Florida Man Friday: The Florida Trip, the Georgia Cop, His White Claw, and the Prostitution Sting

The Most Florida Man Story Ever (This Week)

Florida Man pulls 3-foot sword on cops after they approach his car

Never bring a sword to a taser fight:

Deputies from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office approached a Nissan Altima in North Fort Meyers because it was blocking the bike line, WBBH-TV reported. Inside of the car, they found a man reclined in the driver’s seat.

After learning that the man provided the deputies with a fake name, the deputies asked him to step outside of the vehicle. As police tried to remove him, he reached towards his center console and drew the three-foot blade, attached to a metal dragon-shaped handle, according to the outlet.

Deputies attempted to tase the man, but were unsuccessful. He then began poking the weapon out of his car window at the officers.

In hopes of doing what, exactly?

But wait, there’s more.

Florida Man then rolled up the window — again, hoping to do what? — and then tried to make his escape out the passenger door. That’s when he finally got tased and cuffed.

Cops found meth and pot in the car, which maybe means that Florida Man’s actions at least made sense to Florida Man.

SCORE: 1 point in each category for Vehicular Madness, Drugs/Alcohol, Weapon (Unusual), Resisting Arrest, Fleeing.
TOTAL: 5 FMF Points.

Man, I love it when we get to start with a high-scoring report.

Mother Theresa, You’re Doing It Wrong

Florida Man, local ‘Mother Theresa’ charged in $196M Ponzi scheme

I won’t bore you with the details of the Ponzi scheme, since they’re all pretty much the same. The original investors get paid “dividends” that are actually the investments made by later investors, and those investors get paid “dividends” from the next round of investors until the whole thing collapses or the bad guys get busted.

Busted is what happened to Florida Man and Florida Woman “Mother Theresa.”

What I like is how she got the name:

The SEC filing against her describes an MJ Capital May 12, 2021, website blog stating that Florida Woman “is often referred to as “Mother Theresa” in her community,” because she found a way to “help hard working individuals make money and that she helps her merchant clients get the financing they need.”

It’s easy to get people to like you when you throw other people’s money at them. It’s even easier when you just slap yourself with the Mother Theresa label.

SCORE: I’m awarding 3 bonus Chutzpah points for awarding herself the Mother Theresa title.
RUNNING TOTAL: 8 FMF Points.

Midnight Train from Georgia

Deputy police chief showed up at Polk County prostitution sting with $180, pack of White Claw, sheriff says

Georgia Man, don’t try to beat Florida Man at his own game.

A Georgia deputy police chief landed behind bars after authorities said he was busted in a prostitution sting in Polk County last Thursday.

Deputies said Georgia Deputy Police Chief Man showed up at their meeting spot in an undercover police cruiser normally assigned to agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Deputies said Georgia Man gave the undercover detective $180 and a multi-pack of White Claw Hard Seltzer. He was promptly arrested.

A “borrowed” undercover DEA cruiser, $180, and a multi-pack of White Claw? If only the hooker had been real, that’s what I’d call a Saturday night.

I take it back, Georgia Man. You keep doing your own thing.

SCORE: Stupid Crime, Drugs/Alcohol, Tourist Who Just Can’t Handle It, WTF Were You Even THINKING? Oh, and a Chutzpah point for showing up in somebody else’s undercover car.
RUNNING TOTAL: 13 FMF Points.

Previously on Florida Man Friday: Do a Little Dance, Fall a Little Down, Get Drunk Tonight

Only in Florida™

Florida Woman snaps photo of alligator being hauled behind SUV

Yep, that’s a gator.

Winning detail: “She said she had to speed up quite a bit to get close enough to take a photo.”

There isn’t enough to this story to really write it up, but I know exactly how to score it.

SCORE: 1 Chutzpah point to Florida Woman for her mad driving skills, and 3 Awesome Points to Florida Whomever for correctly transporting a large and heavy load.
TOTAL: 17 FMF Points.

I Can’t Even

Florida Man reportedly obsessed with school shootings charged after dead animals left at Parkland memorial

I don’t usually cover the really gruesome stories, so I won’t get into the gory details.

But we do need to talk about Florida Man’s face tattoos.

I can see what he’s going for there with the whole skull look — the blacked-out area on the nose, the similar effect where the eye cavities would be, the exposed teeth.

That’s a lot of effort and pain (and stupid) on display.

So why go and ruin it with facial hair? There’s a trimmed mustache sitting right on top of his upper row of teeth.

I’m so confused but not nearly as confused as Florida Man is.

(You’ll just have to trust me on the scoring unless you want to click the link and see for yourself. I suggest not.)

SCORE: Stupid Crime, Face/Neck Tattoos, Caught on Video, WTF Were You Even THINKING?
RUNNING TOTAL: 21 FMF Points.

So How Did Florida Man Do This Week?

Five stories, 21 points, and a record-tying average of 4.2 points per story.

Nice job, fellas. Keep it up.

Meanwhile, in Colorado…

Colorado Man Impersonating A Cop Pulls Over Off-Duty Police Officer

Colorado Man went to an awful lot of trouble to impersonate a cop:

Speaking to CBS Colorado, Adams County Deputy Gilbert Abdulla said he was driving on I-76 when a Dodge Durango with racing stripes caught his attention. The SUV pulled up close to the officer and starting following very closely.

That’s when he saw a strip of LED lights illuminate over the Durango‘s dash. Something about the vehicle got his hackles up, though, and he felt that something was wrong. “This can’t be real” he recalled thinking.

You can probably guess the rest.

A story like that can mean only one thing: Florida Man has exactly one week to reclaim his crown of glory in time for the next exciting episode of…

Florida Man Friday!