MySpace sees Craigslists, Raises One

[Kaido]

Who's next?? :Q

Two British parents were left with a $48,000 bill after a party advertised by their teenage daughter on MySpace attracted hundreds of revellers who trashed their home.

Despite warnings from her mother not to have "any kids or drink in the house" while her parents went on a caravan holiday, 17-year-old Rachel Bell advertised her "Skins"-themed party, after a British television series about promiscuous, drug-taking teenagers, on MySpace for Easter Monday.

Bell expected about 30 or 40 people to arrive, but instead more than 200 invaded the house in Woodstone Village, County Durham, northern England, some from as far away as London, carrying what neighbours described as "a suitcase full of alcohol" wreaking mayhem in the quiet town.

Her parents Alan and Elaine returned home the following day to find plastic buckets filled with vomit, cigarette butts littered throughout the house, and even Elaine's wedding dress pulled out from a wardrobe and urinated on.

"It's worse than a burglary, I can't believe it," Elaine Bell said.

"Whoever has come in here are worse than animals, it's like house rape. They've been sick everywhere, urinated and trashed the house. It will take a month for it to be professionally cleaned and we are having to stay in temporary accommodation."

Rachel Bell was staying with a friend today for a "cooling off" period which she agreed to with her mother, while her parents dealt with the devastation in their home.

Her MySpace advertisement for the "Skins" party was subtitled, "Let's trash the average family-sized house disco party," though the teenager denies posting the message.

"They've pulled light fittings from the ceiling and I can't believe someone would come in and do something like this," Alan Bell said.

"There's cigarette burns on furniture and mattresses and it's a wonder they haven't burnt the house down."

Durham police said the incident would be investigated, with a spokesman saying that they planned to "speak in due course to as many of the party-goers as we can."

 

[clamum]

Oohhhh man. If that was my kid I would've choked the sh!t outta her.

 

[TecHNooB]

Wow that's terrible.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: clamum
Oohhhh man. If that was my kid I would've choked the sh!t outta her.

I would have kicked her out and cut her off financially. If you are old enough to cause something like this, you are old enough to deal with the consequences.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Dayam! My sister's thrown some 300 person parties and the most that's broken was a couple parts on the deck. (yes, the cops came, more often than not)

 

[ryan256]

Ok daughter of mine... you know that college fund we had set up for you? Well lets just say you better have some damn good grades for scholarships. Oh... and the car we bought you? You'll need to start getting rides from your friends.

 

[gwrober]

:Q That is unreal....$48,000 worth of damage? And yea, I'd beat the kids' arse!

 

[PepePeru]

a cooling off period...good idea.

the day that kid turns 18. see ya. its been a good run.

 

[Looney]

Where's the Myspace page?

 

[thomsbrain]

time to drop her off at the children's shelter.

 

[Vette73]

OK what is it???


"party advertised by their teenage daughter"

or...

"though the teenager denies posting the message"


Sounds like she is trying to try and blame someone else for her stupitidy.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

wtf, how the hell did she let it get that bad - once she saw so many people, wouldn't she try to stop the party or something? I mean, the 200 must have come over time, after the first 30 or 40, wouldn't she realize something is wrong when she's getting idiots with suitcases of alcohol?

 

[nakedfrog]

Sounds like it was a good old-fashioned 80's movie style party.
I guess she didn't have the music for the clean-up montage.

 

[buck]

even Elaine's wedding dress pulled out from a wardrobe and urinated on.

My bad....

 

[Feneant2]

If this was my child, she would not be allowed back in the house until every cent of that 48000$ was repaid.

 

[lokiju]

"it's like house rape"

I'm not sure why but I found that funny.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
time to abort the seventeen year old child.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: Feneant2
If this was my child, she would not be allowed back in the house until every cent of that 48000$ was repaid.

Introduce her to that girl and her mother in Chicago where they ran a "business" out of their house . They sure do know how to use Craig's List efficiently.

 

[Mr Incognito]

I can only hope I raise my kids better than to be this stupid. I have pulled some stunts in my day but I would never dare try to pull that off.

 

[QueBert]

this is why I never threw a party when I was a teen, just wasn't brave enough. There were a few small get togethers, like 4-5 friends. And I honestly had a hard enough time keeping them in controls friends just don't listen sometimes. I'm sure if I had invited everyone from school I knew over for a party the outcome would have been similar to this. Except the news story would be about a teen killed by his mother.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Sounds like it was a good old-fashioned 80's movie style party.
I guess she didn't have the music for the clean-up montage.

That's what I was thinking.... haven't these people ever seen 16 Candles, Risky Business, and Weird Science?

 

[PingSpike]

Rachel Bell advertised her "Skins"-themed party, after a British television series about promiscuous, drug-taking teenagers, on MySpace for Easter Monday.

...

Her MySpace advertisement for the "Skins" party was subtitled, "Let's trash the average family-sized house disco party," though the teenager denies posting the message.

LOL...what did she expect? She basically asked a bunch of strangers to come over and destroy her house. I haven't seen that show, but it sounds like she probably promised there would be a bunch of slutty teenagers there too.

 

[GasX]

Dude, my dad's got an excellent set of tools. I can fix it!

 

[PingSpike]

I bet at least half of that damage could have been prevented even after all the douchebags showed up if the girl had just called the cops on her own party.

 

[purbeast0]

If this was in America, I'm sure the parents would sue myspace.