Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Seven tries to be a firefighter, Miko Grimes is relevant because ??? and Condom Machine 1, German Idiot 0


- In this corner, Spanish-born, U.S.-based pop singer Enrique Iglesias, an object of desire for women the whole world ‘round. In the opposite corner, fighting mad and looking to wield his executive power against the forces of evil and seduction contained in Iglesias’ songs and hips, is Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. The man in charge of the tiny island nation is enraged in the wake of a few of his nation’s ladies removing their bras and hurling them at Iglesias during his recent concert in the country. The gig was in support of Iglesias’ 10th album “Sex and Love,” so maybe the powers that be should have surmised that there would be some heavy sexual overtones involved. Hell, Iglesias’ entire act is based very little on talent of good music and heavily on his sex appeal, so this was all but guaranteed to happen. Yet after video surfaced of the undergarment tossing, Sirisena called the bra-throwing "uncivilized behavior that goes against our culture" and then took it a step further by suggesting that the concert’s promoters should be "beaten with poisonous stingray tails.” Dude, if you’re bringing deadly stingray tails into the mix, ish just got real. In conclusion, Sirisena said "these indecent concerts should never receive authorization again in Sri Lanka” and ripped the expensive ticket prices for the shoe as well. He’s actually right about the tickets, which cost between 5,000 and 50,000 rupees (about $70 to $700). Those ducat costs are the true outrage and yet in a statement after the show, all promoters addressed was the gates for the concert opening later than expected an inconveniencing many fans. Just a farce all around on this one………


- Condoms are meant to prevent unwanted population growth. Condom machines themselves generally don’t play such a final role in the process. A machine minding its own business in the German town of Schoeppingen, near the Dutch border, was forced to play a much bigger part than it was ever intended to play over the weekend when a trio of ass hats decided that the best way to kick off their weekend was to rob said condom machine. It’s unclear whether the machine’s product supply or its cash supply was the primary target, but what is clear is that a man died after he and two others blew the machine, sending debris flying in all directions. The suspect who died was hit in the head by a flying piece of metal because all three men apparently got into a car after triggering the explosion, but this dimwit didn't close his door and was hit by debris when the machine exploded. Yes, killed by condom machine shrapnel. What a way to go out, in a hail of shrapnel, cash and condom packets. Police who were called to the scene found the money and rubbers lying on the ground apparently untouched after the two suspects who survived brought their friend to a hospital. These geniuses came up with quite a story, telling emergency personnel that he had fallen down stairs. That story quickly unraveled and one of the men later admitted the victim's injuries were related to the explosion. The good news is that while condoms are never foolproof and therefore the victim could have still become a father, the finality of this situation permanently removes this moron from the gene pool. Problem solved………


- If the Miami Dolphins were as good at football as cornerback Brent Grimes’ wife Miko is at running her mouth, the New England Patriots wouldn’t be the AFC East champions this season. Miko Grimes draws more attention than her husband ever will based on his play on the field and in the past, she has proven why social media is a loaded gun capable of serious self-inflicted damage by ranting about topics such as her husband not winning MVP honors at the Pro Bowl, how the Atlanta Falcons mistreated him, what she perceives as greed and sexism by the NFL and even the New England Patriots for releasing defensive tackle Vince Wilfork. In fact, Miko Grimes - a woman who has no real reason to be any sort of semi-famous figure - is such a loudmouth that she has her own local radio show. Oh, and there was that time she was arrested on charges of battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct outside of Sun Life Stadium before a Bills-Dolphins game. Those charges were eventually dropped, just like the nuke she dropped this week on Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill. Miko Grimes has targeted Tannehill before and to be fair, dude is a popular object of scorn based on his six-year, $96 million contract and 28-35 record as a starter. Still, it took Miko Grimes about five seconds to go off on Tannehill after the Dolphins lost 18-12 to the Colts on Sunday. Prior to making her Twitter account private, she wrote,  "I knew this qb stunk the minute we signed to this team but I tried to keep quiet so I didn't discourage bae from believing in his team.” Aww, how sweet. Look at the narcissist with rage issues and no self-control wanting to prop up the apparently feeble self-confidence of her millionaire, professional athlete husband……….


- Everyone needs a second chance…and a third….and a fourth….and a fifth, sixth and seventh. That’s where would-be New York City firefighter Wendy Tapia comes in. Tapia badly wants to be a firefighter, so much so that she has taken the test six times and keeps coming back for more even though it’s pretty clear she doesn’t have what it takes to be a first responder. She was allowed to conditionally graduate from the Fire Academy on May 17, 2013, despite being unable to run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes or less because she used the excuse that a foot injury slowed her down. Either than is one nagging foot injury or this lady was lying because she’s been unsuccessful in five additional attempts despite the department’s magnanimous attitude in giving her try after try after try. Following her sixth failed attempt, in November 2013, Tapia resigned and returned to EMS never having worked a full-fledged shift, but she clearly never gave up on that dream of getting in shape/not being slow as hell and will now receive a seventh opportunity to become a full-fledged member of the department. She applied again and is among a group of EMTs promoted to probationary firefighters. Her group started an 18-week training academy Monday and you won't believe this, but some within the department believe Tapia will be allowed to pass the running test by FDNY brass because officials  fear a gender discrimination lawsuit. Rubber stamping someone for a job they’re in no way qualified for simply to avoid a lawsuit and placate a person in denial about their own shortcomings? Bureaucratic organizations never, ever, ever do that sort of thing. "All who enter the academy must meet the same requirements in order to graduate," FDNY spokesman Jim Long said in trying to diffuse a potentially ugly situation………

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