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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Michelle Williams


Attention, celebrities appearing on New York talk shows!  Beware of the latest scam!



After your vehicle pulls in and you get out, you're accosted by a distraught woman.  "Oh my God!" she wails.  "Your SUV just ran over my paper cup!"  She indicates a mangled paper cup on the pavement near your vehicle's tire as a few "random bystanders" nod in agreement.



Because you're a good person, you want to make things right.  You offer to reimburse her for the paper cup.  This calms her down.  She claims the paper cup's replacement cost is $8.  This seems high, but if you object, she starts to crank up the hysteria again.  Anxious to end the unpleasantness, you hand over the $8 and hurry inside.

Of course, your SUV didn't run over the cup; she planted it there the instant you parked.  And $8 is far too much to pay for a new paper cup.  Savvy New Yorkers can usually get them for under $4.  But by the time you realize all this, the scam artist and her confederates have gleefully pocketed their $2 each and are on to their next easy mark.

If you believe you have been a victim of the Paper Cup Scam, contact the Manhattan District Attorney's office.  

14 comments:

  1. You mentioned "confederates." Also, Dixie makes paper cups. Steve, I thought you were a Yankee!

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    1. Too soon, Jason. We're still binding up the nation's wounds.

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  2. The comment section is quit for this post... time for some jokes.

    $8 paper cups? I only pay that much for C cups and above. I'm working blue.

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  3. Michelle Williams much like Marilyn Monroe has six toes, but unlike Marilyn Michelle wasn't born with six toes she just lost a bet one day and 4 toes.

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  4. The paper cup ruse was made famous by Danny Glover in the 1993 made for TV movie "The Sting: 4 TV".

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  5. That's all I've got for tonight. Have a good night and drive safely, or at least not the same streets as me.

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  6. Still too soon, David.

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  7. David, you've given us a lot to think about. And to Google. Six toes???

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  8. Yes, don't Google too hard. You'll learn that 6 toes thing is a myth, no proof. For me no proof means that it isn't isn't true.

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