Selling your kid is not normal.. But on meth it is.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0625/breaking10.html

A California couple faces child endangerment charges after police say they tried to sell their six-month-old baby for US $25 (€20) outside a Walmart store.

Salinas police spokesman, Lalo Villegas, said Patrick Fousek and Samantha Tomasini were arrested on Wednesday morning, hours after Mr Fousek allegedly approached two women outside Walmart and asked if they?d like to purchase his child.

The women initially thought Fousek was joking, but when he became persistent, they became suspicious and reported it to police.

Mr Fousek and Ms Tomasini were arrested at their home. Officers said the couple appeared high on methamphetamine and the house was in disarray.

In all fairness, 25 dollars is a good deal for a kid.. But I'd like to think I'd be worth more than that.
Methheads really are the worst druggies.. Good thing it's not big here yet.

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Deleted User wrote: »

In all fairness, 25 dollars is a good deal for a kid.. But I'd like to think I'd be worth more than that.
Methheads really are the worst druggies.. Good thing it's not big here yet.

You'd be worth more than €30, but you are only using two nappies a day now, so the overheads are lower.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

$25.............rip off!!!!:eek::eek:


I think Bargain Alerts have a coupon for that.

Millie

Jesus that's awful.

Imagine the shame & guilt they would feel if they ever were drug free.

thebigbiffo

sometimes i want to put them back in

dont think i'd sell them to some stranger though...dont think so :cool:

ScumLord

Bong baby wants his mudhaphuken money yo! He needs to get paid y'all.

Gran Hermano

Bloody amateur selling his kid outside Walmart.
Surely he'd know you could get a better price at a tapas bar.

Ronquist

good thing from the story is that the kid will go to a better family now then those crack heads

SadieSue

Ah Walmart, what won't you sell?!

Brendog

nom nom nom delicious baby nom nom nom

Hank_Jones

They should have talked to me, I could have got them twice that!

ejmaztec

Millie wrote: »

Jesus that's awful.

Yes, $25 was much too low, and they should have put the kid on Ebay.

stovelid

Thousands of people are cut-up because they can't have kids and you read this kind of stuff.... :mad:

ejmaztec

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Bloody amateur selling his kid outside Walmart.
Surely he'd know you could get a better price at a tapas bar.

No, they give them away.

Cookie_Monster

you have to pay 25 quid for something thats probably going to cost 200k before you get rid of in 20 years times. FAIL

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That's disgusting. Poor child.


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Deleted User wrote: »

Oh hi there. How you doin?

Grand, yourself?

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^^ that's really confusing - stop it.

Hank_Jones

Bit baffled as to what's going on there.

Is this because Dev said he thought you're a re-reg?

Interesting all the same.

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adidas by google wrote: »

Grand, yourself?

Ah sound, half day in work so just chillin..

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Bit baffled as to what's going on there.

Is this because Dev said he thought you're a re-reg?

Nope.. People just want to be cool like me.

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Deleted User wrote: »

Ah sound, half day in work so just chillin..

Cool.
Nice thread.
I'm off.

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Lando Griffin

What was he thinking, selling it to 2 women, why didn't he pick a normal couple?

Loopy

adidas by google wrote: »

Cool.
Nice thread.
I'm off.

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Aw don't, I was enjoying this and had just put kettle on.

SadieSue

Lando Griffin wrote: »

What was he thinking, selling it to 2 women, why didn't he pick a normal couple?

Normal couple?... Two men?

bazmaiden

Aids, ads and adidas... mind = blown

Executive Steve

thebigbiffo wrote: »

sometimes i want to put them back in

Welcome to yet another government database!

:pac:

CrazyRabbit

Stupid people. I get several thousand per child. €25 is grossly underpriced.

bazmaiden

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Stupid people. I get several thousand per child. €25 is grossly underpriced.

I feel uncomfortable due to your sig

El_Dangeroso

I love the way they give the currency exchange in Euros in the article.

$25? oooh, I dunno.. oh €20!! Now I understand, that's quite reasonable actually..

CrazyRabbit

bazmaiden wrote: »

I fell uncomfortable due to your sig

It's more ironic than uncomfortable.

inforfun

Sure, buy a baby.
That way you even miss out on the only time you have fun from a kid.

oztots

$20? I seen them being sold outside dunnes for €50.

Bloody rip off republic.

Duggy747

I can get you some kids on the cheap, all shapes and sizes. Make for great pets.

One of the many questions I do get asked by customers is:

"Does he come in black?"

orourkeda

I'd rather me a meth addict than a parent

Dudess

Anyone see the Louis Theroux documentary The City Addicted To Crystal Meth?

Terrifying, devastating substance...

Not excusing this couple's behaviour, but there is no limit to the level of fukd up sh1t it drives even good people to do, so I'm not surprised...

Overheal

Well happy ending to this story.

After their new cellmates heard about it, Mr. Dad was welcomed in hand over fist, and he will now spend the rest of his time in the jailhouse awaiting sentencing in an isolated cell where he will have the pleasure of nursing a busted face, bruises, and several cracked ribs.

The couple made their first court appearance Friday. Fousek’s injuries were clearly visible – he had stiches in his lip and he could barely open his right eye because it was so swollen.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Dad-in-Baby-For-Sale-Case-Jumped-in-Jail-97240129.html

banshee_bones

Dudess wrote: »

Anyone see the Louis Theroux documentary The City Addicted To Crystal Meth?

Terrifying, devastating substance...

Not excusing this couple's behaviour, but there is no limit to the level of fukd up sh1t it drives even good people to do, so I'm not surprised...

I saw a documentary on crystal meth , don't know if it was the same one, took place in LA I think? He was talking to "functional" users, went to a needle exchange etc? Same one? Its a very scary substance. . .

supermonkey

stovelid wrote: »

Thousands of people are cut-up because they can't have kids and you read this kind of stuff.... :mad:

Cutting people because they can't have kids does seem really harsh. On the other hand if it is Jehovah's will than who are we to argue?

JupiterKid

I'm normally pretty liberal and open minded when it comes to recreational drugs but from everything I've read and seen about crystal meth it seems to be a really evil, nasty and destructive drug.

It's sad to see people reduced to trying to sell their own baby for a paltry amount of bucks that would probably only buy them their next hit of meth.:(

supermonkey

JupiterKid wrote: »

I'm normally pretty liberal and open minded when it comes to recreational drugs but from everything I've read and seen about crystal meth it seems to be a really evil, nasty and destructive drug.

It's sad to see people reduced to trying to sell their own baby for a paltry amount of bucks that would probably only buy them their next hit of meth.:(

Hey if it feels good do it right? That's what the headshop supporters say.

amacachi

Overheal wrote: »

Well happy ending to this story.

After their new cellmates heard about it, Mr. Dad was welcomed in hand over fist, and he will now spend the rest of his time in the jailhouse awaiting sentencing in an isolated cell where he will have the pleasure of nursing a busted face, bruises, and several cracked ribs.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Dad-in-Baby-For-Sale-Case-Jumped-in-Jail-97240129.html

That is comforting, knowing that the suffering continues.

Motley Crue

the world has gone to hell in a handbasket

Prof.Badass

supermonkey wrote: »

Hey if it feels good do it right? That's what the headshop supporters say.

Methamphetamine is incredibly rare in Ireland thanks to the ready supply of cocaine and regular amphetamine in this country. We are actually quite lucky in this regard.

Methamphetamine started off in the states because of high demand for drugs in isolated rural communities. It's actually much more expensive to synthesise than regular amphetamine, it just happens to be a hell of a lot easier.
Not only is it more addictive than cocaine/regular amphetamine (because it is typically smoked rather than snorted), it is also quite neurotoxic and slowly but irreversibly destroys the cells it activates, leading to a decreased ability to feel motivation, which can often drive users to continue taking the drug to alleviate the lack of natural euphoria their drug has caused (a vicious cycle).

The worst part is with all the bull**** anti-drugs propaganda, many users used to dismiss the side-effects of meth use as more of the above mentioned bull****. I can only hope that the availability of unbiased, accurate information on the internet is helping to rectify this problem.

Crystal meth is 100% a product of the war on drugs. Without the war on drugs, people in places like the states wouldn't be using it today. Just like we don't use it here.