Police Try to Help Man with Crotch Cut
First stop: ER for crotch repair; next stop: jail… Cops responding to a domestic disturbance at an apartment in GA heard a man threaten to kill someone, only to beg for help seconds later. They found him lying in a pool of blood, nursing a huge cut to his scrotum. He had different stories about how he wound up on the floor bleeding from between his legs. (Oddly they didn’t question who he threatened to kill.)
The officers called for an ambulance and learned the man was wanted for a felony probation violation. When paramedics arrived, the man refused treatment. Instead he questioned, “Is this really necessary?” (Personally, if I had a gaping hole in my crotch that was NOT my related to existing orifices, I’d be slightly less contentious with emergency medical technicians…) Refusing to cooperate, an officer finally handcuffed him and took him to the hospital in the back of his patrol car.
Once in an examination room, the man proceeded to curse out female nurses so badly that the hospital assigned a male nurse to deal with him. He then spit in the face of another police officer. After his release he was charged with disorderly conduct, simple battery on a police officer (for spitting) and probation violation. The moral of the story is: If you’re already wanted for probation violations, don’t injure your crotch, curse out a nurse, and spit at a cop.
(Not So) Great Expectorations
What is it about this time of year that makes people shoot phlegm out of their mouths in every direction, in broad daylight, and in plain view no less? Seriously, who decided this is ok? Is it really any better than picking your nose in public? I can’t tell you how much it absolutely mortifies me when someone in my near vicinity projects a loogey that lands only inches from my feet.
I’m really curious as to why there hasn’t been any kind of legislation passed to prevent this disgusting act. In researching the topic, Wikipedia let me know that social attitudes towards spitting have changed greatly; esp. in Western Europe since the Middle Ages.
Then, frequent spitting was part of everyday life, and at all levels of society, it was thought ill-mannered to suck back saliva to avoid spitting. By the early 1700s, spitting had become seen as something which should be concealed, and by 1859 many viewed the spitting on the floor or street as vulgar, especially in mixed company. I could not agree more!
Spittoons were used openly during the nineteenth century to provide an acceptable outlet for spitters. Spittoons became far less common after the influenza epidemic of 1918, and their use has since virtually disappeared, though each justice of the Supreme Court of the United States continues to be provided with a personal cuspidor.
About the only legislation I could find regarding the subject is that spitting may be considered an assault and battery. Seems really lenient for such a nasty, disease spreading habit.
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