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Best sad face story you will see today!

33 replies

FrankiesKnuckle · 02/07/2019 11:47

No, it's not April.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-spent-100-claw-machine-17326579?utmsource=facebookkinstant&utmmedium=social&utmmcampaign=facebookinstant&utmm_content=in-article

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Fluffybread · 02/07/2019 12:44

Do you follow Angry People in Local Newspaers on Facebook? It's full of this kind of misfortune!

Also, it's £8.90 here on Amazon. But nowhere near as much fun

Fluffybread · 02/07/2019 12:46

Oops turns out I can't do bold italics

Never mind!

runoutofnamechanges · 02/07/2019 12:52

We used to win armfuls of stuff on these when I was a teenager. The trick is to use the claw (or a dropped toy) to knock any precariously balanced prizes into the hole rather than trying to pick them up.

RozHuntleysIncineratedHand · 02/07/2019 13:00

I must have had some good luck at the weekend I won three shite teddies at Southport all one after the other Grin.

fecketyfeck21 · 02/07/2019 13:02

if brains were dynamite in some people there wouldn't be enough to even cause a minor headache.

Eliza9919 · 02/07/2019 13:05

She looks more of a Pontins customer. Maybe she got lost on her way there, and their machines give out more often.

Soola · 02/07/2019 13:19

I still have a laugh at Henry Gribbohm the guy who spent his life savings and ended up with a giant Rasta banana!

These people are greedy idiots, no more no less.

www.google.co.uk/amp/amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/30/man-brings-home-giant-rastafarian-banana-after-los/

Best sad face story you will see today!
gotmychocolateimgood · 02/07/2019 14:04

Omg that banana has me crying 😂

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