Punching Kitty was a writing project for the city of St. Louis to have a little fun and try to get everyone to stop taking themselves so seriously…and hopefully highlight some critical issues along the way. Not everyone liked it (it turns out people don’t love being made fun of) but we converted a lot of people and I take pride that the site was truly well read. From the local media, to area police departments, Punching Kitty truly became a source for news and entertainment for St. Louis.
We had a lot of fun, but all good things need an ending and ours was on March 13th, 2013. When we closed up shop the news made local radio, TV, and even the front page of STLToday (The St. Louis Post Dispatch’s website) where we were the top story over a new pope being named. Wild stuff.
While we will no longer actively write, the site will stay up as an archive for St. Louis.
- The Editor
Everyone thinks their home town is the craziest. “Oh man. Crazy times back then. You think this place is crazy?! Dude. Nothing like my town.” Wouldn’t it be fun if someone ruined all those arguments by making up random data points and then ranking the cities accordingly?
The Daily Beast did just that. We didn’t win.
St. Louis came in at #21 with 20 psychiatrists per capita, a stress score* of 23, a 34 on eccentricity*, a drinking rating* of 22 and the following comment:
[Read More]After the post about a family raping and pretend marrying each other, we needed a hot St. Louisan to cut the gross.
I present to you the Jenna Fischer Chaser:
Hat tip to Xeni of BoingBoing’s Unicorn Chaser inspiration.
I have no idea where Lexington, Missouri is and frankly I don’t want to know because a family was recently arrested there and…well…tell ’em block quote:
Burrell Jr. of Independence, his three brothers, his father and an uncle have all been arrested. Their alleged victims have made allegations of years of rape and incest,
Dude.
[…] including mock weddings
Awww, dude.
[…] and claims that children were forced to kill a 300-pound man who had been kidnapped
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Everyone knows by now that have the world’s supply of popular 80s icons named Corey has been dropped by half after the news yesterday of Corey Haim’s death that made the world stand up and say “Oh yeah! …Wait, which one was he?”
But did you know that there was a late-life connection between Haim and St. Louis? …and it was right under TMZ’s nose!
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Its all over the blogs. That fake weed K2 has been banned in St. Charles apparently because for a second there, a child enjoyed himself in St. Charles and that crap just can’t keep happening.
Besides the fact that the poor emo kids that are too pussy to buy real weed are now really sad and won’t stop watching their Twilight DVD, something else amazing happened! Channel 4, KMOV, learned a little bit about how America works. Good for them.
[Read More]This KSDK “I’m Just Sayin’” thing is such a trainwreck I can’t help but not mention it just one more time here. Why? Because I finally remembered again that KSDK was doing this and found one I was looking forward the most on their site: Tammie Holland.
If you aren’t familiar, this is the spicy little vixen that had this crazy off the cuff conversation igniting statement in channel 5’s promos for the “I’m Just Sayin’” feature:
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We have learned friend-of-the-site Trish Gazall is leaving her post on 550AM as John Brown’s sidekick on the midday show The Mindset.
Efforts to get a comment from Trish have returned nothing so far, but we do know that she is leaving on her terms and it was believed she is leaving because she was looking for a job a bit more musically inclined rather than the talk-focused KTRS job.
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Which 106.5 The Arch jock did we hear recently opined on the internet about how much they hate the company they shill for?
If you sons of bitches were not paying me to say that I liked u I would switch providers in a heart beat. ASSWHOLES [sic]
Service provider huh? We’re guessing they are compaining about what everyone complains about: Charter …or it could be that anal wart cream delivery service. Bastards are always late.
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Cynthia Davis sure knows how to make a quotable. She’s like a uglier Sarah Palin. Much uglier.
It wasn’t long ago that the 19th district representative pull out a few quotes that got her named “The World’s Worst Person” by liberal TV talking head Keith Olbermann:
“Hunger can be a positive motivator,” writes Davis, who chairs the Missouri House Special Committee on Children and Families. “What is wrong with the idea of getting a job so you can get better meals? Tip: If you work at McDonald’s, they will feed you for free during your breaks.”
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…technically the word is that he is “taking a break” from his wife…but come on dudes. We all know what that means.
Jerry Burger took a break from talking about people no one gives a damn about and posing for photos like one of those 6 year old beauty pageant girls to actually break a story:
Sports broadcaster Joe Buck, 42, and his wife, Ann, are separated “They’re taking a break,” said Joe’s mom, Carol Buck. Buck, the son of the late legendary sportscaster Jack Buck, helms “Joe Buck Live” on HBO and continues his chores on FOX.
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