Please forgive my extended absence, dearest reader, but tonight I sat down to do some more work, saw this headline, and thought of you. Indeed, this short news post from MSNBC contains perhaps one of the strangest paragraphs I've read in some time:
"Police say a Japanese pop star dressed up as a pineapple has been robbed while shooting a music video in southern Sweden."
Is it Sweden's frigid northern clime that makes them detest tropical fruit so, or conversely, did the young men who committed the assault so love pineapples that their conscious minds disintegrated in a red wash of fury when they saw their beloved fruit impersonated by a Japanese pop idol? Either way, it involved a grown man in a foam suit getting punched in the face, and if you're a fan of major league mascot death-matches like I am, you know any man vs. costume violence is the good stuff, especially since bum fights are currently in the off season.
The truly sad part, though, is that the man wasn't actually "shooting a music video" at the moment. In truth, "the pineapple-clad artist had been left alone with the equipment while the camera crew went for a break." The poor guy was just sitting there, so small-time that when the camera crew needs to take a break, he's literally the only person around to watch their stuff. I bet the poor bastard was wearing a fanny-pack, too. Not sure why - I just get that feeling.
Come on, now. Who could want to attack this guy?
2 comments:
I like how he goes from "This is ok" to "Is this ok?" for a refrain. Awfully post-modern of...aww, who am I kidding? I would have bought a plane ticket just to have the opportunity to watch this clown get robbed!
lol - i agree with Greg. seriously lame.
thanks for the post- still laughing Colonel!
... why a pineapple?....
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