Is this real life? Here I am in New York “Fuckin” City, the roughest as well as toughest city that never sleeps—not even for a minute. Well maybe all of that insomnia is getting to us because—what’s this?—Swedish tourists are the “tough guys” here now?
This past weekend was the running of the annual Tough Guy race in the English countryside, which touts itself as the "toughest race in the world." It looks pleasant.
A 29-year-old man from Baltimore was arrested last week after attempting to rob a hair salon in Annapolis, Maryland. He would have gotten away with it, too, had the receptionist not noticed that his "gun" looked suspiciously like fingers, causing her to laugh at him until he just eventually left! Ugh. Women.
Celebrities: scaredy-cats! Turns out it's not just paranoid right-wing action star wannabes like Roger Ailes and Sean Hannity who are licensed to carry guns. So do a host of other New York celebrities. What is Marc Anthony so scared of?
"American Bad Ass" Kid Rock says he and his entourage beat the hell out of a man at a Georgia Waffle House in 2007 only after they were provoked. Kid Rock is being sued by Harlen Akins for $6,000.
Lt. Col. Vincent Nyakarundi, a veteran of African peacekeeping missions, is Rwanda's first-ever military attache to the UN. He doesn't need to come all that way to get mugged. Could you face crime with the equanimity of Vincent Nyakarundi?
Hee haw: Leading grammarian Sean Hannity made fun of Martha Coakley's campaign for misspelling "Massachusetts" in an ad, just after Hannity's show misspelled John McCormack's name. Hannity should have been lecturing McCormack on how to properly nut-punch someone.
