‘Don’t Tase me, bro’ tops weird Florida year

AP ^ | December 26, 2007

[Shermy]

Long list, but then, it’s Florida

[Spok]

Competing with California as the fruit and nut capital of America?

[driftdiver]

“Competing with California as the fruit and nut capital of America?”

Hey at least they are conservative fruits and not liberal nuts.

Besides it makes it really fun to people watch here.

[Greg F]

Competing with California as the fruit and nut capital of America?

And winning in the nut category!

[John123]

A 30-year-old Collier County woman was taking driving lessons when she ran over her instructor, who had to be airlifted to a hospital. Her blood-alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit.

Hold muh beer and keys alert?

[John123]

Largo police responded to a call about a bar disturbance, and when they arrived, a drunk man called 911 and asked a dispatcher for help because he was surrounded by police. “Our officers were standing there scratching their heads,” one sergeant said.

With one hand and tasing college students with the other?

[John123]

A burglar broke into an Orlando auto repair shop and ran off with a garbage bag. It contained a frozen alligator head.

Don't you hate it when a mechanic finds an alligator head in your car's engine?

[Greg F]

Orlando-area police gave away sneakers for people who turned in guns and got a little more than they expected when a man exchanged a 4-foot-long surface-to-air missile launcher for size-3 Reebok sneakers for his daughter.

Enjoy the sneakers Abdul!

[2harddrive]

Don’t forget the suspension of 35 Florida State University football players from the Bowl game with Kentucky (which beat LSU, who may well be the next National Champion!) just when FSU needs them the most, when compiling a list of weird Florida stuff.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Welcome to Florida. I think all the nuts from other parts of the country live here, now

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Add enough flakes, and you could be the granola capital.

[BerryDingle]

Similarly, Hillsborough County deputies didn’t believe a woman when she said the vial they found in her purse contained dried cat urine, not methamphetamine. They should have. She sat in jail for two months until a test proved she was telling the truth. Drug charges were dropped.

Interesting. I wonder if any heads rolled over that.

[Moonman62]

The AP is stealing story ideas from Dave Barry.

[Moonman62]

A Miami man didn’t know the meaning of no when told he couldn’t get more chili sauce at a Wendy’s drive-through window. He wanted 10 packets and was told three was the limit, so he shot a store manager several times in the arm.

I was in Miami once and asked a cop how far it was to the nearest Wendys. He said, I don't know, no one's ever made it.

[the invisib1e hand]

there will be no shortage of material. Florida will be wierder next year.

Saw it off; kick it away.

[the invisib1e hand]

Interesting. I wonder if any heads rolled over that.

You have got to be kidding?! Hillsborough county, the place where a woman was hauled into jail for sunbathing. In her own back yard. Without being allowed to get dressed.

If you don't understand that someone probably got a freaking medal, then you just don't understand Florida.

[sig226]

They still haven't beaten the 2006 winner:

Alligator Bites Naked Man on Crack

[BerryDingle]

You have got to be kidding?! Hillsborough county, the place where a woman was hauled into jail for sunbathing. In her own back yard. Without being allowed to get dressed.

yup, and also the same county where a woman was pulled over for speeding near a hospital parking lot, she explained to the officer (being kind here, he was a shaved ape) that her father just had a heart attack and she was looking for his car. He started writing her up and she pulled ahead still looking. He called for backup, persued her with siren (about 6 feet and she stopped), ripped her out of the car, slammed her face down on the hood, and cuffed her. All the while the Ape's Sergeant stood there in disbelief and did nothing. By the way, her story checked out completely true.