Man Loses $2600 on Carnival Game | Geekosystem: Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming New Hampshire’s own Mr. Henry Gribbohm, Jr., to the dictionary. Not as a definition, per se, but as a note perfect illustration. If there is any justice, Mr. Gribbohm’s portrait will forever appear next to the definition of the word “rube.” See also: Mark, pigeon, dupe, and all-day sucker. Because anyone can lose a ten spot trying to knock over milk bottles or ring the bell to win a prize for your sweetie. Hell, it’s half the fun of going to the fair.
But it takes a very special sort of mark — a once-in-a-lifetime pigeon — to lose their entire life savings on a carnival game. And 30-year-old Henry Gribbohm is exactly that sort of mark, losing $2,600 playing the ball toss game Tubs of Fun at a New England carnival and putting that coveted World’s Biggest Rube trophy pretty much out of reach for the rest of humanity.
