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Man sells mother's Wii for booze and cigarettes photo

Christmas is long gone, which means that the spirit of giving has been replaced by far more important spirits -- namely the spirit of taking, the spirit of drinking and the spirit of being a stupid dick. A 23-year-old man from Spring Hill, Florida stole his mother's Wii and sold it, all for the want of some booze and smokes. Delightful.

Of course, Christopher Bayko wasn't exactly a master criminal, and somehow expected to get away with stealing a game console from right under his mother's nose. When questioned about the missing Wii, which was now sitting comfortably in a pawn shop, Bayko claimed it was at a friend's house. We'll never know how long he planned to keep that pretense up, because the moron left a receipt lying around the house that disproved his lie. 

Oh, and the best part? He sold the Wii for a whopping $56. It's as if these people try to be stupid. 

Man charged after selling mom's game system [TBO, via Kotaku]








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Jared Ari's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 08:43
Jared Ari
I enjoy these stories. It confirms my hatred of humanity.
Br0th3rGr1mm's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 08:44
Br0th3rGr1mm
Got to say doing this would put my Wii to better use as I don't think we've even turned it on since I got an X360 mid-year. Alas, I have quit smoking (New Years Resolution) and as a result drink much less as well. Guess I'll just have to play more X360....
JustLikeBuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 08:45
JustLikeBuck
Further evidence we really need to remove all health and safety warning from cigarette packs, alcohol bottles and cans, blenders and waste disposal units.

Let the stupid take care of themselves.
Birdman the Friendly's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 08:47
Birdman the Friendly
"who gives a fuck... geez jim i know the news is slow but is this all you post on here?"

Jim, holding gun to your head, must read, etc.

You all know the drill.
zhadoba's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 09:05
zhadoba
I blame his mom. O course he did it, but, this says a lot of how he was raised imo. Of course, he could just be a giant self made douche
HoodedMiracle's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 09:07
HoodedMiracle
Yes, but did she lose anything VALUABLE?

Zing!
Jared Ari's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 09:15
Jared Ari
@zhadoba: I'd accept that explanation if he was 16. At 23, you are pretty much responsible for your own douchiness, one way or the other.
thunderleg's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 09:43
thunderleg
I would sell myself before I sold my mother's Wii.

True story.
Tdiddy9182's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 09:50
Tdiddy9182
Booze will give me more than the Wii ever could give me.
Narishma's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 10:21
Narishma
It's as if these people try to be stupid.
It's not that they are all stupid, but only the stupid ones get caught.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 10:23
Holyetheline
what an asshole.
ikiryou's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 10:27
ikiryou
I was shocked until I saw the line "A 23-year-old man from Spring Hill, Florida". Then it all made perfect sense.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 11:03
Tubatic


Momma, I smoked the Wii.
Ghost125's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 11:04
Ghost125
this dosen´t matter really, the Wii sucks anyways :P
Zulu's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 11:23
Zulu
$56? What the fuck?
KingSigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 12:35
KingSigy
Hahahaha.
youngskeletor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 13:09
youngskeletor
i actually live in spring hill (on the county line actually) and this is only suprising because he bought beer and cigarettes. it's more likely that he bought perscription pills. everyone in this area without a real job has a work from home drug store. they say their back hurts and get opiates from one of the 500 "pain management" offices clogging our cities, turn around and sell some of them to friends and abuse the rest. they call it hillbilly heroin. it's sad.
H4RDC0RP5's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 13:18
H4RDC0RP5
Bigmoose needs to STFU and GTFO.
Brandnamecommercial's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 13:25
Brandnamecommercial
I sell my wii out to strangers for drug money all the time, so this isn't news.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 16:09
Syn
Woooo thats tweaker patterns right there. I fucking HATE tweakers.
TheGlue29's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/05/2010 19:04
TheGlue29
Wow...a pawn shop paid $56 for a Wii??! What do they think this is, 2006??
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/06/2010 00:08
mistic
must be a total coincidence that this happened in the US again :p
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