Posted on 10/15/2008 5:12:26 AM PDT by Renfield
Two Indonesian job seekers have been fooled into having their faces tattooed in order to receive non-existent government jobs.
The pair had their faces permanently inked after village chief Sawiyono told them he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers.
The official, who said it was a job requirement to have their faces tattooed with dragons, was later discovered to be a hoaxer — but not before Nanang, 30, and Bambang, 40, had already undergone the painful and disfiguring procedure.
The three men believe the anonymous trickster was a kind of "mystic", as they didn't feel in control of their actions when following his strange instructions.
"I was half conscious when the shop owner tattooed my face, and didn't think it was a con," victim Bambang said.
"I just realized it was a con on Friday night. I was shocked and I cried."
A horrified Sawiyono realised he had been tricked when double-checking the bizarre request with a legitimate government representative.
"I am fully responsible for the mistake and I will do my best to help the men remove their tattoos,'' Sawiyono was quoted as saying.
"I don’t know why I believe that person.
"I feel half conscious when I follow the man's instructions."
Indonesian police say that the tattoo incident was the third hoax of its kind to have been pulled recently.
The men have filed a police report and are being treated in a local hospital.
Obama voters.
You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes.
Obama half brothers.
You beat me to it.
The three men believe the anonymous trickster was a kind of "mystic",...
This is exactly how some people get around 0bama. They're 0bamatized. LOL.
That George W. Bush!
He’s SUCH a prankster!
Terminally gullible.
When a Government gets too large....
“Here’s your sign.”
That will teach them for expecting something from the government. No different here or in Jakarta.
LOL -- Thanks for the morning laugh!
At least he didn’t make their penises disappear.
Nice to have an uplifting story of a morning instead of the same old, same old.
I blame Global Warming.
That reminds me - will never forget, 8 years ago I saw an early-20’s guy, a waiter in a vegetarian restaurant, with his face tattooed Maori style (he was Anglo). I wonder how the job search is going for him these days!
“Why are you getting that crap tatooed on your face?”
‘We gonna be intelligence officers”
“oh”
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