Say hi to Kenny “Boom” Smith. According to the website clickondetroit.com, this young man from Detroit had an idea. He created a machine that could print counterfeit money – specifically, “bleaching” $5 bills and printing over them to make them appear to be $100 bills. Apparently his way of “making money” has been successful, in that several merchants throughout Detroit have been duped into accepting these bleached bills.
I should also mention that Kenny “Boom” Smith is a big fan of the TruTV reality series Hardcore Pawn. That’s the cinema verite program about a family-owned pawnshop in Detroit. It’s a fun show to watch, if for no other reason than to enjoy the bickering between shop owner Les Gold and his two children, his son Seth Gold and his daughter Ashley Broad. Okay, it’s not as popular as that OTHER pawnshop program Pawn Stars, but you gotta love those Jerry Springer-like responses from disgruntled patrons when their junk isn’t worth as much as they hoped it would sell for.
Kenny “Boom” Smith had to figure out a way to get on this program. Did he have anything that he could pawn? Well, yeah… he had a sack full of homemade counterfeit money and the machine he built to produce the fake funds. And after signing a waiver to appear on the TV show, Kenny “Boom” Smith tried to convince shop owner Les Gold to purchase his factory of fraudulent financials.
After the two men talked, Kenny “Boom” Smith agreed to return with the counterfeit-producing machine and bills. And when Kenny “Boom” Smith returned to the pawn shop… he had a special meeting with the Secret Service. Those guys seemed more interested in acquiring Kenny “Boom” Smith’s equipment… in exchange for giving Smith a new pair of linked-steel bracelets and a trip to a special window-barred facility.
Wow.
Congratulations, Kenny “Boom” Smith. You just got the “boom” lowered on you. And if I could offer you an ounce of support… when this episode of Hardcore Pawn airs with you on it, I hope the warden gives you a break from laundry duty at the penitentiary so you can see your television debut.
And why are you in the prison laundry? Well, you seemed so skilled in “bleaching” things…
Chuck The Writer 
Chuck,
If you like this sort of thing then you should check out the Darwin Awards…natural selection at its finest.
http://darwinawards.com/darwin/
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