Here's your sign!

My husband brought home a newspaper this past weekend. It had been lying about in the break room and he snagged it before it could be thrown away. I haven’t read a paper in ages so he thought it would be a treat. He was right- kinda sorta.
I can’t believe how stupid people are! I read one thing after another that made me want to say, “Here’s your sign!” But this particular story took the cake.
A couple was involved in a domestic dispute over which one of them was going to the store for a pack of cigarettes. The woman became enraged when the man refused to go. The argument escalated to physical violence. At this point the man pulled his pocket knife out and slashed his partner’s arm. She ran outside. He followed her out and the battle continued.
Of course someone called the police. They arrived, broke up the fight and arrested the couple. Here’s the part that really gets me- they had drug paraphernalia on them. The police searched the house and found the drugs. So instead of taking 20 minutes to walk to the store for cigarettes they are facing 20 years in prison! HELLO!! “Here is your brain- here is your brain on drugs.”
This one comes in at a close second. A man called 911 to ask how many marijuana plants he could grow legally. The answer was none. He thanked the operator and hung up. He had used his home phone to make the call. Police went to his house, confiscated his “plant collection” and arrested him.
Honorable mention goes to the “Dear Abby” column. There are real people with real problems out there. I wanted to tell the people who wrote in to “get a life”! Particularly to the person who wanted to tell her stunningly beautiful co-worker that she dresses too plainly. Abby’s answer included the statement, “Not everyone has the same taste in fashion.” I would have said-“MYOB”(mind your own business).
The best part of the entire paper was the comic section. The cartoons were sensible, making relevant comments that pertained to real life and I could connect with the characters. Wow- that says a lot about the world today, doesn’t it?
That’s the view from my side of the street, what’s yours?