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CaMacho
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'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."
After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone -- by placing an ad in the local newspaper.
The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet."
Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently placing the ad in The Des Moines Register.
The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her.
"The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision.
"It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, lady."'
The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger.
Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked.
The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for another week -- just for the feedback.
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june262004
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
Thats awesome!
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Chrisnamy
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
That is great!
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Christine
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
That's awsome! Talk about the punishment fitting the crime.
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CaMacho
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
It's from cnn.com.
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
Message edited 11/15/2011 9:16:48 PM.
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CroatianBride
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
Good for her!
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2BEANS
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
I say not meanest mom, but "RESPONSIBLE MOM"..
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lvdolphins
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
That is awesome!!!
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evnme
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FelAndJon
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
That is awesome!!!
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Shelly
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
That's great! Its good to see a parent being proactive. Sometimes a kid needs to be embarassed a little to learn a life and death lesson.
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Lisa
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sunnyplus3
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
oh hell yeah! That's my kind of Mom!!!!
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headoverheels
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
that is terrific! what a great thing to hear about a responsible mom - and i'm willing to bet her son will thank her for it in a few years when all of his friends are getting DWIs and he's learned to be more responsible.
...unlike my aunt who made excuses for my 18-year-old cousin who got caught speeding by the police - she actually told them it was because he was driving a BMW and he wasn't used to a car with that much speed 
never mind that they bought him that car AFTER they found him driving after having had a few beers. (oh how i wish the police had found him first...)
i should email her this article 
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beaviss80
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Deedlebugs
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
Good for her!!
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drewsgirl
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
that is great
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Maathy317
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
I love it!
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joenick
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
Perfect punishment!!
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That's awesome, score one for mom!!!!!!!
He's such a stupid kid saying "the alcohol was left there by a passenger". Even if it was true, had the police pulled him over for something and found that there it would be HIS azz on the line.
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BellaRock
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Re: 'Meanest Mom on the Planet' Sells Son's Car
Awesome.
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MrsPornStar
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Smileyd17
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