Mmm…Super Bowl Tickets
In the year 1066 William the Conquerer invented the first ticket so he could charge admission to peasants who wanted to see his spoils from the Battle of Hastings. Hours later the first counterfeit ticket was invented.
Anytime there’s a big sporting event it’s a given that there will be some crafty hustlers trying to make a buck off fake tickets. Sunday’s Super Bowl was no exception—nine men were arrested for selling forged tickets. The arrests came despite the fact that they adhered to the #1 one rule of counterfeit ticket scalping: If you’re caught, do whateve
r you can to destroy the evidence.
Police found 35 fake tickets before they could be flushed down a toilet, and five more before they could be eaten by one of the suspects.
There’s nothing like trying to keep a straight face as the scalper you’re arresting attempts to stuff five Super Bowl tickets down his throat. In the end, it was probably a good thing the tickets were forgeries. I hear the authentic hologram on the real tickets gives you explosive diarrhea.
While reading about the scalpers impromptu meal I couldn’t help but think of this classic scene from Saving Silverman.
Oh Jack Black. You and your crazy excuses.
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