Monday, October 13, 2008

Am I the only working today?

Feels like it. I never understood Columbus day. Why do we celebrate it? Columbus first trip he found the Bahamas, second trip Puerto Rico, third Trinidad, and fourth trip Central America. He never found the US. Why do we give him props, because he believed that the world wasn't round? The Vikings should get more props for discovering America than Columbus. And Viking Day just sounds like it would be more fun.

Anyways I am just bitter that I have to work today. And pissed that I spilled coffee and Dr. Pepper all over my keyboard in a span of 30 seconds. The whole left side of my keyboard feels like its been dipped in honey.

But at least I have a job, unlike these poor guys who got he Indonesian version of punk'd. Serious this story made my day. Two Indonesian job seekers have been fooled into having their faces tattooed in order to receive non-existent government jobs.

National Nine News--The pair had their faces permanently inked after village chief Sawiyono told them he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers.

The official, who said it was a job requirement to have their faces tattooed with dragons, was later discovered to be a hoaxer — but not before Nanang, 30, and Bambang, 40, had already undergone the painful and disfiguring procedure.

The three men believe the anonymous trickster was a kind of "mystic", as they didn't feel in control of their actions when following his strange instructions.

"I was half conscious when the shop owner tattooed my face, and didn't think it was a con," victim Bambang said.

"I just realized it was a con on Friday night. I was shocked and I cried."

A horrified Sawiyono realised he had been tricked when double-checking the bizarre request with a legitimate government representative.

"I am fully responsible for the mistake and I will do my best to help the men remove their tattoos,'' Sawiyono was quoted as saying.

"I don’t know why I believe that person.

"I feel half conscious when I follow the man's instructions."

Indonesian police say that the tattoo incident was the third hoax of its kind to have been pulled recently.

The men have filed a police report and are being treated in a local hospital.

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