Wii-Deprived Kid Kidnaps Himself, Demands Ransom From Parents
Sure, the Nintendo Wii is great and all, but we're guessing that a kid in China who tried to extort $1,400 from his parents by "kidnapping" himself and demanding a ransom after they refused to buy him a "Nintendo computer" was probably a little too infatuated with the popular white gaming console According to China Daily, the kid apparently hired two men to kidnap him, and was arrested after he withdrew his own $1,400 ransom from an ATM. Genius. (Almost as genius as the kid who hired a hitman to kill his parents because they wouldn't buy him a PlayStation 3 -- the 'hitman' turned out to be a cop.)
Quick tip, kids: Real tennis, bowling, golf, and boxing are almost as much fun as 'Wii Sports,' believe it or not -- and they involve just slightly less jail time. [Source: China Daily Via Wii Fanboy]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tekkii @ Aug 4th 2008 2:15PM
He would be in the emergency room having my foot removed from his ass !
soxfan @ Aug 4th 2008 2:44PM
He would not see another birthday/Christmas for the rest of his life.
Dave @ Aug 4th 2008 2:49PM
That 'lil S.O.B.!!....The parents should dis-own him!...Sell his a$$ to a slave ship!
susan @ Aug 4th 2008 2:59PM
Man or boy, which is it? If it was a young boy at least you have to admit it was very ingenius of him to think up the elaborate scam...LOL
If it was a man, he needs a life and his parents should let him stay in jail!!
Tashia Payne @ Aug 4th 2008 3:43PM
He would be disowned
Seminole @ Aug 4th 2008 5:54PM
No, I think he has been "owned"
tammy @ Aug 4th 2008 4:49PM
I have to say that there is a problem with children these days. I would had never even dared say no to my parents yet, we have kids telling parents what to do and parents afraid to discipline their children. These wouldn't be my kids, and do you know what needs to be done to those families that are on that stupid show about nannies??? They just need their butts kicked and told no and given a good old fashioned spanking!!! Our jails are full of idiots that were never told no, or told to go get a job, and it is mostly the parents fault.
ScrappyPeanut @ Aug 4th 2008 5:05PM
What a little brat! That's the problem with kids today. They almost always get what they want from their parents, so when Mom and Dad finally say no, they kids go ballistic. For the love of God, and yourselves, don't be afraid to tell little Johnny and little Susie no once in a while. And please spank them from time to time when they step out of line. It may be difficult to do at first, but later on you'll thank yourself and the world will thank you too. If you don't, you just might end up with a brat with pulls some crap stunt like this, if not worse. Think about the little brat that hired a hitman... We should all be glad that it was an undercover cop. Could you imagine what would have happened had it been a real hired killer? *shudders* Kids need to be told no and give boundaries and lots of discipline. We grew up with being told no to each and every want and whim and we were spanked and we're just fine, so it stands to reason that today's kids will be fine too.
YepIsaidit @ Aug 4th 2008 5:22PM
We have asked for it... We took common sense out of raising children, we let other people tell you to not disipline your kids when you knew that did not feel right, you knew the lack of respect was headed in the wrong direction. Now you have to deal with what you created.. On the other hand, I have teenagers that are not asked to do anything twice.. And would, to this day, consider the reprocussions of a stunt like that. We put in work before they were 10... have not had to go there since
Constantine @ Aug 4th 2008 5:24PM
Probably got advice from Frank Sinatra Jr.
Constantine @ Aug 4th 2008 5:26PM
If I were the parent, I'd buy the Wii and then ask the kid which poor kid's charity he chooses for it to go to.
Marko @ Aug 4th 2008 6:00PM
man, kids these days will do anything to get what they want. If I was the parent, i'd spank that kid's a$$ to jail.
Patrick @ Aug 4th 2008 6:13PM
All I have to say is this kid is lucky I'm not his parent
Patrick @ Aug 4th 2008 6:34PM
I'm not a parent but if I were, this kid is lucky I'm not his. He wouldn't be able to sit for a week after I got a hold of him. Parents today are raising, awful, nasty, rude, mean, disrespectful creeps that are never told no and are never disciplined. People are sure to say that there have always been kids like this, and I agree. But the number of kids/teens that act that way seems to have risen. I see these little monsters running all over who get away with just awful things and their parents refuse to spank them or are afraid to do so. In my opinion a little swat isn't going to do anything to them except make them behave.
Kreed @ Aug 4th 2008 7:17PM
Man thats the one right there. Ask him whitch charity
cathy rohrscheib @ Aug 4th 2008 7:31PM
i can believe this happen we allow it . if they dont get somthing act out . one girl even accused her father of rape. sad . that girl should be so lucky never to experence it .they get in trouble in school.an the parent defends them .im scared of the future
Sydney @ Aug 4th 2008 8:09PM
He is just glad my mom isn't his mom. She would beat till he bled, and then she would stop, and when she is ready do it again. I think kids have gone crazy these days. They don't know how lucky they are. I have had to indure many, many stories about what my mom had to do as a kid. I think that they wouldn't be able to do anything he liked again until he moved out the house, and then make sure he has a miserable kid. I can't believe how kids are so disrespectful and inconsiderate. They don't care who they hurt or anything. They don't have any sense.