FARK.com: (7583024) Remember that story about the kid suspended for throwing an imaginary grenade in the schoolyard? Turns out it may be a made up story by the mother who has done this before

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		Remember that story about the kid suspended for throwing an imaginary grenade in the schoolyard? Turns out it may be a made up story by the mother who has done this before (thedenverchannel.com)		61
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MaudlinMutantMollusk		2013-02-09 12:06:32 AM

There's definitely something imaginary about this story

/Mom being an attention whore is not on that list of possibilities

Generation_D		2013-02-09 12:10:26 AM

Proving yet again, that if you want to see a screwed up kid, look no further than his or her screwed up mom.

Lionel Mandrake		2013-02-09 12:28:43 AM

That kid needs to be rescued before it's too late.

GreenAdder		2013-02-09 01:10:52 AM

So if you imagine an imaginary grenade, does it become real?

Therion		2013-02-09 01:14:55 AM

The copious amounts of Internet Outrage spewed over this wasn't imaginary.

NOW THEY'VE GONE TOO FAR!

drjekel_mrhyde		2013-02-09 01:52:35 AM

Does she work at Fox News?

drjekel_mrhyde		2013-02-09 01:55:49 AM

Fox reports " The war on playing war" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPB-JEZad24

RedPhoenix122		2013-02-09 02:05:16 AM

drjekel_mrhyde: Fox reports " The war on playing war" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPB-JEZad24

Tomorrow: The war on proclaiming "the war on ___".

kxs401		2013-02-09 02:35:51 AM

RedPhoenix122: drjekel_mrhyde: Fox reports " The war on playing war" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPB-JEZad24

Tomorrow: The war on proclaiming "the war on ___".

The eight greatest wars ever fought by Fox News.

fusillade762		2013-02-09 02:45:23 AM

"I did a lot of things that I shouldn't have and I don't think it changes what kind of mother that I am,"

Um... YOU SET YOUR OWN HOUSE ON FIRE WITH YOUR KIDS IN IT.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: There's definitely something imaginary about this story

/Mom being an attention whore is not on that list of possibilities

Sounds like a variation on Munchausen's to me. Setting your own house on fire goes way beyond attention whoring into pathological territory.

Chariset		2013-02-09 03:24:53 AM

timujin		2013-02-09 03:27:51 AM

kxs401: RedPhoenix122: drjekel_mrhyde: Fox reports " The war on playing war" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPB-JEZad24

Tomorrow: The war on proclaiming "the war on ___".

The eight greatest wars ever fought by Fox News.

From you linked article: Burning coal for energy is barely more efficient than lighting your face on fire to poach an egg in your mouth.

/It has absolutely nothing to do with this thread
//just made me belly laugh

muck4doo		2013-02-09 04:17:35 AM

Fox news, so the grenade was obviously real.

duckfarkit		2013-02-09 04:29:32 AM

Generation_D: Proving yet again, that if you want to see a screwed up kid, look no further than his or her screwed up mom.

This

Real important to have an involved father
Dnrtfa

Gyrfalcon		2013-02-09 04:37:21 AM

Yet, Amanda Lorraine Watkins has several criminal convictions -- for attempted arson, theft and forgery -- that cast doubt on her own credibility.

I'm not seeing where any of these relate to her ability to tell a credible story.

Other arrest charges that were dismissed in plea bargains include fraud, identity theft, computer crime/theft and attempting to bribe a public servant.

These might, however.

Bonanza Jellybean		2013-02-09 04:37:31 AM

Nice to know that somebody can plead guildty to a half-dozen felonies in a decade, including child abuse and child endangerment, and be out of jail AND keep her kids.

boinkingbill		2013-02-09 04:40:06 AM

This nut job is one of those

Wouldn't it be cool if someone lit her up like a Roman candle

types.

SpdrJay		2013-02-09 04:48:59 AM

The War on Mothers Who Make Up Fake Invisible Hand Grenade Suspension Stories

---doesn't really flow.

Enigmamf		2013-02-09 05:00:28 AM

Seems a simple mix-up. Can't a rock be an imaginary grenade?

jeffjo52		2013-02-09 05:07:42 AM

duckfarkit: Generation_D: Proving yet again, that if you want to see a screwed up kid, look no further than his or her screwed up mom.

This

Real important to have a~~n involved father~~
positive male influence
Dnrtfa

FTFY

That goes for positive female influence as well

2wolves		2013-02-09 05:22:56 AM

GreenAdder: So if you imagine an imaginary grenade, does it become real?

Tank, tank, tank, tank.

/very old joke

rogue_L_chick		2013-02-09 05:23:14 AM

Within 5 years, I'm betting there will be a jar with this kid's face on it in some podunk gas station asking for donations to fight his struggle with lukemia.

/insomnia makes me all kindsa grouchy

Jon iz teh kewl		2013-02-09 05:30:13 AM

a rat in the house MAY eat the ice cream?

why NOT let him??

Shadowtag		2013-02-09 05:39:08 AM

I'm amazed she pushed him out of the correct hole.

Lachwen		2013-02-09 05:41:29 AM

fusillade762:Sounds like a variation on Munchausen's to me. Setting your own house on fire goes way beyond attention whoring into pathological territory.

Since she tries to garner attention over things involving her kids, I would lean towards Munchausen's by Proxy. I am not a psychologist, however.

/don't need to be to know this lady has a screw cross-threaded somewhere though

TheSignPost		2013-02-09 05:49:26 AM

Take her kids away, throw her in the psyche ward.

child_god		2013-02-09 05:55:51 AM

Enigmamf: Seems a simple mix-up. Can't a rock be an imaginary grenade?

If it's a chunk of asphalt that breaks on impact, pelting bystanders then yes imaginary but real in function. In any case, a kid that throws rocks at other kids, pretending it's a grenade needs "correcting".

NEDM		2013-02-09 06:10:57 AM

Gyrfalcon: Yet, Amanda Lorraine Watkins has several criminal convictions -- for attempted arson, theft and forgery -- that cast doubt on her own credibility.

I'm not seeing where any of these relate to her ability to tell a credible story.

The part where she tried to spin a tale about the family dog saving her and her family from a house fire that she was later convicted of setting.

She appears to crave attention, and likes to use those close to her as a way to get it.

RDixon		2013-02-09 06:11:45 AM

An elementary school playground that has loose rocks on it needs correcting.

tinfoil-hat maggie		2013-02-09 06:25:07 AM

RDixon: An elementary school playground that has loose rocks on it needs correcting.

So true I mean what if there were Palestinian and Israeli kids there,. So, sorry.

Pathman		2013-02-09 06:41:25 AM

So she's spent half of this kid's life either in jail or on probation...can't imagine why he's acting out.

Deep Contact		2013-02-09 06:44:06 AM

We'll need video evidence and a Brain matter sample to verify the truth.

Crunch61		2013-02-09 06:45:24 AM

ftfa: "...He was throwing an imaginary grenade into an imaginary box that had evil stuff inside."

Yeah, that sounds like something a psychotic mother would make up, not a 7-year old boy.

Twitch Boy		2013-02-09 06:51:52 AM

So when the boy finds daddy's gun and shoots the mother, THEN who do we blame?

HindiDiscoMonster		2013-02-09 07:07:31 AM

GreenAdder: So if you imagine an imaginary grenade, does it become real?

i imagine no...

Jamieboy		2013-02-09 07:13:37 AM

kxs401: RedPhoenix122: drjekel_mrhyde: Fox reports " The war on playing war" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPB-JEZad24

Tomorrow: The war on proclaiming "the war on ___".

The eight greatest wars ever fought by Fox News.

When Fox's wars get so outrageous and silly that Cracked picks up on them, it's time.... I don't know what it's time for. I'm just glad I consider Fox News the Second City TV of the 21st century.

Tanthalas39		2013-02-09 07:34:24 AM

RDixon: An elementary school playground that has loose rocks on it needs correcting.

*facepalm*

jnoel		2013-02-09 07:38:29 AM

But, wait!
It was on the internet.

opiumpoopy		2013-02-09 07:39:30 AM

GreenAdder: So if you imagine an imaginary grenade, does it become real?

No, you get a negative grenade.

Do they teach nothing in math class these days?

Mr. Coffee Nerves		2013-02-09 07:58:46 AM

Sounds like a grenade in a box full of evil would have solved this problem about 7 years and 9 months ago.

OnlyM3		2013-02-09 08:07:17 AM

drjekel_mrhyde

Fox reports ...

Thankfully cnn, msnbc, etc.. didn't fall for it.

sigdiamond2000		2013-02-09 08:19:03 AM

Mr. Coffee Nerves: Sounds like a grenade in a box full of evil would have solved this problem about 7 years and 9 months ago.

If her unborn fetus had had a gun, this never would've happened.

edmo		2013-02-09 08:24:28 AM

What is the sound of outrage being suck backed whence it came?

MythDragon		2013-02-09 08:26:59 AM

Mom need an ~~imaginary~~ pimp slap

3.bp.blogspot.com

kd8our		2013-02-09 08:56:37 AM

Why is this woman even allowed to have her kids? Folks like her need children and pets removed from their care ASAP. I would ask no questions if folks like her were sent to labor camps.

oukewldave		2013-02-09 09:08:08 AM

kd8our: Why is this woman even allowed to have her kids? Folks like her need children and pets removed from their care ASAP. I would ask no questions if folks like her were sent to labor camps.

Because the mother always gets to keep her kids except for very, very extreme cases. If you know a woman who has had her kids taken from her, run far far away.

coaster_bud		2013-02-09 09:33:24 AM

Many teachers would tell you that dealing with wacko mothers is the worst part of the job. Why is it always the mothers?

aerojockey		2013-02-09 10:50:32 AM

Tman144		2013-02-09 11:24:41 AM

aerojockey: Gyrfalcon: Yet, Amanda Lorraine Watkins has several criminal convictions -- for attempted arson, theft and forgery -- that cast doubt on her own credibility.

I'm not seeing where any of these relate to her ability to tell a credible story.

Forgery wouldn't?

And arsonaerojockey: Gyrfalcon: Yet, Amanda Lorraine Watkins has several criminal convictions -- for attempted arson, theft and forgery -- that cast doubt on her own credibility.

I'm not seeing where any of these relate to her ability to tell a credible story.

Forgery wouldn't?

Arson counts too. Both a crime of moral turpitude according to wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_turpitude