[sunnykerr]

Most of those are hilarious, but I think the one with the man covered in BBQ sauce is pretty sad, actually. Obviously, I have none of the details, but going on that story alone, it seems pretty clear to me that the man must be mentally ill and belongs in hospital, not in jail.

My mum would be thrilled to find out about the wheelchair-bound man being arrested for DUI, though. She used to rail against all the wheelchair-bound who drove in the streets back home. As an OR nurse, she came into daily contact with several of them who had been struck by vehicles... a good portion of which because they completely disregarded the usual rules of signalization.

[vc318]

Originally Posted by 4N6 DNA (View Post) You are proud to be Floridian? I live right outside Baltimore AND lived in Florida for 4 years Great story!

Oh yeah. I love living in a place where the people drive recklessly, the humidity is a joke, and everyone has just about lost their mind. Thar car thief story was crazy. That would've been a really bad situation if that guy hadn't done what he did, strangely enough.

Hey, Jay Leno commented about the South Beach brothel bus on his show last night. Even he thought the story was crazy!

[Sunrise at Midnight]

Originally Posted by vc318 (View Post) Oh yeah. I love living in a place where the people drive recklessly, the humidity is a joke, and everyone has just about lost their mind. :

So then you know all about the Grandma that was arrested in the McDonalds drive thru over french fries then I’m a Florida girl to

[vc318]

Originally Posted by Kalikala (View Post) So then you know all about the Grandma that was arrested in the McDonalds drive thru over french fries then I’m a Florida girl to

Hi neighbor! Oh my gosh, I so did not hear about that one! Do you have the article by any chance?

[Sunrise at Midnight]

Originally Posted by vc318 (View Post) Hi neighbor! Oh my gosh, I so did not hear about that one! Do you have the article by any chance?

Here is the story Hot Headed Grandma


It was all because she was waiting for unsalted french fries

[Wahine21]

Originally Posted by Kalikala (View Post) Here is the story Hot Headed Grandma It was all because she was waiting for unsalted french fries

I totally remember when that happened! LOL. Good times.

Lot of us Floridans here in this thread

Cal man awaiting trial tries to slice off genitals

A man charged with murdering an Arizona couple at sea and dumping their bodies overboard tried to cut his penis off with a razor while awaiting trial, a sheriff's spokesman said Friday.
Skylar Deleon, 29, was briefly hospitalized after the March 13 incident, but was back in his cell the next day after the penis was reattached, said Damon Micalizzi, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty against Deleon for the 2004 murders of Jackie and Thomas Hawks, of Prescott, Ariz. The couple disappeared after taking Deleon and three other men on a test cruise of their 55-foot yacht, which they hoped to sell, off the Southern California coast.
Prosecutors allege that Deleon and the others blindfolded and handcuffed the Hawkses once at sea and forced them to sign and fingerprint documents transferring ownership of the boat before tossing them overboard. Their bodies have never been found.
Deleon's ex-wife, Jennifer Deleon, was convicted for her role in the alleged plot and was sentenced in October to life in prison without parole.
Deleon's trial is set for Aug. 25.

what a tard.

[vc318]

Originally Posted by Kalikala (View Post) Here is the story Hot Headed Grandma It was all because she was waiting for unsalted french fries

No way. She must get her way at home all the time. Thanks for the link.

Wahine21, that's hilarious. Maybe he was worried about becoming someone's playmate in jail.

Here's another crazy story out of good ol' Florida:

Dad trades baby's name for gas card - 07/12/2008 - MiamiHerald.com

Dad trades baby's name for gas card
Posted on Sat, Jul. 12, 2008
By The Associated Press

An Orlando man has traded the naming rights to his unborn son for a $100 gas card.

David Partin recently heard that a local radio station was giving $100 worth of free gas to the listener who called in with the most interesting item to trade. Central Florida radio hosts Richard Dixon and J. Willoughby were quick to take Partin up on his offer.

When the baby is born this winter, he will be named Dixon and Willoughby Partin -- with the ''and'' included.

Partin's girlfriend, Samantha, says at least her son will have an interesting story about how he got his name.

Dixon and Willoughby plan to be at the hospital when the baby is born and will hand over the gas card when they see the official birth certificate.

Not as crazy as our other stories here, but this couple was nuts to do this for a measly hundred bucks. At least now they'll have the money to get to the hospital and back when the baby comes.

[Wahine21]

Originally Posted by vc318 (View Post) No way. She must get her way at home all the time. Thanks for the link. Wahine21, that's hilarious. Maybe he was worried about becoming someone's playmate in jail. Here's another crazy story out of good ol' Florida: Dad trades baby's name for gas card - 07/12/2008 - MiamiHerald.com Dad trades baby's name for gas card Posted on Sat, Jul. 12, 2008 By The Associated Press An Orlando man has traded the naming rights to his unborn son for a $100 gas card. David Partin recently heard that a local radio station was giving $100 worth of free gas to the listener who called in with the most interesting item to trade. Central Florida radio hosts Richard Dixon and J. Willoughby were quick to take Partin up on his offer. When the baby is born this winter, he will be named Dixon and Willoughby Partin -- with the ''and'' included. Partin's girlfriend, Samantha, says at least her son will have an interesting story about how he got his name. Dixon and Willoughby plan to be at the hospital when the baby is born and will hand over the gas card when they see the official birth certificate. Not as crazy as our other stories here, but this couple was nuts to do this for a measly hundred bucks. At least now they'll have the money to get to the hospital and back when the baby comes.

yeah, seriously for a freaken $100!?? So retarded, that poor unborn child.



Braces may have saved teenager’s life - Wonderful World - MSNBC.com

PONTIAC, Mich. - A teenager remained in a Pontiac hospital Friday after he was shot in the face and his braces saved his life this week, police said.Police said the youth, Anthony Pittman, 18, of Pontiac, remained in critical condition but was reported to be recovering after a bullet hit him in the mouth Wednesday, NBC affiliate WDIV-TV of Detroit reported.
Police said a .45-caliber bullet struck Pittman’s braces, which fragmented the bullet. He was able to walk into the hospital, where he collapsed, police said.The incident occurred when several teens got into an argument and several people began shooting late Wednesday. Officers said they found shell casings from at least three different kind of weapons.
Neighbors said they did not see or hear any of the shootings.
“It might have been fireworks, for all I know,” a neighbor told The Oakland Press. “Everything is popping off out here.”
Another person said she was walking down the street and didn’t realize that anyone had gotten hurt until later.
“I didn’t see anything, but I did hear shots,” she said. “I was just down the street right after it happened. I thought it was firecrackers at first.”
No other injuries were reported. Police said they had a suspect in the shooting but had made no arrests.




Crazy!

[vc318]

Wow! That kid was lucky!

[Sunrise at Midnight]

Oh my goodness I bet he never complains about having braces ever again.


Police find cocaine in car used by officers

[sunnykerr]

Yeah, they did a thing on 20/20 last Friday about cops driving through Stop signs as well. Apparently (I don't drive), it's a stiff penalty if you're caught not stopping at a stop sign (the report said it's two demerit points and a fine).

Well, they set up cameras and, sure enough, absolulely none of the police cars they filmed (or, you know, they showed) stopped for the Stop sign.

[vc318]

I can't speak for other places but where I live, the officers barely follow the laws themselves. It could be they're angry with their pay or pension or something.

[Wahine21]

Both of these stories are a couple days old, but I just saw them- SO crazy!!!



Woman loses fingertip in Tampa meat market brawl - St. Petersburg Times


TAMPA — The first time Jacqueline Wimbush got into a fight and lost a fingertip, doctors managed to save it.

Not this time.

Wimbush, who has a history of brawling, lost the tip of her left ring finger to another woman at a busy East Tampa meat market Monday, Tampa police say. "Right now it's gone, and there's nothing I can do," she fumed Wednesday.

The separation began Monday before noon when she entered the Aliana Meat Market and took a number, awaiting a butcher's attention.

It was No. 53.

The market, sandwiched between the Hope gas station and an African-themed bazaar, has an outside mural of a cornucopia filled with pigs, hens and cattle. It empties onto the earth like Noah's ark in reverse. The store sells oxtails, beef hearts, cow heads, salted pig tails, hog jaw and burnt cow skin.

Wimbush, No. 53, usually came to the market on Sundays but wanted pork chops. She planned to cook them along with chicken wings, black beans, yellow rice and Cuban bread for her children.

She was on her cell phone when a woman she didn't know entered the store and took the next number, No. 54.

Her name was Pamela Bumpers, police say.

But soon, a person holding No. 51 gave up and left Bumpers the ticket.

A butcher saw this and skipped to Wimbush's No. 53.

That seemed to upset No. 54 — Bumpers.

Bumpers bumped Wimbush, police say.

Arms flailed. Punches landed. Wimbush says she reached toward Bumper's face — and felt a crunch.

"When I looked at my hand," she said. "I saw she had bitten my finger off. And my finger was on the ground in front of me."

It was detached just above a pink French tip fingernail that had been scheduled for a manicure that afternoon.

People screamed, and the staff behind the meat deli separated the fighters.

A friend picked up the fingertip and the staff put it in ice.

An ambulance took Wimbush to St. Joseph's Hospital, where she said she waited several hours with her fingertip in a red biohazard bag.

It felt a little familiar. In 1996, she said she fought another woman at her sister-in-law's house. The woman bit off the tip of Wimbush's right middle finger. A plastic surgeon's skin graft saved it.

But this time, a St. Joseph's hand specialist numbed her finger and amputated part of the bone.

It was the finger Wimbush, 39, hoped a man would someday put a ring on for the first time.

"Why my finger?" she asked Wednesday, her left hand wrapped in pink bandages and her finger in a splint. "I don't know who's going to put a ring on a nub."

She works in day care, where her hands help children with puzzles and art. Before that, she assembled Big Macs and Whoppers at Burger King and McDonald's and punched keyboards and phone pads as a telemarketer.

She's been in some fights. She was arrested 30 times and served prison time for charges including robbery and grand theft, state records show.

In all that time, she never bit off anyone's finger, she said. The worst she did was scratch a woman's face.

"I guess there aren't any rules in fighting," she said, "and I'm a prime example."

Bumpers, too, had prior arrests. She's 33. She pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in 2001, state records show.

Now she faces a felony battery charge.

Released from jail Monday, she did not respond to a request for an interview.

In her booking photo, she looked at ease as she faced the camera.

And showed her teeth as she smiled.



FOXNews.com - Court: Wisconsin Law Bans Sex With the Dead, Charges Against Three Men Reinstated - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

It turns out three men in Wisconsin have been charged with trying to dig up a corpse and have sex with it!!!!

GROOOOOOOOOOOSSS!!

[vc318]

Of course - out of Florida. Those ladies need to be institutionalized.

That second story was TOTALLY gross! I could barely finish reading it!

[Wahine21]

Originally Posted by vc318 (View Post) Of course - out of Florida. Those ladies need to be institutionalized.

of course, only in Florida. We could totally start a strange finding in news thread for just the state of Florida. lol.