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(Chicago Tribune) Silly Man who currently lives in Michael Jackson's boyhood home has a little difficulty doing yardwork these days (with pic)   (chicagotribune.com) divider line 102
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Bufu [TotalFark] 2009-07-01 10:51:48 AM  
Did something happen to Michael Jackson?

See, I've been away...

 
The Stealth Hippopotamus [TotalFark] 2009-07-01 11:20:49 AM  
Sorry but me and the riding lawnmower could fit that right up. Do that a couple of times and they will knock that shiat off!


/you! off the lawn!
//have to stop a couple of extra times to empty the bag

 
Dr.Knockboots [TotalFark] 2009-07-01 11:23:56 AM  
He ought to put up a sign that reads "MJ would've loved high end electronics"

 
CruiserTwelve [TotalFark] 2009-07-01 11:26:49 AM  
i162.photobucket.com

He needs to be more forceful.

 
EvilEgg [TotalFark] 2009-07-01 11:57:23 AM  
Dr.Knockboots: He ought to put up a sign that reads "MJ would've loved high end electronics"

And a new car.

 
Lando Lincoln [TotalFark] 2009-07-01 01:14:23 PM  
Well, he seems like a really nice guy, putting up with all of this hoopla.

In other news, Michael Jackson's cousin opens up a new store selling teddy bears and silk flowers in Gary, IN.

 
merkey88 2009-07-01 01:38:01 PM  
Is that where he discovered boy hoods?

 
Xerxes99 2009-07-01 01:38:35 PM  
Let's get this out of the way early shall we.....
www.chicagotribune.com
.....A stuffed gorilla?
www.creepygif.com

 
lawboy87 2009-07-01 01:40:04 PM  
If the dude had a lick of sense, he would be auctioning off "tours" of the house from all of the idiots. There's bound to be people with far more money than brains in a crowd of MJ fans. (Set the minimum bid at $1,000 and see what the market would bear on E-Bay.)

Could probably retire off what that would generate.

 
Englebert Slaptyback 2009-07-01 01:41:24 PM  

Family members also asked him to collect photographs placed at the makeshift memorial, he said. The rest of the items will be donated to charities.

"We want to make sure the kids get them," he said.


He seems to have a good attitude about this ridiculous situation.

The people leaving stuff profess to "love" Michael Jackson, yet they trespass and litter on property where he hasn't lived for 30+ years. The cognitive dissonance is deafening.

 
The_Time_Master 2009-07-01 01:41:34 PM  
Step 1. fark little boys.
Step 2. Die of a heart attack.
Step 3. Cousin profits?

 
T-Luv 2009-07-01 01:43:43 PM  
The_Time_Master: Step 1. fark little boys.
Step 2. Die of a heart attack.
Step 3. Cousin profits?


Yeah, when Catholic priests die, their cousins clean up!

 
Ponzholio 2009-07-01 01:44:33 PM  
If you're going to leave toys and stuffed animals at dead celebrity memorials that you've never met (Michael Jackson, Diana, Heath Ledger, Spencer Pratt (God willing), etc.) instead, donate them to thrift stores or orphanages where they will actually be appreciated...

 
Pair-o-Dice 2009-07-01 01:46:16 PM  
EvilEgg: Dr.Knockboots: He ought to put up a sign that reads "MJ would've loved high end electronics"

And a new car.


And a new house.

 
KingKauff 2009-07-01 01:46:44 PM  
EvilEgg: Dr.Knockboots: He ought to put up a sign that reads "MJ would've loved high end electronics"

And a new car.


and hookers and blow

 
trollus_and_cressida 2009-07-01 01:47:32 PM  
Lando Lincoln Well, he seems like a really nice guy, putting up with all of this hoopla.

Surprised me too. Not the usual jackasses one expects to see when coming across a headline like this.

Props to the guy

 
howdyyall9999 2009-07-01 01:47:51 PM  
Dr.Knockboots: He ought to put up a sign that reads "MJ would've loved high end electronics it if his cousin got a BJ in the garage"

 
Proud2B_American 2009-07-01 01:47:54 PM  
Michael would be touched...and by donating the toys to children...
In death as in life, MJ touches children.

/Window seat...and a bag of peanuts please.

 
Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher 2009-07-01 01:48:05 PM  
lawboy87: If the dude had a lick of sense, he would be auctioning off "tours" of the house from all of the idiots. There's bound to be people with far more money than brains in a crowd of MJ fans. (Set the minimum bid at $1,000 and see what the market would bear on E-Bay.)

Could probably retire off what that would generate.


Hell yes. He even has a business model that has already been successfully implemented in Memphis for the past 25 or so years.

 
Ponzholio 2009-07-01 01:48:12 PM  
KingKauff: EvilEgg: Dr.Knockboots: He ought to put up a sign that reads "MJ would've loved high end electronics"

And a new car.

and hookers and blow


And little boys...

 
justanotherfarkinfarker 2009-07-01 01:48:31 PM  
Ponzholio: If you're going to leave toys and stuffed animals at dead celebrity memorials that you've never met (Michael Jackson, Diana, Heath Ledger, Spencer Pratt (God willing), etc.) instead, donate them to thrift stores or orphanages where they will actually be appreciated...

Leave common sense out of this.

/he made thriller

 
IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T 2009-07-01 01:48:54 PM  
lawboy87: If the dude had a lick of sense, he would be auctioning off "tours" of the house from all of the idiots. There's bound to be people with far more money than brains in a crowd of MJ fans. (Set the minimum bid at $1,000 and see what the market would bear on E-Bay.)

Could probably retire off what that would generate.


I suppose if the fans are rabid enough....

/Gary is a shiathole

 
Vangor [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-07-01 01:50:01 PM  
The rest of the items will be donated to charities.

"We want to make sure the kids get them," he said.


Glad to hear that. Not sure how much fun children will have with silk flowers, but it's the thought that counts, right?

 
Contrabulous Flabtraption 2009-07-01 01:50:10 PM  
People that do this would make the world a better place if they died too.

 
Beemer 2009-07-01 01:50:34 PM  
Ponzholio: If you're going to leave toys and stuffed animals at dead celebrity memorials that you've never met (Michael Jackson, Diana, Heath Ledger, Spencer Pratt (God willing), etc.) instead, donate them the money you would have spent on them to thrift stores or orphanages where they will actually be appreciated...

FTFY

 
Englebert Slaptyback 2009-07-01 01:50:47 PM  

Ponzholio


If you're going to leave toys and stuffed animals at dead celebrity memorials that you've never met (Michael Jackson, Diana, Heath Ledger, Spencer Pratt (God willing), etc.) instead, donate them to thrift stores or orphanages where they will actually be appreciated...


If you're going to make self-righteous comments, you probably should RTFA first.

Hint: the stuff is already earmarked for charity.

 
Phoenix_M 2009-07-01 01:51:17 PM  
Man person who currently lives owns in Michael Jackson's boyhood home is about to make some serious cash.

 
Nightenstaff 2009-07-01 01:51:51 PM  
trollus_and_cressida: Lando Lincoln Well, he seems like a really nice guy, putting up with all of this hoopla.

Surprised me too. Not the usual jackasses one expects to see when coming across a headline like this.

Props to the guy


Agreed. Plus, he's bagging up all the "stuff" left behind and donating it to different charities. Pretty damn classy. At the very best, I'd expect him to hire some lackey to do the collecting and what not. Very impressed with this guy.

 
IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T 2009-07-01 01:52:00 PM  
justanotherfarkinfarker:

/he made thriller


Give John Landis some credit, he co-wrote and produced it.

 
dobedobeDUE 2009-07-01 01:52:34 PM  
Gary, Indiana a shiathole? THAT my friend is an insult to shiatholes around the world.

 
FormlessOne 2009-07-01 01:54:18 PM  
Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: Hell yes. He even has a business model that has already been successfully implemented in Memphis for the past 25 or so years.

Oh, hell no. I was stuck in town during the 20th anniversary of Elvis's death, and the "candlelight vigil" was the creepiest damn thing I've ever seen. Scientologists, Moonies, Branch Davidians - they have nothing on Elvis fanatics.

If Thulsa Doom could play guitar, this would've been his crowd.

 
KingKauff 2009-07-01 01:54:56 PM  
dobedobeDUE: Gary, Indiana a shiathole? THAT my friend is an insult to shiatholes around the world.

It's better than French Lick or Hanover

 
TheGreatGazoo 2009-07-01 01:56:17 PM  
I'd just have the salvation army park a donation truck in the driveway and toss all of that stuff in the truck as soon as the people left.

 
Mogani 2009-07-01 01:57:30 PM  
Ponzholio: If you're going to leave toys and stuffed animals at dead celebrity memorials that you've never met (Michael Jackson, Diana, Heath Ledger, Spencer Pratt (God willing), etc.) instead, donate them to thrift stores or orphanages where they will actually be appreciated...

"Family members also asked him to collect photographs placed at the makeshift memorial, he said. The rest of the items will be donated to charities. We want to make sure the kids get them"

 
the ha ha guy 2009-07-01 01:57:39 PM  
justanotherfarkinfarker: /he made thriller

Which inspired this.

 
IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T 2009-07-01 02:00:56 PM  
KingKauff: dobedobeDUE: Gary, Indiana a shiathole? THAT my friend is an insult to shiatholes around the world.

It's better than French Lick or Hanover


Are those murder capitals too?

 
GalFriday 2009-07-01 02:01:20 PM  
IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T: justanotherfarkinfarker:

/he made thriller

Give John Landis some credit, he co-wrote and produced it.


NO, John Landis co-wrote and produced the video. The SONG was Micahel's.

/was a screaming teenager at a concert in 1986 -- long before little boys were touched!

 
Tatsuhiko 2009-07-01 02:01:40 PM  
The Stealth Hippopotamus: Sorry but me and the riding lawnmower could fit that right up. Do that a couple of times and they will knock that shiat off!


/you! off the lawn!
//have to stop a couple of extra times to empty the bag


I would say he should just hire a bunch of you old Fark'ers to go over there and sit on the porch...

 
techmaniac 2009-07-01 02:03:26 PM  
By yard work, you mean sweeping up the broken bottles. 'Cause there isn't a blade of grass to be found in that picture.

 
KingKauff 2009-07-01 02:04:21 PM  
GalFriday: IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T: justanotherfarkinfarker:

/he made thriller

Give John Landis some credit, he co-wrote and produced it.

NO, John Landis co-wrote and produced the video. The SONG was Micahel's.

/was a screaming teenager at a concert in 1986 -- long before little boys were touched!


Your priest took you to the show?

 
wren337 2009-07-01 02:04:25 PM  
KingKauff: dobedobeDUE: Gary, Indiana a shiathole? THAT my friend is an insult to shiatholes around the world.

It's better than French Lick or Hanover


KingKauff: dobedobeDUE: Gary, Indiana a shiathole? THAT my friend is an insult to shiatholes around the world.

It's better than French Lick or Hanover



BIDEN: I come from Scranton, Pennsylvania and that's as hardscrabble a place as you're gonna find. I'll show you around some time and you'll see. It's a hellhole. An absolute jerkwater of a town. You couldn't stand to spend a weekend there. It is just an awful, awful sad place filled with sad desperate people with no ambition. Nobody, and I mean nobody, but me has ever come out of that place. It's a genetic cesspool. So don't be telling me that I'm part of the Washington elite because I come from the absolute worst place on Earth: Scranton, Pennsylvania. And Wilmington Delaware isn't much better.


 
NASAM 2009-07-01 02:05:25 PM  
KingKauff: dobedobeDUE: Gary, Indiana a shiathole? THAT my friend is an insult to shiatholes around the world.

It's better than French Lick or Hanover


I want what you're smoking.

 
Doktor Merkwrdiglieben 2009-07-01 02:07:22 PM  
GalFriday: IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T: justanotherfarkinfarker:

/he made thriller

Give John Landis some credit, he co-wrote and produced it.

NO, John Landis co-wrote and produced the video. The SONG was Micahel's.

/was a screaming teenager at a concert in 1986 -- long before little boys were touched!


Actually, the song was written by Rod Temperton.

 
KingKauff 2009-07-01 02:07:48 PM  
NASAM: KingKauff: dobedobeDUE: Gary, Indiana a shiathole? THAT my friend is an insult to shiatholes around the world.

It's better than French Lick or Hanover

I want what you're smoking.


Are you sure you do? apparently, it will make you post dumb ass comments (according to some) and causes certain farkers to iggie you.

 
lukelightning 2009-07-01 02:09:28 PM  
Vangor:
Glad to hear that. Not sure how much fun children will have with silk flowers, but it's the thought that counts, right?


Better than the pearl necklaces they usually get from MJ.

 
Jim_Callahan 2009-07-01 02:09:57 PM  
Ponzholio: If you're going to leave toys and stuffed animals at dead celebrity memorials that you've never met (Michael Jackson, Diana, Heath Ledger, Spencer Pratt (God willing), etc.) instead, donate them to thrift stores or orphanages where they will actually be appreciated...

That's what the man is doing with 'em. But yeah, making some 50-year-old dude play janitor for days and protect his house from (essentially) looting is kind of dickish. He seems to be in a good humor about it, though.

 
dervish16108 2009-07-01 02:12:58 PM  
That can't be Michael Jackson's cousin. The guy in the photo looks black.

 
glassa 2009-07-01 02:16:41 PM  
Dr.Knockboots: He ought to put up a sign that reads "MJ would've loved high end electronics"

LOL!!!

 
stuhayes2010 [TotalFark] 2009-07-01 02:18:35 PM  
Xerxes99: Let's get this out of the way early shall we.....

.....A stuffed gorilla?


She's black, so its okay.

 
vandelay 2009-07-01 02:18:57 PM  
lawboy87: If the dude had a lick of sense, he would be auctioning off "tours" of the house from all of the idiots. There's bound to be people with far more money than brains in a crowd of MJ fans. (Set the minimum bid at $1,000 and see what the market would bear on E-Bay.)

Could probably retire off what that would generate.


Imagine the twisted irony if he were to charge people a fortune to sleep in Michael Jackson's bedroom.

 
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