Best/worst headline ever:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

'Evil Elmo' arrested for anti-semitic rants in Times Square pleads guilty to attempting to extort $2million from Girl Scouts of America

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/evil-elmo-arrested-for-antisemitic-rants-in-times-square-pleads-guilty-to-attempting-to-extort-2million-from-girl-scouts-of-america-8826612.html



A homeless Times Square performer, who was arrested for going on an anti-Semitic tirade in New York while dressed as the Sesame Street character Elmo, has admitted trying to extort $2 million from the Girl Scouts of America, prosecutors said this week in a Manhattan court.

Dan Sandler, 50, who goes by the name Adam Sandler, pleaded guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to attempted grand lacerny.

He was also charged with harassing and stalking a Girl Scouts employee with dozens of threatening and bizarre emails and photos.

Prosecutors say he wrote several rambling emails, including one that said: “I want a telecommute job from home of life at 150K, or a two million dollar cash settlement. As you know, the newspapers like to cover my evil Elmo scenario.”

[pinboy3niner]

1. The Girl Scouts were not tickled about it. nt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Here it is, front and center.

Proof positive that not all crazy news comes out of my wonderful State of Florida.

[MiniMe]

3. And he would probably be able to buy a gun with no problem

Even though he is bat-shit crazy

[JHB]

4. "goes by the name Adam Sandler"

Well there's a warning sign right there...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. "Next up we'll be talking to noted anti-semite Morty Feldstein" nt

[Blue_Tires]

7. There's too much awesome in that story to digest in one reading...

[MisterP]

8. looking at that face makes me miss Anne Ramsey all over again...

[jmowreader]

9. When was the last time an extortionist demanded a job?

[pinboy3niner]

10. Tyler Durden in Fight Club? :)

[jmowreader]

12. Not sure that's really a good comparison

He was more "pay me not to come in here, and I won't tell the press what this company is pulling."

Our buddy in the OP is more like Ron Miller in Robocop, the former city councilman who took the mayor hostage and demanded a recount and a car with reclining leather seats that goes really fast and gets really shitty gas mileage.

[pinboy3niner]

13. Reclining leather seats? Ooh, want!

Hmmm...who can I kidnap?

Actually, I've had that before--in my brand-new '70 E-type Jag roadster. Had my fun with that, then went to vans and T-Birds, and finally to Ford Escorts. Now looking for something new, maybe a Ford Focus or similar. Do they have leather seats? I haven't begun my research yet.

[jmowreader]

14. You can get leather-trimmed seats in the Focus, but not all-leather

[pinboy3niner]

15. The main thing isn't the leather, it's having a car that's comfortable for long trips

I did three cross-country trips of 2-3 months each in the Escort, up to 9,500 miles for one trip. The car was great for driving around town, but a little more comfort would have been nice for those extended drives.

[jmowreader]

16. And that can only be known by a trip to a dealer

[Sheldon Cooper]

11. There is a lot of information packed into that headline.

And it's so incongruous, too!