Local Man Shaving Regrets Having Hitler Mustache for 5 Minutes

January 25, 2010
Article, Local, Hitler, Mustache, Shaving, Mechanic, Charlie Chaplin, World War II, Six Million People, MurderIn local news, Barry Turner, a 34 year-old mechanic, regrets sporting a Hitler mustache for 5 minutes while he was shaving this morning. While Turner considers himself to be “politically correct and socially conscious person,” he feels guilty about allowing himself to momentarily have the same mustache as the man who famously wore it while murdering six million people.

“At the time, it sort of seemed a little funny,” said Turner. “I was shaving like I do every morning, and I guess I just decided to shave off the sides of my mustache while leaving the middle part in tact. I said to myself, ‘Hey, that’s a Hitler mustache.’ I stood there, looking at myself in the mirror with that small mustache, and chuckled for about 5 minutes before shaving it off and going to work.”

According to sources, Turner’s co-workers tried to make him feel better by claiming, “It could have also very well been a Charlie Chaplin mustache,” however Turner was aware that even Chaplin shaved his mustache during America’s involvement during World War II due to the stigma of it.

Woman Gives Birth to $80,000 in College Tuition, Future Divorce, and Eventual Resentful Loneliness

December 17, 2009
Article, Local, Parents, Couple, Child, Baby, Birth, Mistake, Drunk, Scotch, Restraining Order, Tuition, College, High SchoolIn local news, 29 year-old mother Amanda Strauss gave birth to her first $80,000 in college tuition, future divorce, and eventual resentful loneliness. The blindly proud parents were excited to hold the thing that was mistakenly conceived in the first place, and will certainly stand in the way of that trip to Italy they always wanted to take.

“I hear that it doesn’t get much better than this in terms of ruining your life,” said Amanda. “My mother-friends told me that when they begin talking it starts to get interesting. You have to start thinking about nursery school, then elementary school—and the child will probably have some sort of learning problems since Harold [the child’s father] drinks a lot and I take too many painkillers. And the high school teenage years? I hear that’s a doozy. I gave it up when I was 15 to my stepfather. Man, was that a mistake. Do you think she’ll like the name Fanny? It was my great-grandmother’s name.”

“Maybe it’s the low shelf scotch talking, but I’m pretty excited to be a terrible father,” said Harold. “I have all these weird feelings inside me. Not necessary feelings of joy, but something else—I feel like going to a bar, getting hammered, staring into the men’s room mirror for a few hours, and just screaming. Aside from that, it’s pretty cool I made one of these things.”

While the newborn weighed a whopping 12 pounds, it still doesn’t compare to the mental weight of something that will thwart all of your live dreams. According to sources, the parents are already planning to have a second mistake sometime within the next two years—hopefully before the couple’s inevitable restraining order.

Publishers Clearing House Presents Oversize $7 Check to Woman Who Spotted Them Lunch

December 4, 2009
Article, Local, Subway, Publishers Clearing House, Oversize Check, Sandwich, $7, Car, Chase, Bank, DepositIn local news, the Publishers Clearing House presented an oversize $7 check to Margaret Horn for the Subway sandwich she spotted them earlier in the day. Since Subway doesn’t accept oversize checks, the Publishers Clearing House was forced to awkwardly ask Horn, who herself was purchasing lunch at the popular sandwich chain, to spot them.

“Most people have cash, credit, or even normal sized checks on them,” said Publishers Clearing House executive, Bert Gregerson. “But we just carry around these oversize checks that no one wants.”

After Horn and the Publishers Clearing House finished their sandwiches, they proceeded back to the Gregerson’s car, where Horn was presented with an oversize check for the $7. While the presentation was ceremonious, Horn later claimed, “Convincing Chase to deposit this stupid thing will be [anything but ceremonious].”
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