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verizon
Verizon Willing To Let 62-Year-Old Man Die Unless Cops Pay $20 Of His Overdue Bill
Ohio police are pissed with Verizon after the company refused to help them find a missing 62-year-old man unless they paidhis overdue $20$20 of his overdue cellphone bill. More » -
oh my god
Attention: Your Insurance Doesn't Cover Damage From Corpse Fluid
Let's say you have an apartment. One night, you wake up to find that a liquid is dripping from the ceiling onto your face. When it turns out that the liquid was bodily fluids from a decomposing corpse, your insurance lets you know that the damage to your belongings will not be covered by your policy. Yes, this happened to someone. More » -
food
The 4489 Calorie, 1.66 lb Burger
The West Michigan Whitecaps recently unveiled their new stadium menu and gloating at the top of it is the 4489 Calorie "Fifth Third Burger." This 1.66 pound piece of gastrointestinal wunder, named after team sponsor 5/3 Bank, costs $20 and feeds 1-4 people. If you eat it by yourself and finish it in one sitting, you get a free 5/3 tshirt. Said the team's marketing director, "It's something fun that people can understand."
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fat
This Is Why You're Fat
This Is Why You're Fat posts reader pictures of the incredible calorie bombs they've discovered, like The Hamdog, "A hot dog wrapped in a beef patty that's deep fried, covered with chili, cheese, onions, served on a hoagie bun topped with two fistfuls of fries and a fried egg." Really, it's about efficiency. Who has time for all those meals when you can just eat one and get all the calories you need for the next couple of days?
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crime
Landlord Orders Ex-Husband To Pay Murdered Wife's Rent
The ex-husband of a woman who was murdered at a Christmas party along with 8 other people has been ordered by her landlord to pay her rent. The landlord says she gave insufficient notice to vacate the premises, and broke her lease. Apparently they require 60 days notice before being shot dead by your sister's ex-husband in a Santa suit. More » -
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Man Finds Meal Worms In Reese's Brownie, After Taking Big Bite
As if a big chocolate doodie drizzled in caramelized cheez-wiz wasn't gross enough, Marc was dismayed to find his Reese's brownie covered in strange webbing. Dismay turned to horror as he ascertained the white strings and brown pellets were related to the meal worms crawling their way through his sweet treat. When he took the brownie back to the deli, they opened the rest of the batch. It was a veritable meal worm polka party. The horror unfolds in photographic form, inside... More » -
gross
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Uses Liposuctioned Fat As Fuel For Car
And here's number 16 on our grossest stories of 2008 list: an LA plastic surgeon is in trouble for powering his car with "lipodiesel" from his patients' fat. Ewwww. -
complaints
The 15 Grossest Stories We've Posted On Consumerist This Year
Here are our favorite disgusting stories of 2008. You're welcome!
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disgusting
Testing Chuck E. Cheese Restaurants For Bacteria Will Probably Give You Nightmares
After one of their friends claimed to have gotten ringworm from a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant, mommy blog "momlogic" decided to swab several Chuck E. Cheese locations and have the samples tested for bacteria. The results are pretty gross, and make us thankful to have an immune system. More » -
unacceptable food
Man Finds Mouse Baked Into His Hot Dog Buns
A North Carolina man bought some hot dog buns that came with a little surprise inside. No, it wasn't a prize. "I see the little ears. Clearly that's a tail. I don't know what that is, part of his leg or something," the man told NBC. More » -
vision media television
So-Called PBS "Production Company" Sues Blogger For $20 Million
Don't blog about how a shady production company tried to rip you off for $25,000 or they'll sue you for $20 million. Vision Media Television is one of several different alleged ripoff artists who frequently target non-profit and socially-aware groups, promising a big TV special aired on PBS and/or other major networks showcasing the group. The show is supposedly anchored by ex-20/20 anchor Hugh Downs and will reach millions upon millions of people. The catch? The organization has to pay for the production costs up-front, which run into the tens of thousands of dollars...and the show never goes on TV. More » -
shaw's crab house
Waiter, There's A 9-Foot Tapeworm In My Salmon/Digestive Tract!
A Chicago man is suing Shaw's Crab House after passing a 9-foot tapeworm he contends came from consuming undercooked fish. Anthony Franz claims he became violently ill after eating the salmon salad at Shaw's, and is suing the restaurant and its parent company, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, for $100,000. More » -
wendys
Fry Guy Doesn't Wash Bathroom Hands, Gets Public Shaming
When the sign says, "employees must wash hands after using bathroom," Brent takes it very seriously. He says he was using the toilet at a Wendy's, and spotted a worker use the bathroom and head right back to fondling the fries without scrubbing his hands. That's when Brent decided to call out the guy in front of the entire restaurant. Here's his story and what happened next... More » -
viacom
Viacom Retracts Fraudulent Ownership Claims On Indie Filmmaker's YouTube Clip
Last week we told you about how Viacom was sending fraudulent ownership claims to indie filmmakers on YouTube. A few days after our post went up about how they were doing this to animator Joanna Davidovich, a Viacom executive got in touch with her to explain what happened. More » -
viacom
Viacom Fraudulently Claims Ownership Of Indie Filmmakers' YouTube Clips
Viacom is sending bogus copyright ownership claims and illegal posting notices to independent filmmakers posting their own movies on YouTube. These films contain not one iota of Viacom content. Take, for instance, this lovely short animation, "Juxtaposer," made by Joanna Davidovich for her senior project. It's completely her original creation. She has copyrighted it and says that she "only entered into distribution agreements that were nonexclusive." Yet, the media corporation saw fit to have YouTube tell Joanna, "Viacom has claimed some or all audio and visual content in your video." More » -
Steak & Shake
This Steak & Shake Is A Pigsty
We've never been to a Steak & Shake, and Cal's behind-the-scenes footage of one of their restaurants in Indiana makes us think we'll be saying that for a long time. In his intro to the footage, he claims they were so understaffed that he was able to walk into the back of the restaurant and take photos, and then return later with a video camera. We wonder if he knew someone who worked there, but that's not really the point. The point is the shake-making area looks like babies vomited all over it. We can only imagine the horror that begins at night when all the people are gone and the roaches have their nightly dairy & syrup feast. More » -
unacceptable food
Pizza Hut Is Sorry It Baked A Cockroach Into Your Pizza, Got Fined $35,000
Here's a lovely little story from our friends down in Bellbowrie, Australia. It seems that they have a Pizza Hut in Bellbowrie, and that Pizza Hut has cockroaches. Lots of cockroaches. So many cockroaches, in fact, that it baked one alive into a meatlovers pizza. More » -
maggots
VIDEO: Maggots Found Squirming In Box Of Goobers
Chomp, chomp, chomp, smoosh! Blogger Savannah Red's wife was enjoying a freshly opened box of Goobers when she bit into something not sweet or chocolatey, but squishy: a maggot. More »
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