Sex, blood and baby names

Ice 07-25-2008

Some U.S. motorists sick of getting clobbered at the pump seem willing to do just about anything for free fuel, from giving up the right to name their children to stealing from day-care centers to donating blood.

In Orlando, Florida, David Partin pledged to name his son after local radio hosts to win a $100 gas card as part of a contest. Partin will collect the card in December, when his son is born, if he can produce a birth certificate proving the baby is named Dixon Willoughby Partin, after the hosts.

"(His wife said) this is his problem to explain when the child is older," Greg Stevens, WHTQ-FM program director told Reuters.

At the Shady Lady Ranch brothel in Beatty, Nevada, clients who spend $300 or more this month will receive $50 gas vouchers as part of a promotion to beat the summer slump in business.

"It's rocking along. We're doing quite well. June and July historically are not big months," said James Davis, who co-owns the ranch with his wife, Bobbi.

The first $1,000 in gas cards were given out within a week, he added.

In Mesquite, Texas, thieves drained $100 worth of gasoline from buses used by the Higher Ground Church day-care center and have hit four or five other church center fleets in the area.

"It was someone who was desperate," said James Green, the church's pastor. "All he had to do was come and ask us and we would have bought him a tank of gas."

The American Red Cross, meanwhile, is running a summer raffle where blood donors are eligible to win a year's supply of fuel.

At St. Ann's Parish in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the Rev. Edward McDonagh has decided to institute a drawing for a $50 gasoline card at weekly mass.

The drawings are symbolic gestures and not intended to boost attendance, he said.

"When Jesus was at the wedding feast of Cana, the groom ran out of wine, he produced the wine for them," he said. "In that spirit, we feel that this might be comparable."

Raven

That's pretty wild to let people name your child for gas. Give it a few years and you'll be hearing alot of wierd ass names.

hugo281

yeah I can imagine this happening but still its stupid for parents to let other people name their child just for gas, and if they can't make their own decision as to what name they should give their child then they don't deserve to be parents in the first place

Dream

OK You robbed from a church, ok he's definitely going straight to hell with that one.

hugo281

yup he is, that's just plain wrong right there, and desperate but wrong

Hsoolien

We are just going to see weirder and more extreme shit as North America finally feels the realities of being addicted to a limited resource, most of which is under control of hostile governments/religions. Gas and Go has become common enough up here many gas stations now require prepayment during day hours. Also there is a lot of theft from people unsecured tanks in parking lots or their own driveways.

Nina

Anyone notice the huge drop in pricess this past week. Theres been a 20cents drop over the past 5 days here.

GIR

ya, here also the price is droping, but with the long weekend next weekend its going back up.
just a calm before the storm.

Hsoolien

the price of oil fell and stabilized about two weeks ago, so as the gasoline refined from more expensive oil is used up prices are dropping, but as Gir said some of it is just pre-long weekend lowering before they jack it up again to get those that did not take advantage of the drop

hugo281

Yeah over here in Sugar Land gas is 3.64 for the regular and 3.75 for the supreme unleaded fuel on hwy 6 and old richmond by the Home Depot I was thinking the other day that I hope it stays like this for a while at least hopefully longer