Stupid News Archives

There’s a Homeless Guy in Detroit Who Now Takes Credit Cards

I’m assuming homeless people hear the sentence, “Sorry, don’t have any cash on me,” thousands of times a day.  But there’s a guy in Detroit who’s going to make you get more creative with your excuses.  Abe Hagenston has been homeless in Detroit for about seven years, living under an overpass.  And he recently took his panhandling to the next level, by accepting CREDIT CARDS.

Nine Signs Someone’s a Psychopath

We tend to use the term “psychopath” for serial killers and crazy people.  But about one in every hundred people qualify as a psychopath, and most of them AREN’T crazy murderers.  Here are nine signs someone’s a psycho:

An Entire School Was Evacuated Over a Mysterious Accordion

We live in paranoid times, I get that.  And one might say that polka music is an abstract form of terrorism.  Still, it’s hard to wrap my head around this.  Someone spotted a mysterious box in the music room at Walnut Middle School in Grand Island, Nebraska on Wednesday afternoon, and called the cops.  So they evacuated all 900 students, teachers, and staff members.

A Father and Son Are Busted For Stealing Lottery Tickets

I don’t think this counts as good father-son bonding time.  54-year-old Robert Carbonell of Port Orange, Florida and his 28-year-old son Robert Carbonell Jr. went to a convenience store last week and stole some lottery tickets.  Robert Sr. distracted the clerk while Robert Jr. jumped over the counter and stole $300 in scratchers.