Maybe some week, nobody will deserve this notoriety. This week, though, good candidates abound.
Some thought Phillies limited partner Bill Giles showed symptoms of galloping foot-in-mouth disease when he suggested, in remarks made Monday, that pitcher Brett Myers was wrongly accused, that the president of his playoff-starved team was "sensational," and fan negativity about the team was some kind of talk-radio distortion. (See poll, in which fans clearly disagreed.)
On a more serious, there's the New York doctor accused of blowing up his building in a "botched suicide attempt during a bitter divorce."
Some folks might like to nail Madonna for wearin a crown of thorns and hanging on a cross during shows like the ones this week in Philadelphia.
How about those Delaware women accused of stashing their mother's corpse in a Rubbermaid tub in their house with dozens of sick cats? They may have wanted to keep collecting her Social Security, perhaps to help their Meow Mix bills.
Giants defensive end Michael Strahan isn't just a sacks maniac, according to his wife in this divorce case. She says he rigged up a bedroom camera to tape her sister undressing.
But if you suspect Strahan is one randy dandy, how about the Russian farmer who asked President Putin during a webcast if it was OK if his mate was an animal. Not as in: She's a woman who's wild in bed like an animal. As in: She's a cow. As in: Moooooooo! "All the girls have left our small village, so I cannot find a woman to be with. But I love animals very much," he said. He might have been kidding, of course, but you could still fault him for besmirching his nation's reputation. It's unclear what the reply was from Putin, who publically kissed a boy's belly recently.
I'm probably overlooking some great candidates once again. If so, be sure to post your alternative suggestions here.
My vote goes to Ayesha Harris, the Philadelphia woman who gave her 10 month old baby to a neighbor. The neighbor wanted to take the baby to a party in West Philadelphia.
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This calls to mind a term I heard recently - "felony stupid".
1. What kind of party warrants the attendance of a 10 month old, and the mother is not invited?
2. What kind of mother lets a neighbor (not a close friend even)take their child outside of the neighborhood to a party where the mother doesn't know anyone?
3. And just when you thought she couldn't get any more stupid, the news clip showed the family taking the baby home from the hospital in a car....sitting in the mother's lap. No car seat or seat belt in sight. And the hospital let her go like that?!?!
Bill Giles was all set to get my vote until this happened.
On another disturbing note, in my search to find the mother's name again, I Googled "10 month old" figuring that would get me the latest news clips, which it did.
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That makes me very afraid.
Allegedly she did this. Allegedly. Tried your Google search, but wasn't the same for me. I'll try it again later, and if I see it, I'll "print screen" to capture the photo and post it soon. Thanks.
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ReplyDeleteDammit! Screen capture. I didn't even think of that, and I could easily have done it.
ReplyDeleteNow I can't retrieve it either. Actually, I'm not getting any sidebar ads on Google which is unusual.
Well, if I find it again tomorrow, I will most definitely get a screen capture and send it in.
Allegedly. Based on the statements made by the mother's family and friends who have talked to the press, I think that's being generous. However, there's also no evidence that says that's the whole story, so benefit of the doubt goes to the mother.
The news clip of the baby sitting in her lap was factual, but sad to say, it hardly qualifies her as idiot of the week. Too many others are just as dumb.
My vote goes to Lorna Jeanne Dudash. She's the lady who called 9-1-1 to get the name of a "cute cop." She was arrested for misuse of the emergency calling system.
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