Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Eleven

> HarryLime wrote:
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>> George J. Dance wrote:
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>>> MMP aka HarryLime aka Michael Pendragon aka Coco DeSockmonkey aka One Small Voice, etc. wrote:
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>> DISCLAIMER - "This isn't history, Donkey, but folklore. It's the stories that have grown up regarding the members of AAPC over the years. They may or may not be entirely true -- THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE TRUE AT ALL." (Emphasis added)
>> - MMP aka HarryLime aka Michael Pendragon aka Coco DeSockmonkey aka One Small Voice, etc., on his "A.A.P.C. Folklore" series.
>> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=632244559&start=120
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> The infamous Steak Dinner story is well-documented via AAPC posts.
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> Here's the historically documented version:
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> Will Donkey introduces his friend, George Sulzbach to the group.  George proceeds to ingratiate himself to all and sundry by making complimentary, one-word exclamations after everyone's posts.
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> Approximately, one week later, Will announces to the group that George is about to be evicted from his trailer. George had been in an automobile accident a year earlier, which left him unable to work.  He was waiting on a check from the Veteran's Administration (the receipt of which he was expecting hourly), but his landlord was refusing to wait.  Will then wrung his hands in despair and stated that he didn't know what to do.
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> Jim Senetto, otoh, did know what to do.  He took action.  He offered to send George $50 to tide his landlord over until the check arrived.
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> Will asked him to send the money in cash (as George no longer had a bank account) and to send the cash to... Will Donkey  (as George, being evicted, might not have a mailing address by the time the cash arrived).  Jim readily complied.  Will asked Jim to let him know when the cash was being sent so that he could know when to check his p.o. box.
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> When Jim told Will that the cash was in the mail, Will promptly did a 180, and informed Jim that the cash wouldn't help the situation, as the landlord had been fed up with George's long overdue rent payments.  He then warned Jim that George would probably blow the money on booze, drugs, and w*ores.
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> Jim then asked Will to be in charge of the money, and to see that it was spent wisely on food and supplies that a homeless person might need to survive.  Will told him that George gets all of the food he needs from food stamps and the local Safe House, and that Georgia nights are rarely cold enough for a man to require a blanket.
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> When the money arrived, Will called George (via Obama phone) and told him that he'd just received some money from Jim, and invited George to join him and Brother Dave for steak dinners at a local eatery.  Will's communication to George made it decidedly unclear as to whether George knew that the $50 had been intended for him.
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> The following day, Will emailed Jim and informed him that his $50 had been well spent -- on a steak dinner for three.
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> Jim was, understandably, less than thrilled with this news.
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> A day or so later (Will insists that it was several days), Will posted a disturbing story about a "maniac" attacking him and Brother Dave with a metal rod, hurting Will's elbow, and leaving Dave's head bloodied and bruised.  Dave died two years later, possibly as a result of the injuries he'd received that night.
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> The following day, Will identified the "maniac" as having been George.
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> It was theorized that George had seen some of the AAPC posts, wherein Jim spoke of having sent the money *for* George, and realizing that Will had bilked him out of the $50, attacked the Dockery brothers in an angry fit of revenge.
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> The following weeks saw Jim demanding that Will amend for the misappropriation of George's relief money by donating the same amount to a worthy charity.  Will then wrote a check to his own daughter for $50, but this appeared to be another scam.  It was then decided that Will donate the money to an animal shelter supported by Kevin Fries -- which more or less resolved the situation.
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> Both Will and George claimed that they'd never asked for any money, and that they had the right to spend Jim's money any way they damned well pleased.  Nor did either of them ever thank, or apologize to, Jim.
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> The hourly-expected check from the Veteran's Administration never arrived.




Will's excuse for using the money to buy a steak dinner for three (and I quote):

"Well, knowing Sulzbach as I do, I was pleasantly surprised he decided to spend the money on something other than booze and drugs.  Or beer, wine, weed or hookers..." 


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