Peruvian Fat Fetches Five Figures

New York Times ^ | 3/9/2010 | AP

[JoanVarga]

Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their fat, said Col. Jorge Mejía, chief of Peru’s anti-kidnapping police. He said the suspects, two of whom were arrested carrying bottles of liquid fat, told the police it was worth $60,000 a gallon.

[JoanVarga]

I see a whole industry utopia here. We have too much fat, and we pay dearly to rid ourselves of it while there in Peru they're killing people in the most gruesome way for a few gallons. Hello? It's silly and makes no sense, especially when folks would line up to sell their liposuctioned ass-fat on a free market to offset the expense. Might even solve the trade deficit if we can get China to manufacture these cosmetics and sell them our fat. Then they could sell the cosmetics to Wal-Mart. It's recycling at an optimal incentive. It would work.

-Joan

(Yes, I'm kidding. Maybe. $60k is more than a kidney can fetch nowadays.)

[elkfersupper]

My ex-wife is a millionaire!

[jakerobins]

No kidding....With some of the people I’ve seen walking around I could make a Million........(SHHHH Keep it quiet people)......... I plan to make my first millions selling outlawed light bulbs in a few years...LOL

[RDTF]

crazy

[Old Texan]

Goodness who knew Rosie was worth so much.
PS..... your ex wife’s maiden name isn’t Smith is it? Sounds like me ex wife.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Darn...my wife isn’t worth a hill of beans.

[SatinDoll]

I was thinking the same thing - only I’m serious about do so.

[JoanVarga]

I knew y’all wouldn’t let me down on this. LOL!

[GeronL]

please. If this were true there’d be clinics all over the US offering people $$$ for their fat.

[GSP.FAN]

Remind me to stay out of Peru..

[hometoroost]

You could do TV commercials with a little duck running around yelling “assfat!”

[Danae]

"Colonel Mejía said the police had received a tip four months ago that human fat from the jungle was being sold in Lima. In August, he said, police officers infiltrated the gang and later obtained some of the amber fluid, which a police lab confirmed as human fat." W T F ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[JoanVarga]

You could do TV commercials with a little duck running around yelling “assfat!”

Heh.

[EricT.]

LMAO!!!

[Grunthor]

BWWWWWAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

[Clock King]

Flying potion?

[mamelukesabre]

disgusting!

Dam cannibals, sick the dogs on ‘em.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

The alliteration within the title caught my attention as much as the title itself - which was jarring enough on its own but the alliteration effects makes it pop.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

The alliteration within the title caught my attention as much as the title itself - which was jarring enough on its own but the alliteration effects makes it pop.

[OneWingedShark]

... imagine how much we could get for Michael Moore! We could pay off a HUGE portion of the national debt!

;)