spring break at wal-mart
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Captain Insano
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hello fuckers. post count +1
Tossica: No, you're gay because you suck on cocks.
Darcler:
Get rid of the pictures of the goofy looking white guy. That opens two right there.
Mazzletoffarado: That's me fucktard
Darcler:
Get rid of the pictures of the goofy looking white guy. That opens two right there.
Mazzletoffarado: That's me fucktard
Vivalicious wrote:Lots of females don't want you to put your penis in their mouths. Some prefer it in their ass.
College Student in Wal-Mart for 41 Hours
Mar 28, 9:55 PM (ET)
By DAVID PITT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some students set out for sun-drenched beaches and tropical party bars for spring break. Skyler Bartels, a 20-year-old Drake University sophomore, headed for the local Wal-Mart.
Bartels, an aspiring writer from Harvard, Neb., thought he'd spend a week in the store as a test of endurance, using it as the premise for a magazine article. He called his adviser and she liked the idea.
"I just intuitively thought, 'This is brilliant!'" said Carol Spaulding-Kruse, a Drake associate professor of English. "I wasn't quite sure why, but it just sounded like a really good idea."
For 41 hours, Bartels wandered the aisles of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Windsor Heights. He watched shoppers, read magazines, watched movies on the DVD display and played video games.
He bought meals at the in-store Subway sandwich shop, but was able to catch only brief naps in a restroom stall or on lawn chairs in the garden department.
Other shoppers and employees didn't pay much attention until the end of his stay, he said, when it appeared some store greeters began to take notice - pointing at him and whispering.
A shift manager approached him and asked him if he was finding everything he needed.
"He said, 'Didn't I see you over by the magazines, like, five hours ago?' I told him, 'Maybe,'" Bartels said.
Tiring to the point of hallucinating, Bartels said he decided to go home before he was thrown out.
He considered the project a failure.
Then, The Des Moines Register, which had been contacted by Spaulding-Kruse, called to ask him about the experience. Once the story ran, ABC and other networks began calling.
He started his day Tuesday talking with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America" and told The Associated Press he had decided the stunt wasn't such a failure after all.
He's talked with a book agent after a Penguin books author saw the story on the Internet. He also has been contacted by New Line Cinema about a movie concept.
Tuesday afternoon he did a radio interview with National Public Radio, and CBS'"Late Show with David Letterman" was arranging a flight to New York for an appearance later in the week.
Bartels said he's surprised by the attention, but it's like a dream for anyone with hopes of ever becoming a writer.
"Whereas, I think the project itself is a failure, I could use this media stuff as a third leg of a book if I wrote it, about how America eats this stuff up," he said. "I'm incredibly happy with the press coverage. It would be kind of silly not to accept it with open arms."
The manager of the Windsor Heights Wal-Mart referred questions to company headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., where spokesman Kevin Thornton said Bartels neither violated store policy nor broke the law.
"We were unaware of his presence and if we were aware of it we certainly wouldn't have condoned it," Thornton said. "We're a retailer, not a hotel."
Thornton said the story has taken off because of Wal-Mart's stature.
"We have 3,800 locations in the U.S. One-hundred million people go through our stores every week," he said. "Wal-Mart is part of the fabric of life and this kind of reiterates that."
Mar 28, 9:55 PM (ET)
By DAVID PITT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some students set out for sun-drenched beaches and tropical party bars for spring break. Skyler Bartels, a 20-year-old Drake University sophomore, headed for the local Wal-Mart.
Bartels, an aspiring writer from Harvard, Neb., thought he'd spend a week in the store as a test of endurance, using it as the premise for a magazine article. He called his adviser and she liked the idea.
"I just intuitively thought, 'This is brilliant!'" said Carol Spaulding-Kruse, a Drake associate professor of English. "I wasn't quite sure why, but it just sounded like a really good idea."
For 41 hours, Bartels wandered the aisles of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Windsor Heights. He watched shoppers, read magazines, watched movies on the DVD display and played video games.
He bought meals at the in-store Subway sandwich shop, but was able to catch only brief naps in a restroom stall or on lawn chairs in the garden department.
Other shoppers and employees didn't pay much attention until the end of his stay, he said, when it appeared some store greeters began to take notice - pointing at him and whispering.
A shift manager approached him and asked him if he was finding everything he needed.
"He said, 'Didn't I see you over by the magazines, like, five hours ago?' I told him, 'Maybe,'" Bartels said.
Tiring to the point of hallucinating, Bartels said he decided to go home before he was thrown out.
He considered the project a failure.
Then, The Des Moines Register, which had been contacted by Spaulding-Kruse, called to ask him about the experience. Once the story ran, ABC and other networks began calling.
He started his day Tuesday talking with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America" and told The Associated Press he had decided the stunt wasn't such a failure after all.
He's talked with a book agent after a Penguin books author saw the story on the Internet. He also has been contacted by New Line Cinema about a movie concept.
Tuesday afternoon he did a radio interview with National Public Radio, and CBS'"Late Show with David Letterman" was arranging a flight to New York for an appearance later in the week.
Bartels said he's surprised by the attention, but it's like a dream for anyone with hopes of ever becoming a writer.
"Whereas, I think the project itself is a failure, I could use this media stuff as a third leg of a book if I wrote it, about how America eats this stuff up," he said. "I'm incredibly happy with the press coverage. It would be kind of silly not to accept it with open arms."
The manager of the Windsor Heights Wal-Mart referred questions to company headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., where spokesman Kevin Thornton said Bartels neither violated store policy nor broke the law.
"We were unaware of his presence and if we were aware of it we certainly wouldn't have condoned it," Thornton said. "We're a retailer, not a hotel."
Thornton said the story has taken off because of Wal-Mart's stature.
"We have 3,800 locations in the U.S. One-hundred million people go through our stores every week," he said. "Wal-Mart is part of the fabric of life and this kind of reiterates that."
Inside each person lives two wolves. One is loyal, kind, respectful, humble and open to the mystery of life. The other is greedy, jealous, hateful, afraid and blind to the wonders of life. They are in battle for your spirit. The one who wins is the one you feed.
there's another story at http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2006/Mar/EE ... ed284.html that's pretty good also.
the kid is everywhere now hehe
the kid is everywhere now hehe
lolz
Grats, on CNN. Pretty slick your friend gets a few minutes of fame for that. Props to him 
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/29/walmat ... index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/29/walmat ... index.html
You were right Tikker. We suck.
it's just nice to have lighthearted news once in awhile, is all.
it's good to know that everything in the world isn't death and destruction and poverty and all that, and that there are still kids capable of doing something with their spring break other than getting shitfaced and puking all over some bitches hehe
it's good to know that everything in the world isn't death and destruction and poverty and all that, and that there are still kids capable of doing something with their spring break other than getting shitfaced and puking all over some bitches hehe
lolz
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Captain Insano
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I'd rather watch a story about some college kids who decided to burn down some mosques on their spring break. Now thats lightheated reporting!
Tossica: No, you're gay because you suck on cocks.
Darcler:
Get rid of the pictures of the goofy looking white guy. That opens two right there.
Mazzletoffarado: That's me fucktard
Darcler:
Get rid of the pictures of the goofy looking white guy. That opens two right there.
Mazzletoffarado: That's me fucktard
Vivalicious wrote:Lots of females don't want you to put your penis in their mouths. Some prefer it in their ass.
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Captain Insano
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lol this kids name is Skyler! ROFL SKYLER! He must be gay! hahah news.
Tossica: No, you're gay because you suck on cocks.
Darcler:
Get rid of the pictures of the goofy looking white guy. That opens two right there.
Mazzletoffarado: That's me fucktard
Darcler:
Get rid of the pictures of the goofy looking white guy. That opens two right there.
Mazzletoffarado: That's me fucktard
Vivalicious wrote:Lots of females don't want you to put your penis in their mouths. Some prefer it in their ass.
thats what i did!
Ginzburgh wrote:I carried my girlfriend to her car a couple months ago so she wouldnt mess up her nice shoes in the snow.
...and you all thought I was an asshole. Pft.
Aww last week Joey carried me from the car into the house because I tore a tendon in my foot at work. Unfortunatly I have this independance issue when it comes to me being injured, so even though my foot was twice the size it should have been and trying to walk resulted in me falling to the ground, I was still whining at him the whole way to put me down because I could do it myself. I'm kinda stupid that way.
Donnel wrote:Erodalak wrote:Who needs an education when you are hawt like advina
fixt :P
