Girls just wanna have fun.

/story is amusing
//yay, Grandparent indulgence!

Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

And they say kids these days are too protected.

Sybarite: And they say kids these days are too protected.

Hey, you was tied with two dog leashes. They were concerned about her safety.

AbbeySomeone: Sybarite: And they say kids these days are too protected.

Hey, you she was tied with two dog leashes. They were concerned about her safety.

/more coffee

I want to read a statement from the kid--safe or not, that was probably a lot of fun.

AbbeySomeone: AbbeySomeone: Sybarite: And they say kids these days are too protected.

Hey, you she was tied with two dog leashes. They were concerned about her safety.

/more coffee


Wheh, for a minute there I thought you'd been checking out my alt.com profile.

Stupid? Check. Irresponsible? Check. Negligent? Check.

Fun as hell? Oh, you bet!

Did they do a sobriety check on the little girl?

If she was drunk, too, this would have been the Farkiest story ever!

junkmetal: Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

...and skateboards in the summer, to boot. I really should have ended up a pre-Fark Fark headline at some point during my stupid youth.

7-year-old was furiously honking her horn, trying to pass.

//waiting for the obligatory South Park Big Wheel pix.

TsarTom: junkmetal: Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

...and skateboards in the summer, to boot. I really should have ended up a pre-Fark Fark headline at some point during my stupid youth.

Had you carried a little phone cam back then, you could've been a movie star!

/Jackass has nothing on us
//was not recorded, though
///so no $$$$ for us
////which would really have helped with the ER bills

junkmetal: Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

Used to do that as a kid. No one got killed. People tumbled off of the sled if you take a turn over 10mph, but otherwise, no one hurt.

Time has not been kind to those grandparents, but that's still no reason to take it out on the child.

Paul Berloni looks 49 going on 70.

I have no problem with any of this.

Had one of these when I was a kid. Surprised I survived childhood.

2012 Power Wheels model comes with:

• tow bar
• booze
• awesome grandparents

Do not use near police officers.

"Grandpa, what's Team Darwin? And why is that funny old man with the beard asking me to join?"

Saw the mother on the news this morning. She said, and I quote, "We'd had a few beers; no big deal."

Sybarite: And they say kids these days are too protected.



Might as well be me in that pic.

This is completely different from pulling a car hood down a snow bound street.
Completely different.

red5ish: Had one of these when I was a kid. Surprised I survived childhood.
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That looks like an awful lot of fun. We just used Tonka trucks,you know the old ones that were made of metal and rubber and could actually be used outside in the dirt, not those crappy plastic things they make now. I remember how pissed my mother was when she found out what we were doing, not because it was dangerous (it was) but because we were wearing out our shoes by using them as brakes at the bottom of the hill.

junkmetal: Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

Ahh we used to do that back in the day. I had one friend who some how lost the sled and ended up being dragged on his stomach and ended up hitting a manhole cover and losing his nipples. He could never explain why he didn't let go of the rope after he lost the sled.

ongbok: ended up hitting a manhole cover and losing his nipples.

Wait. What? How is that....? I don't even...

FTFA: The girl's father, Belinda Berloni's son, arrived at the scene and took custody of his daughter after becoming verbally upset with his mother, the deputy reported.

I think I would've really liked to have seen that argument. "What the f**k mom??"

ongbok: junkmetal: Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

Ahh we used to do that back in the day. I had one friend who some how lost the sled and ended up being dragged on his stomach and ended up hitting a manhole cover and losing his nipples. He could never explain why he didn't let go of the rope after he lost the sled.

He lost his nipples?

The SUV was pulling a plastic Hot Wheels car with a girl dressed in a swimsuit but wearing no protective gear such as a helmet.

You guyssssss, she wasn't wearing a helmet!!!

forteblast: FTFA: The girl's father, Belinda Berloni's son, arrived at the scene and took custody of his daughter after becoming verbally upset with his mother, the deputy reported.
I think I would've really liked to have seen that argument. "What the f**k mom??"

Yeah, I'm sure that he had NO IDEA that his parents were drunks when he started using them for a free daycare.

ongbok: junkmetal: Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

Ahh we used to do that back in the day. I had one friend who some how lost the sled and ended up being dragged on his stomach and ended up hitting a manhole cover and losing his nipples. He could never explain why he didn't let go of the rope after he lost the sled.

Did he ever check under the cushions on the couch? Because I know that every time I lost something as a kid, it always ended up...wait, what? Oh my.

Found this quote from an article on another news site:

"When the child's father, Justin Oetting, arrived at the scene, he became very upset at his mother, a deputy noted. He asked Belinda Berloni, "Are you farking stupid you should know better." The girl was placed in Oetting's custody.".

Choked when I saw the line. Can't find it now so I assume somebody got in touch with the news editors....

cryinoutloud: The SUV was pulling a plastic Hot Wheels car with a girl dressed in a swimsuit but wearing no protective gear such as a helmet.

You guyssssss, she wasn't wearing a helmet!!!

forteblast: FTFA: The girl's father, Belinda Berloni's son, arrived at the scene and took custody of his daughter after becoming verbally upset with his mother, the deputy reported.
I think I would've really liked to have seen that argument. "What the f**k mom??"

Yeah, I'm sure that he had NO IDEA that his parents were drunks when he started using them for a free daycare.

An excellent point, sir ma'am.

chewielouie: Sybarite: And they say kids these days are too protected.

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Might as well be me in that pic.

Those were the days... of course, we always had someone lying on the ground... what's the fun of jumping if you can't jump over someone.

Is it bad this reminds me of my girlfriend's mom?

chewielouie: Sybarite: And they say kids these days are too protected.

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Might as well be me in that pic.

That's the Dukes of Hazzard bigwheel! I totally had that!

chewielouie: Sybarite: And they say kids these days are too protected.

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Might as well be me in that pic.

so much win in that pic.

/now I go back to feeling old

Ugh, the dude has that nasty yellowed smokers' stache. I'd hate to talk to him in person.

Thankfully Grandma has a Facebook account with posts set as public. After reading her history of poor decision making on her timeline, this was just an ordinary day in her life.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php ?id=100003080158584

A few gems from her timeline:
Monday, January 2 at 12:07pm
I hope that god has better plans for me this year!!!! i need some kind of job. hope to find one soon // God willing i will.

Saturday, January 14 at 11:52am
some time i wish that i had friends here so i could go have some fun!!!!! if i could only get a job that would be good but now i have to wait to see if im going to jail for driving with out a license.... what an stupid fool that i am."

Thursday, January 26 at 9:42am
All Went Well today for me no jail time and they gave me a public defender to help me with my judgement. ha!!!ha!!!1

Tuesday, February 21 at 8:08pm
My life is so much better with out that husbans of mine i actually got to go buy something for my new appartment today with my pay check and i still have money to talk about. not before

Oh and prepare the eye bleach if you want to click on that profile cover image. Here is a quiz if you clicked: Prego or Beer Belly?

Your welcome.

Was alot more WTF? until I read that they were going 5-10 MPH. Thats about as fast as riding a bike casually. Even if she HAD fallen out.

This was still dangerous on public streets but if they'd have been doing it in a field somewhere I'd say leave them alone.

dimossi: Saturday, January 14 at 11:52am
some time i wish that i had friends here so i could go have some fun!!!!! if i could only get a job that would be good but now i have to wait to see if im going to jail for driving with out a license.... what an stupid fool that i am."

Thank you so very much for finding this. I want "what an stupid fool that i am" to be the next meme. Is there someone I can call at Internet head office to make this happen?

/memes do not work this way

Ornery Alien: dimossi: Saturday, January 14 at 11:52am
some time i wish that i had friends here so i could go have some fun!!!!! if i could only get a job that would be good but now i have to wait to see if im going to jail for driving with out a license.... what an stupid fool that i am."

Thank you so very much for finding this. I want "what an stupid fool that i am" to be the next meme. Is there someone I can call at Internet head office to make this happen?

/memes do not work this way

In the winter, we used to go "hookybobbing" which involved hanging onto the tailgate of a truck and sliding down an icy dirt road in slick-soled shoes, drinking and laughing uproariously at other's faceplants.

We had a mountain right behind our house with a fire road (more of a cat trail than a road) that went straight up to the top. In the winter, it was our inner tube run, (sleds are for sissies, cause you can steer) and our bigwheel run in the summer. The kid in the pic is riding it wrong, you remove the seat back and you stand up, because you can go faster. I never owned a bigwheel, but none of the neighborhood kid's bigwheels were safe from borrowing. It might not come back in the same condition it got borrowed in, but hey, they shouldn't have left it in the yard if it wasn't public property.

/I bet the kid was having a ball
//cops ruin everything

SithLord: junkmetal: Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

Used to do that as a kid. No one got killed. People tumbled off of the sled if you take a turn over 10mph, but otherwise, no one hurt.

Well see, there's your problem, only ten miles an hour........

dimossi:
Awesome, thanks! :)

ongbok: Just about every winter here that has a pretty good snowfall, someone gets killed sledding while being towed behind a car. Gotta love Darwin.

Ahh we used to do that back in the day. I had one friend who some how lost the sled and ended up being dragged on his stomach and ended up hitting a manhole cover and losing his nipples. He could never explain why he didn't let go of the rope after he lost the sled.


At least he didn't lose his male member.