Shocking.

I like this one:

"Philip Workman: He declined a special meal for himself, but he asked for a large vegetarian pizza to be given to a homeless person in Nashville, Tennessee. This request was denied by the prison, but carried out by others across the country."

FYL

From the middle:
I guess the PR guy that wrote this got to "Did something potentially life-changing happen to the main character?" in the flow chart and it sent him to "he didn't realize that his life may never be the same." He probably thought he nailed it with those last two sentences.



Looks interesting, I may see if I can find it somewhere.

It's not all that surprising, unfortunately. I'm not a psychologist, don't know more than what I read on that page and don't want to get too political, but $100K doesn't help treat a serious mental-health problem unless the guy decides to use it to get treatment, a textbook Catch-22.

A huge percentage of homeless people are in that spot for a very short period of time due to something like a fire, natural disaster, spousal abuse or an economic setback. Of the people who are homeless for an extended period of time, which is the group of people the film makers would choose from, most suffer from addiction and/or a disabling mental disorder. I think it's more likely than not that a random chronically homeless guy burns through the money. A medical disaster or even death seem reasonably likely given the likelihood of drug and alcohol addiction. If the filmmakers wanted, they could all-but guarantee an outcome where the main character's life isn't noticeably better off a year or two out by choosing the right (wrong) person.

It looks like the guy blew through the money and now is in the same spot he was in before he got the money. TBH that seems like a better-than-expected outcome.

You're killing this thread Jared

I work at a bank, but I've always been fascinated by bank robberies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._and_robberies

But specifically this guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gugasian

Carl Gugasian is an American prisoner who is currently serving a seventeen year sentence for robbery. Known as "The Friday Night Bank Robber", he is perhaps the most prolific of such criminals in US history, having robbed more than fifty banks over a thirty year period, for a total of more than $2 million.

In a good way or bad way? I suppose that if I have to ask...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Revell

No real need to even click the article.

In 2004, Ashley Revell of London sold all of his possessions, clothing included, and brought US$135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas and put it all on "Red" at the roulette table in a double-or-nothing bet. The ball landed on "Red 7" and Revell walked away with his net-worth doubled to $270,600.

Balls.

The Monster with 21 Faces
I think this would make an awesome movie if done correctly. My favorite part:

Codex Seraphinianus

One for lols: Extreme Ironing

Nice

Howard Stern did something similar once. They gave a homless guy $10,000, and he spent it all in 1 week, on a drum set (which he kept in an alley), leather jacket, booze, and other misc ****.

Feel very little pity for homeless people. The one's that arent crazy or drug addicted do it out of pure choice.

edit: and in a few months the drum set was destroyed. Stolen or ruined by the weather or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing

sorry if its already been posted but i read through most of this thread and dont think so.

It was posted in the very last page, lol?

so did he buy all his stuff back?

dude, like literally 2 POSTS AGO...are you serious?

iim a fish sry

I though I was the only one who did this. Cant think of anything right now though.

He was (perhaps not surprisingly) a professional online player

so you were being for real then?

its on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt6L3_z5X98

This would fall under the pretty gay category. here is a incomplete list of the 2 million people that have earned eagle scout.

Cool Wired magazine article on Gerald Blanchard, a professional thief. His wiki page description:
"Gerald Daniel Blanchard is a Canadian criminal described by police as one of the most sophisticated criminal masterminds the country has ever seen, who orchestrated never seen before high tech crimes crossing 3 continents.

He orchestrated midnight robberies without violence and was never seen while cleaning out financial institutions at night."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monster

The coolest cryptid article imo because there's actually a picture, and unless a hoaxer did some serious splicing it doesn't look like anything known to us.

some biologist looked at this -- I can't remember what kind of creature he thought it was (like a racoon or something), but it looked like others he had seen.

Apparently being tossed around in the water can de-fur and creepify creatures.