The Fablieaux

It seems Mark Bradwin a kitchen supervisor with Webbles Burger in Minnesota has finally had enough.  The 26 year old Kentucky native has been stabbed twice by unruly cooks that could not take his aggressive form of criticism.  Mr. Bradwin admits that he can be a little tough on his staff and regularly uses the F-bomb when he feels they are not working up to potential.

The first stabbing took place in June of 2006, after a 12 hour shift together with a junior cook by the name of Jesse Richmonde.  After Jesse burned an entire grill full of Angus all-beef burger he was chasitized by Bradin and told that his pay would be docked for the ruined burgers.  Jesse lost it and stabbed he boss twice in the shoulder before being restrained by the two dishwashers on duty.  The most recent assualt was in the Summer of 2008 when the new breakfast cook took out an all-night dope fest on Mark and stabbed him in the back between his shoulderblades. More »

The newest story line on Discovery Channel’s series “American Chopper” involves “Paul Teutel, Sr.” taking a troubled youth in as a mentor. Paul, Sr. feels that he can extend the same brand of understanding parenting to those unfortunate children and young adults that he has extended to his own sons on “American Chopper”.

National Troubled Youth Director Kevin Whelsley told The Fablieux “Many people, hundreds in fact, have called and emailed me personally wondering if I had actually seen the TV show. I can assure them that yes, I have.” When asked whether Discovery Networks would carry personal insurance for the volunteered youths on their rider, Whelsley responded “Of course. We’re not cruel. We would never put a youth directly into harm’s way without proper insurance.”

American Chopper spokesperson Anne Turner assured The Fablieaux that “While it is true that we are scaring only one youth “straight”, both organizations hope that the viewership the show commands will permit parents and parole officers alike to use the situation to their advantage.”

When asked to clarify, Turner explained “Our counselors, along with the youth’s parents, can now threaten to put a child into the Teutul’s care, and they will take us seriously. No more idle threats.” She beamed, “They know it can actually happen”. “Paul has ssureed me that he will try his hardest not to ‘punch the youth in the face’”, Turner concluded, apparently making reference to one of the many catch phrases Paul uses on the show to mentor, guide and nurture his sons.

A German court fined an unemployed man 900 euros ($1,227) Tuesday for knocking the head off a waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler in a Berlin museum.

Minutes after the Madame Tussauds museum opened in the German capital in July, the 42-year-old pushed past security staff and ripped off its head. The man, an ex-policeman, said he found it inexplicable that the Nazi leader would be found only some 500 meters from Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. The man appeared perplexed when he discovered the wax likeness was not Hitler himself.

The waxwork of a glum-looking Hitler in a mock bunker stirred debate in Germany even before it went on display. Critics argued it was tasteless to display a replica of the man who unleashed World War Two and ordered the extermination of Europe’s Jews.

Madame Tussauds said the museum avoided politics, arguing Hitler stood for a significant part of German history and his waxwork therefore had a legitimate part in the exhibition.

The restored figure was returned to the museum in September and is now displayed behind a glass wall.

About 25 workers spent about four months on the original waxwork, using more than 2,000 pictures and pieces of archive material (like that shown here) and also guided by a model of the “Fuehrer” in the London branch of Madame Tussauds.