Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Poopy Pants

John Kelso

I love this kid (Thanks, CH): Some things are almost impossible to comprehend, and this is one of them.



Benjamin Zesch, 19, likes to pop up out of the water dressed in camouflage fatigues and camo face paint while carrying a paintball gun to scare the snot out of the boaters coming down the James River.

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