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Radio head
An Iowa man who was tricked into getting a radio station logo tattooed to his forehead 10 years ago is making headlines again after his mugshot appeared online. In 2000, Mr Winkelman was listenting to Iowa hard rock radio station KORB when he heard a disc jockey offering listeners a “six-figure payout” if they tattoed the station’s logo on their forehead…
David Jonathan Winkelman, 48, was arrested last Thursday in Daverton, Iowa, on a misdemeanour charge of operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent.
Despite the minor offence, a mugshot of Mr Winkelman posted online after the arrest has gone viral and drawn attention to the story that led to his unfortunate appearance.
In 2000, Mr Winkelman was listenting to Iowa hard rock radio station KORB when he heard a disc jockey offering listeners a “six-figure payout” if they tattoed the station’s logo on their forehead.
Mr Winkelman and his stepson Richard Goddard decided to take up the offer and went to a tattoo parlour where they were both permanently marked with the words “Quad City Rocker” and “93 Rock”, thesmokinggun.com reports.
But when they went to the radio station to collect the prize they were told it was all a “practical joke” and they would not be paid.
Mr Winkelman and Mr Goddard then sued the station, claiming it had misled listeners so they could be “publicly scorned and ridiculed for their greed and lack of common good sense”.
But Mr Winkelman later dropped his case and Mr Goddard’s claim was dismissed when he failed to appear in court.
The radio station has since changed its style to adult contemporary and its name to KQCS Star 93.5.
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LOL!
Oh Grandpa!! did you forget to take your meds and get in trouble again????
Thats awesome. Not only did he fall for it, he blew his chances by not appearing! hahahah.
i remember hearing about this on the news. i am from that area.
aww…that’s really sad..
he was going to buy a chin with that money!!!
What a complete dumb ass!!!
i live in that area and i saw his mugshot on the local news website. i was like “did he get hit in the head?” so i enlarged the photo and it was a damn tattoo! what a dumbass!
Radio stations have been pulling this kind of crap for years, and in one case, a woman died from water intoxication when a radio station held a contest called “hold your wee for a wii”. Radio stations should be held accountable for the “practical jokes” they pull that cause people to do this to themselves or as stated above, lose their life in the hopes of a prize. Too many people are not clever enough to realize their own lack of common sense and end up doing this kind of stupid thing in the hopes of a prize that is obviously too good to be true…
Its sad that he’s so retarded.
@ pazuzu …. good one.
and now the station’s changed its name, he’ll have to get the tattoo altered……
@Grant: That’s called natural selection.;)
Ian you are right on the money. @Grant – you could never protect people from every stupid thing they might try. Society should not be in the nanny business
Holy crap, dude! You should have them at least buy you some teeth.
i remember this they did win the daily dumbass award that station did every day mon through friday though
I think he qualifies for the world’s dumbest guy award.
Dude shoulda forgot the tats and invested in some chompers
I remember this, Kinda makes me ashamed to be a Iowan lol wait im moving to Illinois next week! LOL Im all good!
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Why should radio stations be held accountable for the acts of blatant stupidity that people carry out as a result of their DJs’ joking? If someone is stupid enough to kill or permanently maim their self for reasons of greed or vanity, then no pity should be taken on them. It’s merely Natural Selection in action– the ignorant and stupid suffer and perish as they should.
All you had to do was just mention. ” Iowa “.
Wow. That’s where I come from, I never thought I’d see my hometown on here. At least I know why I moved, lol.