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HO MALONE! Streaming App Screw-up Shows Porn “Ho Malone” instead of Christmas Classic — Now With REAL News

Larry Nocella
3 min readDec 16, 2021

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It started out as a picturesque Christmas day for the Baumser family. It ended in disaster.

“Who would have expected this?” said Nicole Baumser. “Christmas was ruined. Someone has to pay for this. Or at least lose their job.”

How did it happen? What happened?

Baumser tells the sad tale. “Christmas was winding down. Sun was setting. Everyone had opened their presents, was stuffed from an early dinner. It was time to park the kids in the rec room to watch TV and play with their toys. Then in the other room the adults would drink booze and talk. Nothing special, right?”

She shook her head.

“We told the kids to watch ‘Home Alone.’ You know, it’s a classic Christmas movie. They said I don’t know how to find it. So I yell across the house, use the voice remote! Say, ‘Home Alone.’ Easy, right?”

Baumser sighed.

“Everything seemed okay. Me and the adults we started drinking, gossiping, sharing stories. The kids were quiet so I assumed they were asleep. But when I went to check on them… they were awake and horrified. They were doing that thing the kid does in the movie. In the right movie. You know, palms against either side…

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Larry Nocella
Larry Nocella

Written by Larry Nocella

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