Just in Time for V-Day: Explosive Condom Mailbombs

Flame.jpgNow, Bostonist doesn't like to make light of serious matters that could, potentially, have led to tragedy, but damn, this is amusing. A woman from Brockton, formerly a waitress at a strip club there and another in Stoughton, was so fed up with mistreatment by men that she mailed condoms containing drano and gasoline (an almost-but-not-quite-explosive combination) to various locations she apparently felt were good representatives of male wrongdoing: Bridgewater State College (?!), the Taunton chapter of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, two strip clubs at which she waited tables (these links are maybe not so safe for work), and the offices of Fox 25 in Dedham and KISS 108 in Revere. None of the condoms exploded.

For added fun and evening news salaciousness, the woman, Kimberly Lynn DaSilva, currently makes a living by selling adult novelties over the internet and hosting sex toy parties. She also sent a series of letters to one of the strip clubs where she once worked, apparently angry about the fact that another waitress there might have stolen her boyfriend, a regular customer who pretended to be a wealthy mobster but was really just a trucker. (Bostonist uses the same ruse every time we go to a strip club.) So, basically, the only thing missing from this story is Mo Vaughn, and we wouldn't be surprised if he were called as an expert witness (because he loves the strippers, see?). We smell a totally awesome made-for-TV movie.

(Also, we can't believe the Herald slept on this story, going with the boring AP version and an equally ordinary headline. If Wednesday's edition could include such over-the-top gems as "Kitty-napped cat found after hot purr-suit," surely something clever could have been devised for DaSilva's case. Bostonist's suggestion: "Disgruntled Waitress Warns Men: Don't Rubber The Wrong Way")

Image: A story like this isn't complete without a silly photoshop illustration.

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  • Your Copy Editor Father

    You refer to 'such over-the-top gems as "Kitty-napped cat found after hot purr-suit."' Personally, I would consider that an "under-the-bottom" rhinestone.



    Your headline is over-the-top in the best possible way. Keep up the good work.



    Grandpa Bostonist

  • Katie

    Those suggested Herald headlines would make any tabloid journalist proud...and throw in that illustration of the lit Trojan, it's pure gold. Well done, Josh.

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