrorists and their bomb money....

 

But the real plan was to con ordinary people. They collected some £13,000 from Muslims who regard it as a religious and moral duty to give to charity during Ramadan.

 

Rahin Ahmed, another member of the cell, said he could make more money by investing it in online currency trading - he lost £9,000. Ahmed has separately pleaded guilty to fund-raising for terrorism.

 

BBC News - The joker who wanted to be a bomber

 

It wasnt one of you lot was it? :haha:

[DbPhoenix 42]

All suicide bombers are of course in the first rank of Darwin Award nominees.

 

Goes without saying.

[SIUYA 11]

How to kill a company with an automated process.....I guess if the finance experts can do it the rest of us might give it a try.

 

Offensive Keep Calm T-Shirts Sold Solid Gold Bomb | Amazon, Photos

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Clumsy Burglar Steals Rifle, Then Accidentally Shoots and Kills Himself

By Justin Peters

 

A reader passes along the sad, instructive story of Genaro Hernandez Mendoza, an Oregon man who met his untimely end late last week. The 19-year-old Mendoza broke into a farmhouse in Independence, Ore., and came away with a pretty good haul, including a truck, a shotgun, and a rifle. Unfortunately, the house was located on a bumpy road, and as Mendoza drove away in the stolen truck, the rifle was jostled and went off. Even more unfortunately, the barrel was pointing straight at Mendoza. Police found his body hours later. The truck’s engine was still running.

[edgararakelyan 10]

In Armenia my parents knew a guy who got really drunk one night, climbed onto a tall tree with a saw and sat down on a branch. He began cutting the branch and when it cut he fell down with it.

[DbPhoenix 42]

Man Fatally Crushed In San Francisco Subway Shaft

 

A man was crushed to death in the shaft of a BART elevator at San Francisco's Montgomery station Sunday night, according to transportation officials.

 

A passenger was taking the elevator up one level when he heard "a crunching sound and a man yelp before the elevator stopped," BART Police Lieutenant John Conneely said. The elevator car then stopped and became stuck. The passenger called the police and fire departments for help. After he was successfully released from the elevator, authorities searched the shaft and found a man's body, which was immediately pronounced dead.

 

Conneely said the man may have been sleeping atop the elevator, but it remains unknown as to how he wound up in the shaft or how long he had been inside it. Personal belongings were found on top of the elevator car, and it is uncertain whether they belonged to the man.

[Landser 10]

He began cutting the branch and when it cut he fell down with it.

 

[DbPhoenix 42]

Shain Gandee Died From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Family Raising Money for Funeral

 

By Kathleen Perricone

 

Shain Gandee died doing what he loved.

 

While mudding with his uncle, David Gandee, and friend, Donald Robert Myers, following a night at a West Virginia bar on Saturday [emphasis mine], the "Buckwild" star's 1984 Ford Bronco got stuck in the thick, dirty water and its tailpipe submerged, thus preventing the exhaust from leaving the car.

 

On Tuesday, the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department in West Virginia announced that completed autopsies confirmed: "The manner of death is accidental and the cause was carbon monoxide poisoning for all three subjects."

[SIUYA 11]

A hockey player has died after being bitten by a king brown snake at hockey fields in the Northern Territory.

Karl Berry, 26, was at Marrara Hockey Centre in Darwin on Tuesday evening when he picked up a snake, thinking it was a python, and threw it into bushes.

The snake bit him on the hand, but he did not seek medical help because he thought the snake was harmless.

He then went for a two-kilometre run – which ambulance officers said was one of the worst things he could have done as it pumped the venom through his system – and collapsed when he returned.

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The captain of the A-grade team of Commerce-Pints Hockey Club was rushed to hospital but declared dead on Wednesday night in the Intensive Care Unit after being put on life support.

Karl's father Ian said his son was a sports-mad bloke who loved his work as a service station manager.

"We'll get there," he said, when asked how he was coping.

"We've had better weeks."

Mr Berry said his family was keeping Karl's body on life support so his organs could be donated.

"He was outgoing and a leader," he said

There are conflicting stories about how Karl came to pick up the snake, with some reports that it was on a hockey field.

Some of the hockey players have said the snake was in an office and junior players raised the alarm before Karl picked it up.

"I've heard several stories but I have no direct knowledge," Mr Berry said.

St John's Ambulance Operations Manager, Craig Garraway, said Mr Berry was conscious when paramedics arrived and it took up to 15 minutes for him to mention he had been bitten by a snake.

"He had gone for a two-kilometre run which pumped the venom around his system much faster," he said.

Mr Berry said the venom had been sent away for testing and it was thought the snake was a king brown.

The executive officer of Hockey Northern Territory, Baden Sharp, said Karl hit his head when he collapsed.

"At the request of Hockey NT, officers from Parks and Wildlife have attended the Marrara Hockey Centre," he said.

"A minute’s silence will be held before each senior game this weekend and players will wear black arm bands in memory of Karl Berry’s passing."

 

 

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