Why my local news sucks more than yours.

[Runkmud]

So I'm playing poker while purusing 2+2 and keeping half an eye turned on to my local news station.

Suddenly I hear in the background, "A homemade recipe you can use to make your kids halloween costume flame resistant." I barely noticed these words as they came out of the TV set, yet just enough to try to comprehend this.

I hit rewind on my DVR to make sure I just heard what I thought I heard. Yep, that's it. Why on God's green earth would anybody do this? I wasn't aware that spontaneous combustion was a leading killer of tricker treaters.

I've heard of people putting razors in apples, drugs in candy, and hell, even pedophiles are on the rise. But, for the love of all that's holy, how many kids are getting torched on halloween???

Isn't this going way overboard on safety?

Anyway, if you have any interesting stories of why your local news sucks more than mine, I'd love to hear em.

[bobman0330]

jack o' lanterns + cheap plastic?

[youtalkfunny]

All local news sucks. I didn't know anybody still watched it.

"Tonight at 11: What's in your drinking water? You'll be shocked at what we found! Could this sexual predator be living in your neighborhood? A house burns down, killing eleven children--could this happen to your home?..."

[mosdef]

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Isn't this going way overboard on safety?

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Do you want the terrorists to abduct your children on Halloween and set them on fire? Do you? Why do you hate freedom?

[riverdance]

if there is 1 day each year where children go up in flames, it's halloween.

superman cape + jack-o-lantern = flaming 8 year old

[pennpal]

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superman cape + jack-o-lantern = flaming 8 year old

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I wanted to post a picture of a gay kid in response to this, so I googled "gay kid."
No such luck. Maybe I can find a young looking teenager... "gay teenager"...
OH GOD MY EYES WHAT HAVE I DONE

[His Boy Elroy]

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superman cape + jack-o-lantern = flaming 8 year old

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I wanted to post a picture of a gay kid in response to this, so I googled "gay kid."
No such luck. Maybe I can find a young looking teenager... "gay teenager"...
OH GOD MY EYES WHAT HAVE I DONE

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Hahaha.

[Bulldog]

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superman cape + jack-o-lantern = flaming 8 year old

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I wanted to post a picture of a gay kid in response to this, so I googled "gay kid."
No such luck. Maybe I can find a young looking teenager... "gay teenager"...
OH GOD MY EYES WHAT HAVE I DONE

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You are now on a watch list somewhere.

[mosdef]

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superman cape + jack-o-lantern = flaming 8 year old

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I wanted to post a picture of a gay kid in response to this, so I googled "gay kid."
No such luck. Maybe I can find a young looking teenager... "gay teenager"...
OH GOD MY EYES WHAT HAVE I DONE

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You are now on the mailing list for washington page job offers.

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FYP

[Duke]

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even pedophiles are on the rise

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Your local news station must be quite convincing, regardless of their other shortcomings.