Sunday, May 21, 2017

Random Scandal Sheet for Sunday 5/21/17

What southern Florida is talking about this week:

Everything!

I grew up in a small(ish) town in central PA, where one of my favorite things to do was to read the police log to see what kind of trouble people you knew had recently gotten into.

Down here in the SoFlo, the "police blotter" is STILL one of the best things to read in the local paper, although the names are removed.  And *that* just makes me think of each and every person featured as #Floridaman (and #Floridawoman).

And let me tell you something -- #Floridaman and #Floridawoman have been super super busy in the last fortnight.  I don't know which one is my favorite from this batch -- the man who saw his boyfriend take his wallet out of his pants on a "date" (but where were the pants at the time?) ... the couple caught stealing sweet tea, chicken and watermelon chunks ('cause who doesn't like a picnic) ... or the 18 year old who got slapped -- hard, it says -- for cutting in front of the woman in the Checkers drive-thru. 

At least up until the time *my* story shows up there, it's one of the highlights of my week.

OH FLORIDA MAN ... HOW FUN YOU ARE!:
https://floridaman.com/

SPEAKING OF FUNNY POLICE BLOTTERS:
https://www.ranker.com/list/funny-police-blotters/nathandavidson?var=7&utm_expid=16418821-409.ZHh11RFyTNmO_Mn5KtBY8w.2&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

A SLIGHTLY MORE SCHOLARLY APPROACH TO POLICE BLOTTERS:
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/12/21/close-readings-police-blotter/