Man Loses Life Savings, Wins Banana With Dreadlocks

He emptied his bank account, and all he has is this Rasta banana.

Henry Gribbohm, 30, has filed a police report after he says he lost over $2,600 on a carnival game and won only a stuffed banana with dreadlocks, WLKY reported.

The Epsom, N.H., man attended a carnival in Manchester on Saturday where he played a ball-tossing game called “Tubs of Fun.” Gribbohm told WBZ-TV his goal was to win an Xbox Kinect for his kids, but after spending $300 on the game without success, he went home to get another $2,300 — all of the money he had.

“They explained to me I was going to get all my money back,” Gribbohm told WMUR, “I was going to get an Xbox Kinect . . . They lied to me.”

“Tubs of Fun” costs $5 for two balls, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The player must throw the balls into a tilted bucket.

He returned to the carnival, run by Fiesta Shows, the next day to complain, and the game operator gave him $600 and a large stuffed banana with a hat and dreadlocks. The operator said that was “all they could do” for him, Gribbohm told the Union Leader.

Gribbohm contacted Manchester police, and the department is now investigating to see if any fraud occurred.

Investigators have not been able to locate the employee who was running the game when Gribbohm played, though Fiesta representatives told authorities that Gribbohm did not spend $2,600.

Fiesta Vice President John Flynn told WBZ-TV that “Tubs of Fun” is run by an independent contractor. He noted the company has worked with Fiesta for years, and they have never run into a problem before.

According to the Union Leader, a book called “Carnival Fraud Investigations 101”details how the “Tubs of Fun” game fools patrons: A carnival employee places a ball into the bucket, then invites potential players to toss one in. With the first ball weighing the bucket down, the practice ball stays in the bucket easily.

When the game begins, however, the employee removes both balls, and without the weight of the first ball, most tosses bounce out of the bucket

Ania Lisewska, Polish Woman, Wants To Have Sex With 100,000 Men

It’s good to have a goal in life, but the one purportedly expressed by a woman in Warsaw, Poland, may be a stretch.

Ania Lisewska, 21, is allegedly attempting to travel to every city in the world so she can have sex with at least 100,000 men for 20 minutes each.

“I want men from Poland, Europe and all around the world. I love sex, fun and men,” she said, according to the Austrian Times. “In Poland the subject of sex is still taboo and anyone who wants to fulfill their sexual fantasies is considered a deviant, a whore or mentally ill.”

The supposed sex marathon allegedly began last month in Warsaw, according to her Facebook page, and she hopes to have her way across Poland before moving to other countries.

So far, she’s had sex with 284 men, according to Fakt.pl and didn’t let the fact she has a serious boyfriend stop her.

He told the Polish language website he was “not thrilled” with her unusual hobby, but had no choice and “had to come to terms” with it.

Her Facebook page currently only has slightly more than 9,000 likes, but Lisewska is allegedly attempting to attract potential partners by setting up a website where they can register and kept apprised of her current activities.

The story raises eyebrows for a number of reasons. First, Lisewska’s website isn’t working properly except for the front page.

In addition, she has not responded to media requests.

Then there is the nature of the quest itself. Having sex with 100,000 people for 20 minutes each would take a person more than 3.8 years — and that’s only if they went at it day and night without breaks for sleep, food or personal hygiene.

Lisewska claims she is planning her sexual encounters to take place on weekends, which would stretch out the time frame considerably — up to nearly 20 years, according to one Polish website.

Another reason to be skeptical: Many of the media stories about Lisewska suggest she is attempting to get her erotic efforts recognized by Guinness World Records. The organization has never adjudicated sexually-oriented records.

Lisewska is now claiming to be the victim of foul play on her Facebook page. She claims it was hacked by someone who posted she had AIDS, which she denied by posting test results on the page.