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Showing posts with label Small Town Living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small Town Living. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Redneckville Police Blotter

Holaaaaaaaa all you law abiding citizens! Even though I live at the Palatial Estates, some parts of Redneckville are a little dodgy. So, let’s check the Redneckville Police blotter to see what kinds of dangerous people they’re dealing with. (Some of these are real and some are made up. You’ll have to guess which is which.)

- RPD received a call from a woman who lives on N. Sycamore saying that her ex-boyfriend keeps calling her and threatening her with physical violence. The RPD told her to call them back if he shows up at her house.

- A man who lives on W. Bower called to complain that people are “speeding like hell through the neighborhood” and he’s had enough of it. RPD promised extra patrols through the area.


- Employees at the Dollar General Store on Capps Road called the RPD just before 9 am on Thursday morning to say that there was a man who was possibly passed out in a car in their parking lot. Police talked to the man and found out that he was Dollar General’s newest employee and couldn’t remember what time the store opened and fell asleep while waiting.

- A man who lives on S. Cherry called the RPD to complain that someone was sitting in a car in front of his house stealing his Wi-Fi. He was counseled to set up a password on his Wi-Fi to protect it, but he claimed he didn’t know how. The man was given the phone number of a few companies around town where he could get help with his problem.


- An employee of the Dollar Tree called the RPD to say that a teenager had stolen a candy bar from the store. RPD confronted the teenager who insisted he had forgotten that he put the candy bar in his pocket. The teen was ticketed for petty theft charge and told to also get a haircut.

- A man who lives on Hawthorne Drive called the RPD to complain that a woman whom he had met from an online service stole his wallet when they met in person at a local hotel. He told officers that he didn’t want to file a formal complaint. He just wanted them to get his wallet and credit cards back without his wife or employer finding out about it.


- An eight year old child called 911 to tell the police that his dad was being really mean to him. The child was told to quit being a whiney little brat all the time and maybe daddy won’t have to be so angry and drink so much all the time.

- Someone called the RPD to complain that there was a deranged and possible drunk man at Maplewood Cemetery. Policed arrived to find a distraught 28 year old man crying uncontrollably while lying on the grave of his wife who passed way four days ago. The man was arrested for suspicion of public intoxication, creating a public disturbance and resisting arrest.





Friday, June 20, 2014

R.I.P. The Saddest Mall in America

Holaaaaaaaaa! Ladies and Gentlemen we gather here today to remember the Saddest Mall in America. At one time the Fashion Center Mall in Redneckville, Arkansas was a pretty nice little small town mall. There was a Penny’s, an Alco, a few locally owned clothing stores, a Maurices, a Goody’s a Hastings Records and Books, a Mall Twin Movie Theater, Betty’s Hair Salon, a children’s clothing store and Ye Old Ice Cream Parlor.


Over the last decade or so though, stores began leaving the mall. Some store owners simply retired and closed down. Others just weren’t profitable enough and became victims of corporate downsizing. As stores moved out, there just wasn’t anyone waiting to move in. So stores started papering over their windows and the mall got sadder and sadder over time. Anyone who ever read my old blog will remember that I declared The Fashion Center Mall “The Saddest Mall in America.” Here’s a little video I shot from inside the mall a few years ago…

                              

Well, now that mall is all locked up. The Penny’s is still there, located in the very front of the building so the only entrance to the store is from the front parking lot. Over on the north side of the building you can still find Little Caesar’s Pizza, the barber shop I frequent and the Shelter Insurance office that has been there since I was a little kid. Those are all accessed from the north parking lot though. All of the interior stores (as of five years ago I think there were only four left) are gone.  


Worst of all it’s no longer open for mall walkers. I don’t know where all the old people are going to go now to get their walking done. Oh sure, they could go walk around the lake, but it’s very hot and humid here in the summer. Walking inside the mall is a much nicer experience. The A/C helps keep people from overheating and the benches and water fountains allow people the chance to take a little break and sit and shoot the breeze for a couple of minutes before finishing their walk. Management appears to have no intention of reopening or doing anything to recruit new tenants.

Goodbye sad little mall. You will be missed.



Thursday, August 23, 2012

Low Tires and Full Bags

Hola y’all! So I had a very important top secret mission on Tuesday which I was using my mother’s car to accomplish. I used her car because it doesn’t get driven much and need to be and because it was full of gas. Before launching the mission I ran to Walgreen’s to take advantage of their four 12-packs of Pepsi for only $11 deal. Can’t pass that up!

As I was leaving I noticed that the front right tire on mom’s car was very low. So, I headed up to White Oak Station to use the air machine for only .75 cents. But, there was a problem. See, the thingy … uh … you know what I mean … THE THINGY! COME ON, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT! GODDAMMIT DON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT! THE DOOHICKEY YOU PUT THE AIR IN THE TIRE THROUGH.

Oh yeah, the stem … or … valve stem! Yeah, that’s it. Anyway, the valve stem on those tires is on the wrong side. It’s on the inside of the tire and I had to reach through a hole in the wheel to get to it. But, I couldn’t get the air hose through it and onto the valve stem. I was just letting more air out of the tire and I was afraid it was going to get stuck in there I would end up with a flat tire.

So, I had to go down the road a way to Beeler’s Tire Service. And of course I had to explain to the guy there who looked at me like a total fucking moron what the deal was. He then just nodded and went got a special thingamabob attachment to put on the air hose and started airing up the tires. I’m sure while he was doing that he was thinking “Look at Mr. Prissy McFancypants there who can’t even air up his own tires.” I just know he was thinking that and man it pisses me off.

Anyway, he airs up the tires and says “They were all low, but that one over there was all the way down to 18 pounds!” He did with this indignant “MY GOD! YOU CALL YOURSELF A MAN! YOU’VE PUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AT RISK THROUGH YOUR RECKLESS DRIVING ON A TIRE LOW ON AIR! I HAVE CHILDREN! YOU COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL AND KILLED THEM! look on his face.

This experience left me feeling pretty bad about myself for the rest of the day. On my way home I stopped at Hudson’s Grocery to pick up a few items. Hudson’s is “The People Pleasing Place” you know. Anyway, Hudson’s is an old school type grocery store where they not only bag your groceries but carry them out to your car for you. You big city folks probably don’t get that kind of service at your grocery stores.

Anyway, I don’t ever let them carry my bags out because I never have more than two anyway. Also, they use really good sack, the kinds with handles and everything. Top quality stuff. But, I guess I was feeling a bit defensive so when the kid asked “Need any help with these” I replied “DO I FUCKING LOOK LIKE I NEED HELP? I’M PRETTY SURE I CAN CARRY TWO LITTLE OLD SACKS OF FOOD TO MY CAR WITHOUT KEELING OVER.”

Okay, not really. But, I did rather sarcastically say “I’m pretty sure I can handle it.” Now I feel bad cause he was kind of apologetic the way he handed me the bags and said “Okay, yes sir. Here you go.” Worse than that, about halfway to the car I started thinking “Damn, did he put the canned goods AND the bag of potatoes in the same sack? This bitch is heavy.”

Jayman
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In other news we totally violated Rep. Todd Akin on the Legitimate Rape Show on I’m With Stupid today. You should totally listen.


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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Big Doing in a Small Town


It’s been a HUGE week here in the Redneckville, Arkansas Metroplex kids. We have a whole new grocery shopping experience in town. That’s right, an Aldi’s has opened up.  And, let me tell ya, that place is full of bargain processed food goodness. 

And the crowds came out in droves. They travelled far and wide as the news spread throughout the region through newspapers, the magic box that music and news comes out of and word-of-mouth.  People came into town from as far away as Nail and Swain to see what new fangled items of value the fancy building might hold. 

And OH what deals they have. Frozen pizzas for .99 cents? A box of Crunch Raisin Bran Cereal for only $1.99? A box of novelty ice cream treats for only $2.49? And Vienna Sausages for only a measly .39 cents a can? MY GOD MAN! These prices can’t be real! Why, they’re below Walmart prices. I must be dreaming. 

And apparently I wasn’t the only one. People were piling their carts high with reasonably priced food of questionable origin like they were getting ready for Y2K all over again.  So, I decided to strike a conversation with a few of ‘em. You know, just small talk like “big crowds, huh?” Or “Wow, they have some great prices!”

“My only regret is that we didn’t bring my old ’72 Ford Country Squire Wagon!” said one man. “We can only put so much into my wife’s TIE-YOTA.  But, we’re stocking up on some of the non-perishables. Not sure how long they’ll have these prices. I’m bettin’ ya these are just the ‘suck ‘em in’ prices.” 

Another person, a sweet young lady with blond hair and dazzling blue eyes who looked to be about 21 was stocking up on goodies. “My seven year old really shouldn’t be eating this stuff. But, I can sneak it into the house and hide it and bring it out little by little.  Everyone was saying this place was going to change my life, and I think they’re RIGHT!”

I’m tellin ya guys, it was a pretty festive atmosphere. Despite the crowds and downright freaking craziness in the parking lot, people were in a good mood and pleasant. The local radio station was doing a live remote and giving away tickets to see Larry the Cable Guy up in Branson.  There were children laughing lovers dreaming. And there were street performers and even a man in an Uncle Sam costume walking around on stilts. And of course clowns making balloon animals for the kids.

As for me, I thought it was alright. I can definitely save some money there. Pretty much everything I get at Walmart I can get at Aldi for the same price or less. And the crowds are certainly no worse than Walmart. So, the prospects of not having to go to Walmart every week make me very happy. 

But, they don’t sell beer and wine. What’s up with that?

Sunday, July 24, 2011

My Little Town ...


Last night on “I’m With Stupid” Matt-Man and Jayman took everyone on a virtual audio tour of our hometowns.  We talked about all the great sights there are to see.  Things like the hole in downtown Redneckville, AR and the gray beaches of the C.J. Brown State Reservoir just outside of Bagwine, Ohio. 

And we hit on a few other great things about our towns.  Jayman pointed out that in Redneckville you can grab the phonebook and find the local number for the KKK! How handy is that? Other great sites in Redneckville include “The Hole” downtown, beautiful Lakeshore Drive that stretches out as far as the eye can see for just less than one quarter of mile. Unfortunately, Country Time Jamboree has closed down, so live entertainment is limited to the Redneckville Not Ready for Primetime Players at the Lyric Theater.

Of course, Bagwine has its great sites too. As in the area where the Battle of Piqua! Currently the Clark County Fair is taking place and you can walk around and see every style of mullet there is. And Matt-Man also pointed out that Bagwine sports two … count them: TWO! Walmarts! Not to mention that included in the Bagwine Metroplex is the industrial wasteland of Dayton, Ohio. 

Also, we want to thank the Official Hot Mess of I'm With Stupid, Sunshine State Shirley for calling in. And then, as if there hadn’t been enough hilarity already, Mike called in! So, check the show out guys. It was a pretty damn funny 45 minutes this week. Well, every week is funny, but this week was downright jocular.

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In other news, the entire staff of the I’m With Stupid Media Empire would like to send out our most heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Amy Winehouse. Amy passed away yesterday tragically and we are all just devastated by her passing.  We discussed it and we felt that the best way to show how much we’ll miss Amy would be to name her this week’s IWS Babe of the Week. 

R.I.P. Amy. You will be sorely missed. 

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Tea Party To The Rescue...


Well folks, the slow, steady creep of socialism, fascism and all kinds of other bad isms has finally made it's way to Redneckville, Arkansas. Luckily for us though, we have a very strong local chapter of the Tea Party to protect us. Even if it kills us.

Our county commission struggled for months to come up with a new insurance plan for the areas of the county that are in a flood plain. Well, each time they met, the Tea Party folks were out in force to make sure no Socialism happened. The end results of course, is that they never passed a new plan.

So now, thanks to the Tea Party, there are lots of folks living in the flood plain who can't afford or even get flood insurance. Yes, they are required to carry flood insurance, but the Tea Party believes that these people are better off without any insurance at all than being in some filthy govt plan. No, none of the Tea Party people who forced this on everyone live in said flood plain. Why do you ask?

Anyway, after the flood insurance debacle the leader of the local Tea Party, who I'll just call Mr. Napoleon because he pretty much declared himself Tea Party Emperor, sent out a warning to both the county and city governments that “We'll be watching you.”

I immediately offered to help him out with that. What with my expert stalking skills and all, but he insists that he didn't mean it “that way.” Obviously a guy with his kind of political talent would be perfect for Michele Bachmann's campaign.

Well, our European loving socialist-like mayor is at it again. This is the man who brought the devil's juice to Boone County Arkansas in the last election. That being the approval by voters of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. So, as you can imagine, Mayor Mussolini isn't exactly the Tea Party's favorite guy.

Anyway, our mayor isn't happy with the state of our garbage collection in town. He's unhappy because the company contracted to do it is inefficient and charges residents too much. So, he is proposing that the city take over trash collection instead of contracting it out. *insert ominous Imperial March music here*

Not only does this crazy dude want to provide a service to the residents of Redneckville more efficiently and cheaper, he has a really radical idea of how to do it. He wants to use …. get this …. federal grants to pay for the equipment and get the whole thing started!! GASP!

But wait! It gets worse! He says that the city's trash collection system will include .. wait for it …. RECYCLING!!!! Just like them Nazi's did!

Well, needless to say the local Tea Party is having none of this. It's bad enough that he's making govt work for the people, but he's using federal money to do it. AND we all know that ALL federal money comes from the stimulus.

Folks, this is a town full of decent people. We do all our stimulating indoors, at night and with the blinds closed like good, decent, God-fearin' Americans!! What will the children think if we go along with this crazy-ass plan?

Hell, the next thing you know, Mayor Mussolini will propose that we allow beer sales at public events like Crawdad Days. Or even allow for the sale of liquor by the drink in town. DURING THE DAY! And, he might even propose allowing beer and wine sales on Sunday AKA: God's Day.

Oh wait. He already has proposed those things. God help us. I better get out of town before we all get turned to into pillars of salt. What does everyone think that flooding this spring was? It was obviously a warning from God that he isn't happy with our quaint, pure and innocent little town being turned into Sin City by this atheist mayor.

Only the Tea Party can save us now.
Jayman