No Dorothy, Elmo Doesn’t Like Strangers Attacking Him

September 27th, 2010. By LucyC

See What Happens When You Leave the ‘Hood, Elmo? Poor old Elmo—he certainly isn’t having an easy time of it these days. In addition to having his duet with Katy Perry yanked from the scheduled November 3rd air time of the Street, because Katy was showing a little too much T&A for the PTA, he was attacked at a music store in Winter Park, Florida last week. Just for clarity—he didn’t write the song… 

Apparently the man hired to wear the Elmo suit for an event at Winter Park Village was on his break and went to check out some tunes in a local music store (don’t even go there), when a complete stranger attacked him. But Elmo fought back—broke two of the assailant’s fingers! I like his style! 

The attack was “unprovoked ” according to Winter Park police Lt. Wayne Farrell. “He immediately thought (the man dressed as Elmo) was a threat,” Farrell told the Orlando Sentinel. Farrell called the ensuing struggle a “very physical fight,” with multiple punches thrown. Now that is something I would like to have seen! 

“Elmo got the best of the guy,” Farrell said. And Elmo’s attacker? Taken to hospital to have his fingers mended and undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Maybe that test should be administered to the conscientious objectors of the Street’s video.

In case you haven’t seen the offending Katy Perry video, it’s right up at top.

Gee, Thanks Officer…Lion’s Pose will Help me Get Over that Ticket! While we’re on the subject of enough—this is enough to make you take up voodoo—and give up the downward dog forever Amen!

Officials in Cambridge MA, have, they believe, had a stroke of genius. In an effort to keep residents happy, they’ve had some basic information on keeping calm printed on the back of parking tickets. This information includes instructions on how to bend into yoga positions. No. Not kidding. I feel my blood pressure rising already.

Transportation head Susan Clippinger says they “debunk the idea that all parking tickets are a hostile action.” What planet is she living on? (Oh, right, Massachusetts!) I don’t know about you, but I know what I’d be likely to do with that kind of ticket—as the instructions on keeping calm could be wide open to interpretation.

Note to Self: Buy Belt. This guy may just be the ultimate fashion victim. A young man clad in a pair of pants that were barely staying up—you know the ones—the waistline is at your ankles and it’s all about the underwear—was ordered by police to put his hands up. Just to be clear, he is/was a drug suspect, allegedly. In any event, up went his hands and down went his trousers. (I sure hope his knickers were clean).

When the officer went to hoist the fellow’s pants back up he discovered a gun–that led to a 5-year prison term for possession of a firearm. I’m guessing the young man’s attorney made a claim on appeal that this constituted an illegal search, because a Minnesota court subsequently ruled that pulling up sagging pants does not, in fact, constitute an illegal search—even when a gun is found. But hey, the defense had to try something, right? Crazy.

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