Whoo, you can tell things have been slow since the Superbowl!? Kind of funny! Today they locked people in the buildings downtown for fear of a sniper. Apparently a lot of people saw a dude in cammo going into a building with a "gun." Well, as it turns out, the guy was a pigeon exterminator and had a pellet gun. But, that didn't stop the SWAT team, bomb squad and fleet of news reporters from flying down to the scene. I'm convinced that we should provide military training and arm our media.
They always seem to be at the scene of a dissaster or potential dissaster 30 minutes before the police, fire, military or whatever service .Which, given their early response, means they've had 30 minutes to speculate about the pending doom before anybody can get in, analyze the situation and give a correct account. So, it's always funny the initial story vs. the end result.
Another case in point would be the recent John Bobbit-style "murder" that happened in the rocks. Apparently, there was a pecker placed in a mini-mart microwave. Of course, this media frenzy led to speculation of a murder victim, the sadist that apparently removed the appendage and then, of course, placed it in a microwave. It was a matter of minutes before this "news" swept the area as first responders looked for a man roaming town without his apparently detatchable pecker.
Well, further investigation revealed that the "pecker" was a rubber pecker being used to take a drug test for some moron that obviously wasn't going to pass. My guess is that the drugs were the least of this person's problems as SHE took the plastic, urine filled, pecker into a mini-mart and tossed it in the microwave so that the urine would be warm to pass the test. WOW! I'm not sure what's more amusing here the story itself or the drama cultivated by the media.
As I said, things are obviously pretty slow around here. But, I guess as long as the media is insistent on putting news models, rather than journalists behind the desks, I guess we shouldn't be surprised at the drama they create. Keep up the good work. I'll keep laughing.
