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Really?

October 8, 2013

‘Tis been a while since I’ve done a post of my “Really?” feature, so now is as good of a time as any, I imagine.

Let’s start in California.

I’m sure everybody knows what 911 is for. If there’s an emergency or something along those lines, dial 911 and get connected to the proper authorities, right? Simple enough.

Apparently, it’s for more than that to one fella.

This dude Jimmy was arrested because he placed more than 100 calls to 911 — in one month!

See, turns out the government is controlling his mind and body, via satellites or some crazy story like that!

Jimmy even keeps a notebook with all the calls he makes to 911!

How nuts is Jimmy? This is what he told CBS Sacramento:

“My brain, I can feel it starting. I’m blasted by the signals, every couple of minutes. I yell and I scream, ‘Stop it, I don’t need this,’ but they never listen.”

Does anyone else think it might be worth somebody throwing Jimmy into a padded room?

Though this was months ago, it makes one wonder if Jimmy kept it up. He told CBS Sacramento he’d keep it up if need be.

He’s probably been fine the last week or so, though. You have to figure with this government shutdown, the people monitoring Jimmy are currently out of work.

****

Look, if you want to go to a strip club, do it.

But leave the kids at home.

Turns out this dude in Florida needed his fix so bad, he decided to bring a friend and his kid — a 3-year old — along. But he was leaving his kid and friend in the truck. You know, to be responsible and make sure the kid is doing OK.

However, somebody who is thinking about going to a strip club when he is watching his kid — at 1 a.m. nonetheless — probably doesn’t have the greatest taste in friends.

See, it turns out the friend couldn’t resist the urge of nekked chicks on stage, either!

In he went.

Where did that leave our little 3-year old? In the truck, of course.

Apparently this little one was left alone for 30 minutes or so when an employee (maybe one of the strippers?) saw the kid alone in the car and called the cops.

Our hero, Jordan, tried to pin it on his friend. The cops didn’t buy it all and Jordan was cuffed and stuffed.

You can’t make this stuff up, folks.

But it gets a tad bit better. According to the Huffington Post story, which is linked above, this isn’t the first time this has happened in Florida. The report lists seven others — including a former NFL player, as well as an actual stripper — who left their kids unattended to visit (or work) in a strip club.

Yes, folks, this is ‘Merica.

****

I’m not against Walmart in any shape or form. I know a lot of people are, but I’m not. The company employs many people and offers things at a cheaper rate than many. Personal thoughts aside, this next one makes me shake my head.

A Virginia man went to the retail giant to cash a check, and he brought his three young daughters along.

No biggie, right?

Apparently not in Woodbridge, Virginia, according to a report by MyFoxDC.com.

See, Joseph is in an interracial marriage — for 10 years. His daughters are all age four or under, including 2-year-old twins. In the parking lot, he was on the phone while he made sure the daughters were buckled in. This is where it got a little crazy.

After picking up his wife, he headed home. An innocent day, right? Not so much.

When they got home, a cop was waiting. Turns out Walmart security called the police to make sure the kids were indeed Joseph’s.

Seriously. This is 2013, right?

The cop then looked at their IDs and asked the 4-year-old child to point out who her mother and father were.

As often noted in these posts — you can’t make this stuff up, folks.

Apparently a Walmart security guard thought it was odd, this guy and some interracial kids. We didn’t just warp back to the 50s and 60s, did we?

The wife then called Warmart, understandably so. After speaking with a manager, she was transferred to some security guy, who passed the buck off by saying a customer raised the flag.

The wife told MyFoxDC.com this piece to really think about:

“Well, the customer was concerned because they saw the children with your husband and he didn’t think that they fit. And I said, ‘What do you mean by they don’t fit?’ And I was trying to get her to say it. And she says, ‘Well, they just don’t match up.’”

They don’t match up? Sheesh.

Walmart said it was looking into the situation. The couple said they’ll never shop at Walmart again. Who can blame them?

Hopefully this incident is isolated, but you never can tell in this day and age.

****

This one is fantastic.

We live in a blue-ribbon society. As a sportswriter and a fan of sports, this drives me up a wall.

Let’s get real for a second — when it comes to sports, you win or you lose. Bottom line. I learned at a young age what both were like. But, playing on some bad teams in high school really made you learn what losing was like.

And how to do it right.

When we lost, we lost. My parents — or parents of my friends and teammates — didn’t go up in arms because we lost. They didn’t try and sugarcoat it. It was reality. It happens.

Not these days. See, with so many youth leagues and everything else, everybody seems to get trophies or ribbons.

You finished seventh? Here’s a ribbon. You were last? Here’s a participation trophy.

Blue-ribbon society. And it’s downright ridiculous. Many parents don’t think their kids can do wrong (believe me, many parents think their kids will be the next Michael Jordan, despite the fact they are the 15th kid off the bench, can’t dribble without falling over and haven’t made a basket in their entire life) and then leagues and such get spooked to try and make it so kids don’t have to fully deal with the reality of wins and losses.

Take, for example, this California youth football league.

This league fines — yes fines — teams if they win by more than 35 points.

I once did some freelance work and covered a Pop Warner football game where the one team won like 50-0 and held the opposing team to negative 25 (or something like that) of total yards. There were no issues there. Kids dealt with it as reality.

Not so in this league, apparently.

So it costs a team $200 if they win by this big margin. Not only that, the coaches on the team will be suspended from league activities for two weeks!

Now you have teams doing things different to avoid the fines, like not kicking extra points and field goals.

This is society today, folks.

I’m glad I didn’t get trophies for just being a participant. And I’m also happy I took my lumps as a kid. It made it so I appreciated winning much more and it has helped me realize winning and losing goes way beyond sports — it’s reality in every part of life.

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Really?

May 23, 2013

Despite only having three items to share with you for this edition of Really?, I couldn’t wait to share the first one.

There’s a chance you may have already read about this one. If not, it’s quite the story. It also ranks right up there with some of the more dumber social media things I’ve ever seen — and that’s saying something.

On Instagram, I’ve seen many people show their love of weed. There are images of people smoking, bowls and everything else. Alas, those don’t even come close to this one.

See, there was a bike race in England. During the race, somebody got hit by a car. The driver then took off.

Now I have heard and read stories about road rage in the states, especially against bikers. Stories such as a driver staying right behind a biker and laying on the horn, rather than go around the bike. It’s pretty obnoxious.

But this takes the cake.

See, some time later, this driver — identified as Emma Way — took it to Twitter.

No, people, I’m not kidding.

The tweet and its account seem to have been deleted.

Here’s what our future brain surgeon had to say, though. You have to love the Internet — things like this live forever.

Really?

Apparently, according to some reports, she only had 100 followers or so.

But when did we ever expect social media to keep quiet, especially in times like this? Exactly.

This is where it gets even more fun. See, apparently the Norwich (UK) police were notified of said Tweet. So what did they do? What any good social media account would do — they responded!

@emmaway20 we have had tweets ref an RTC with a bike. We suggest you report it at a police station ASAP if not done already & then dm us

— Norwich Police (@NorwichPoliceUK) May 19, 2013

Well, that’s interesting, no?

Apparently the investigation is still underway, but they’ve chatted with Emma Way. The Daily Mail article linked above has quotes from the biker, as well as one of Way’s friends. It’s even better as, according to the ipayroadtax.com report, police found some interesting photos connected to Way’s social media profiles, including shots of tailgating other motorists and one of her speedometer showing a speed of 95 mph!

 

Turns out she’s apparently been suspended from her place of employment, too.

Way has talked publicly (video in link, well worth watching), now. And, of course, she is apologizing for the comment on Twitter. Alas, she said she didn’t think she hit the rider, or if she did, she didn’t stop because she didn’t think he was hurt or came off the bike.

Really?

Also, she claims to be a cyclist. Yeah, of course.

The biggest thing to take out of this is how crazy social media is. The younger generation doesn’t always take into account what can come from these photos. Whether it’s stuff like this, drugs, alcohol items or sexual things — these follow you around. We’re in a generation where things are easily found online. Be smart.

Thankfully, in this spot, the person wasn’t smart and hopefully the justice system in England will take care of the situation.

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Time for a little more absurdity.

Apparently, a young lad in kindergarten is quite the nuisance when he has a Mohawk haircut. For real.

And with that comes some serious reprimands.

See, this five-year-old kid returned from spring break to his school in Springfield, Ohio. He had begged his mother to get the new hairdo, and she relented.

Why not?

Alas, when he showed up at school with the short, albeit spiky, Mohawk haircut, the top school official didn’t agree with classmates that the cut was cool. In fact, he said the haircut was disruptive.

Then he sent the kid home until he adopted a tamer cut.

Yeah, a 5-year-old was suspended for a Mohawk haircut.

Really?

Apparently one of the issues was because classmates and such were in awe of the awesome cut. They were even touching and feeling it. Maybe a whole class full of Mowhawks could have followed?

So, superintendent Gregg Morris acted quickly.

In the report on Yahoo! Shine, Morris, through a statement, explained the decision.

Our dress and grooming policies are designed to ensure that clothing and hairstyles do not cause a distraction to the learning environment.

This is just ridiculous.

These are kids in kindergarten. A haircut isn’t going to cause a distraction to the learning environment. What in the heck could it disrupt? Nap time? Counting? Show and tell?

Come on, people. This stuff is starting to become absolutely idiotic.

I do realize society has changed since I was a kid, but being an individual is part of growing and learning. With more and more regulations being put on what kids can and can’t do, we suffer in the long run. This is downright moronic and people need to look in the mirror a bit more when it comes to situations like this.

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Let me leave you with something quite interesting.

Tattoos.

I’ve always thought tattoos should be something to truly matter. After all, it’s something that goes with you for life, unless you opt for expensive surgery to remove it. And, in that case, why get it at all?

But one New York company is taking it to a new level. See, this real estate company is offering a raise should you get its logo tattooed somewhere — anywhere — on your body. If you do so, it’s a 15 percent increase on your salary. And, the company said no size or location restrictions. So one can, essentially, hide it.

Apparently the idea came about when one employee opted to do the tattoo on his own. He told the boss and the idea came about.

It seems at least 40 employees have already done it. But at least the tattoo is paid for by the business owner.

There was one employee, only with the company for about a month, who took part in it.

Really?

What will society think of next? I’m not sure I want to know.

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