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Is the Santa Claus-dying kid story made-up b.s.?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Dec 12, 2016.

  1. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Maybe Santa was one of the guys who shot Pat Tillman?
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    My wife was upset when I told her House Hunters wasn't real.
     
  3. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    And that's when you add that you have been PMed by respectable posters here who agree with you. Booyah! Take that, Mrs. W.
     
    Gator, LongTimeListener and Ace like this.
  4. SpeedTchr

    SpeedTchr Well-Known Member

    You shut your whorish mouth!
     
    YankeeFan likes this.
  5. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    Read this post shared by two people who love the Santa story. Facts don't matter.

    "Pls if anyone stops U in the parking lot of a mall ,Walmart or the home depot and ask if u're interested in some perfume and gives u a paper to smell, pls don't! It's a new scam, the paper is laced with drugs, U'll pass out so they can kidnap, rob or do worse things to u. Pls forward to all friends n family..Save a life please. This was received from a Senior police officer this morning take note and alert everyone u want to protect. Knowledge is power ! It can save a life ! PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE"
     
  6. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Not just any police officer!
     
  7. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    I dream of a day when spelling and grammar go viral.
     
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  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Venable told us on 13 December 2016 that Schmitt-Matzen has refused to identify the family, the hospital or the nurse involved in the story in follow-up interviews. However, Schmitt-Matzen did backtrack from his initial claim that he reached the facility in 15 minutes, saying instead that it was in East Tennessee.

    According to Venable, the News-Sentinel is still investigating Schmitt-Matzen's claim:

    Certainly, if we are in error on this, we want to be the very first to come out and say -- if there is an error -- it's on us.

    Schmitt-Matzen did not respond to a request for comment.

    We contacted several
    hospitals in Knoxville for comment. Both the East Tennessee Children's Hospital and the University of Tennessee Medical Center confirmed that a visit like the one Schmitt-Matzen described did not occur at their respective facilities.
     
    Killick and YankeeFan like this.
  10. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Your best long con yet.
     
  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    People are going to be pissed when this turns out to be a fraud.
     
  12. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    It's funny to me that people have said that they don't want to believe it's not true.

    That would mean there's no dead kid! It's great if it isn't true!
     
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