When you were a kid did your parents ever do anything mean to you for their own amusement? Whatever it was, something tells us it wasn't as evil as what Jonathan's (above) family did on Christmas morning, having him unwrap an empty Xbox box with some shirts inside -- while on video, mind you -- and then everyone laughing at him when he got upset and cried over being hoodwinked. For the love of all that is holy in the gadget-loving world, that is so wrong. Despite the fact his family told Jonathan multiple times in the video, "C'mon, you know we can't afford an Xbox!", the kid's shining example of an older brother (who uploaded the video) claims that they actually did get him the console, and that he'd eventually upload the video of the "real" unwrapping. He never did. Right.
Jonathan, you out there? Screw those people, they clearly don't understand what it is to be a kid and to want an awesome gadget so badly you can taste it. We've been there our whole lives. Since, as a publication, we can't just adopt you and raise you as our own, I will personally send you an Xbox 360 and some games -- but only on the condition that you swear to you'll never let your douchebag family play with it. Hit me up at engadget at gmail dotcom, make sure you can identify yourself so I know I've got the right person.
Update: We've been flooded with email from well-meaning geeks and even Microsoft; just about everyone wants to help us hook up Jonathan. We totally appreciate the sentiment, but we've got this covered. We think we've gotten in touch with his family (who let us know he never got an Xbox, and the whole thing really was a prank on the poor kid); once we know for sure we have the right people we'll post again.
Joined: Dec 08, 2006 Posts: 2337 Location: Repping the (216) yo
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:
Hands down the meanest thing you can do to a kid. But really.... is the kid that dumb that he didnt notice the box weights next to nothing? _________________
wes213 Administrator
Joined: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 10520 Location: Harrisonburg V.A.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject:
LMFAO He must be ripz.
If they did get him one then the box that had shirts in it is just funny as hell.
SiK_WiD_iT Moderator
Joined: Jan 25, 2007 Posts: 1626 Location: Big Stone Gap, VA USA
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:00 am Post subject:
i seen this vid on break.com the other day and i could NOT stop laughing...he is like the most pissed off kid in the world when i finds out its not a 360 _________________
Joined: Jan 30, 2007 Posts: 344 Location: GA, United States
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject:
man, that's a punk bitch move they pulled, the kids fro, is cool though
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