Hoaxy XBox story for your lunchtime perusal

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Friday, August 15th, 2008

While we wait for Greg to come back with live photos of the Georgia Yeti we present you with what is most definitely as fake as my parent’s love for me. The story goes thusly: kids were being jerks while playing XBox. The father warned them repeatedly about their behavior. Finally, Dad takes a nailgun and whams the Xbox onto a tree. Mom says “Way to go,” ensuring that those kids will remember “Dad’s batshit reaction to our XBox playing” and not those weekends spent throwing the old pigskin around. I smell a fake but who am I to opine on the parenting reactions of flyover-state fathers?

via Giz

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