The 'Lost Migrate Kid' Story

 Around ten years ago here in Germany (in my region near Frankfurt)....a widower father (migrate who'd walked into Germany and got status) and his 10-year old son....went to a Frankfurt subway station...intending to go somewhere. While waiting....Dad didn't pay attention, and the kid got on the wrong car (opposite direction).  Gone.

Dad gets hyped-up...worried, and calls the police.  

German police go into a massive search.

For the sake of this story....I'll just say that Frankfurt's subway system is pretty vast, and in 40 minutes.....you could be 20 miles outside of town.

But there is one key thing that the Dad didn't know....in each station....there's at least a couple of cameras.

So about an hour into this search...one of the police goes to the camera center and then asks the Dad...where were you?  

Dad acts confused.  Eventually, they tell Dad....we can track the entry and exit....finding the kid in a matter of  minutes.

Dad finally confesses....the kid got on a regular train in Frankfurt (long-haul) to return to Belgium....where his family resides.

You see....Dad came to Germany with  fake story (being a widower), and have a kid.  He had a desire to have his own apartment.....not shared-out with five guys.  So he talked to a cousin....residing in Belgium, and borrowed his son for about 4 months...to make this scheme work.

Cops wrapped up the case in a matter of minutes.

The refugee handling agency?  Well....they didn't say much.  I'm guessing Dad got put into a new living situation....sharing a apartment with 5 guys. As for this being a popular trend, and hundreds of men in Germany...faking the widower status? No one said much, but you have to wonder about this 'gimmick'.

I always thought it'd make a great movie script.

The Five Types Of 'Normal' Delusional Disorders

Most folks survive with average or normal delusional disorders:

Persecutory: Believing you're being harmed, spied on, or conspired against.

Grandiose: Believing you have exceptional abilities, wealth, or fame.

Jealous: Believing your partner is unfaithful without evidence.

Erotomanic: Believing someone (often famous) is in love with you.

Somatic: Believing you have a physical defect or medical condition that doesn't exist.

My wife had a 'friend' who had the erotomanic-type....thinking her doctor was in love with her. This went on for about eight months....thinking some text messages were from him. About once every ten days...some text would arrive to her cellphone...suggesting something but not intense.  Eventually, the guy realized that he was  sending the text to the wrong number.   The gal in question? By 7th month, she was discussing the idea of dumping her husband and hanging out/marrying-up with the imaginary doctor.  She was probably two months away from opening up a divorce 'path'.

I Have These Three Odd Feelings

 1.  It just seems like everyone in Minnesota is involved or running some type of fed-government funding scam.  And we aren't talking about a measly $100,000 a year situation.

2.  I woke up today to realize delusional disorder (like TDS) is indeed considered a "cousin" of schizophrenia in the sense that both are psychotic disorders involving delusions, and delusional disorder is classified within the schizophrenia spectrum in diagnostic manuals like the DSM-5.

What delusional disorder lacks?  Well....hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and negative symptoms/motivation.  

3.  I am starting to suspect that most CNN journalists have a IQ of 80 or below.