Worst. Fun Fact. Ever.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Saw this over at The Realests and it cracked me the hell up. The Daily News is running a Tournament preview like every other paper, but I think their capsule on San Diego tops them all....
FUN FACT: Power forward Rob Jones, a 6-5, 230-pound freshman, turned down football offers from such traditional powers as Notre Dame, Miami and Oregon to pursue a basketball career. He is the grandson of Jim Jones, the leader of the Jonestown jungle compound where more than 900 people were killed in 1978 in a mass murder/suicide.Mass suicide is always fun and 900+ people dying just makes me giddy!
Define "Fun Fact" For Me.... (The Realests)
7 Comments:
ESPN, CBS, probably PBS and just about every channel out there has done a story on him this year. His dad was only saved because he happened to be off the compound playing basketball in a tournament somewhere.
Yeah I've seen most of them. The SI piece was really good.
OH YEAH!!!
Oh no, Kool-Aid Man! In fact, it was Flavor Aid, not Kool-Aid, contrary to popular belief.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid
Seriously, though, yeah, the SI piece about it all was damn good.
i really dont get it...how in the hell is this funny to anyone....my aunt died over in jonestown...does anyone not care about the people's feelings they hurt....by the way they WERE NOT A CULT these poor people were tricked into believing that evil son of a bitch jim jones....i really suggest you guys really look at ALL the programs reguarding jonestown so you guys can learn
by the way for anomyous guy above me anyone i mean ANYONE could edit wikipedia so that isnt the place you should be looking for info on jonestown
Sports Illustrated had an article on him several weeks ago.