NationStates Jolt Archive

It seems to me I am seeing more and more stories out of Florida that give the impression that the people there are not just weird but also somewhat stupid. For instance:

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Annoyed with a sheriff's helicopter flying over her house late Thursday night, Marjorie Thompson ran outside with a bottle rocket launcher and started shooting rockets at the aircraft, authorities said.

Authorities said they caught Thompson, 44, in the act of launching the second bottle rocket.

Thompson is facing a felony charge of shooting or throwing a deadly missile into an aircraft.

The helicopter was in the area searching for a suspect in a car theft, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

The helicopter's pilot said the craft's flight pattern was never in jeopardy.

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By tommorow, however, California will regain it's title as most "WTF??-ed" state in the union.

I dunno, Florida's pretty messed up. We're talking about the state that gave us both Britney Spears and Limp Bizkit, remember...

I dunno, Florida's pretty messed up. We're talking about the state that gave us both Britney Spears and Limp Bizkit, remember...
Hey--Britney Spears is from Louisiana. I was in the same undergraduate university with her brother (while he attended, that is). He was a PE major. No, I am not making this up.

I dunno, Florida's pretty messed up. We're talking about the state that gave us both Britney Spears and Limp Bizkit, remember...

Actually, we didnt give the world Britney Spears...that 'honor' goes to like Mississippi, or a state bordering it.

Thank God.

Well you know, Florida has a lot of elderly people who've retired and settled there... Just a thought...

Well you know, Florida has a lot of elderly people who've retired and settled there... Just a thought...

Yeah, we also got alot of Jewish people. And alot of Cuban people who've 'settled' here too. And a few Jewish Cuban people. Whats your point?

I dunno, Florida's pretty messed up. We're talking about the state that gave us both Britney Spears and Limp Bizkit, remember...

And what state do you come from thats so perfect?

It seems to me I am seeing more and more stories out of Florida that give the impression that the people there are not just weird but also somewhat stupid. For instance:

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Annoyed with a sheriff's helicopter flying over her house late Thursday night, Marjorie Thompson ran outside with a bottle rocket launcher and started shooting rockets at the aircraft, authorities said.

Authorities said they caught Thompson, 44, in the act of launching the second bottle rocket.

Thompson is facing a felony charge of shooting or throwing a deadly missile into an aircraft.

The helicopter was in the area searching for a suspect in a car theft, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

The helicopter's pilot said the craft's flight pattern was never in jeopardy.

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By tommorow, however, California will regain it's title as most "WTF??-ed" state in the union.Odd as this story is, all it tells me really is that you have really odd standards for what makes a state "WTFed."

What's a bottle rocket?

Yeah, we also got alot of Jewish people. And alot of Cuban people who've 'settled' here too. And a few Jewish Cuban people. Whats your point?

Dude, I'm just kidding! Keep your panties on, please!! :eek:

What's a bottle rocket?
It's basically a firecracker on a thin stick, but instead of being rigged to explode right away, it's set to thrust out of the fuse end for about 15 seconds, fly up into the air (or towards whatever you have it aimed at) and then pop--usually unsatisfyingly.

They're called bottle rockets because the preferred launcher was a glass soda bottle. When my friends were younger, we use to just hold the sticks and launch them, then complain later about how our hands and forearms were burnt to shit.

Dude, I'm just kidding! Keep your panties on, please!! :eek:

No, its fine...I just wanted to know your point, thats all. :p

And what state do you come from thats so perfect?
none.

Everyone seems to have decided that California and Florida are the country's paragons of weirdness. It seems to me that we're neglecting all the other states, let's make an effort, it shouldn't be too hard, to find at least one weird thing each about all the other states in the union - we could start with Texas - not too hard, given it's relationship with Bush.

Everyone seems to have decided that California and Florida are the country's paragons of weirdness. It seems to me that we're neglecting all the other states, let's make an effort, it shouldn't be too hard, to find at least one weird thing each about all the other states in the union - we could start with Texas - not too hard, given it's relationship with Bush.


may i remind you that florida also has a relationship with Bush. His brother is Florida's govenor

Florida certainly sounds like the place to be. Cuz you know, bottle rockets and helicopters and such... you don't hear about stuff like that anywhere else that often... (one of the local news stations here in Toronto is obsessed with American "weirdness".. they like to broadcast stuff like that all the time)

Hmm, something odd about North Carolina. Hmmm, I dunno really, I'll have to look it up.

Never liked Florida..

may i remind you that florida also has a relationship with Bush. His brother is Florida's govenor

Please don't.

may i remind you that florida also has a relationship with Bush. His brother is Florida's govenor

You dont need to remind me. Look at my location. And what about it, Bush is a good governor.

none.

Then what country?

Never liked Florida..

Why?

It's basically a firecracker on a thin stick, but instead of being rigged to explode right away, it's set to thrust out of the fuse end for about 15 seconds, fly up into the air (or towards whatever you have it aimed at) and then pop--usually unsatisfyingly.

They're called bottle rockets because the preferred launcher was a glass soda bottle. When my friends were younger, we use to just hold the sticks and launch them, then complain later about how our hands and forearms were burnt to shit.
Totally been there...

California is pretty sqaured away compared to the outrageous whackjobs who run Kansas or Flordia or Texas, to be honest.

Stickers on textbooks? Arent we supposed to be *fighitng* the taliban?

Odd as this story is, all it tells me really is that you have really odd standards for what makes a state "WTFed."

WTF-when something makes you think WTF.

Sheesh, I have joked about them, calling them Afgani rocket's. Was the guy retarded, did he really expect not to be caught?

Why?
The first second I got off the plane, I decided people who live in FL are crazy. I got there at 10am and it was already 92 out. Then, at the hotel, I was just.. tired.. and grumpy.

Bumped in to some cuban girl who probably never learned english, she gave me this look, and that just.. pissed me off.

To sum it up, the water is horrible, the cubans are assholes, and it's way too hot.

No, Florida pretty much always had California beaten in the insanity department. Outside of Hollywood, Orange County, and Berkeley, we're all a fairly well-adjusted bunch.

may i remind you that florida also has a relationship with Bush. His brother is Florida's govenor

And his name is Jeb.

JEB!!!!!

Cubans are assholes, I am a native born Cuban, now Cuban American Citizen, anti Fidel, anti Chavez, anti Evo Morales, pro President Bush, pro Governor Jeb Bush, I used to work with a guy named Jeb in Miami Florida, actually Broward county, to many Cubans the same, and I have lived in Californa, and now live in Florida, LOL.