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
Here are more St. Louis anagrams, where where mix the letters up and find the results more than a little creepy!
Chris Carpenter……….Sphincter Racer
Yadier Molina……….I Nailed Mayor [Editor’s Note: Woah and ewwwww. There’s something you can’t un-see.]
Albert Pujols……….Jots Bull Rape
Skip Schumaker……….Kicks Ear Humps
David Freese……….If Reds Evade [Editor’s Note: I guess Dave’s riding the pine when the Reds come to town.]
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The city of St. Louis is launching an advertising campaign to help with the chronic issue of car break-ins within the city limits.
The crime has blossomed in recent years, with the advent of GPS devices and MP3 players. The thrust of the new initiative is to alert motorists to not leave anything in sight inside their cars. The campaign will be managed through window posters and billboards paid for by the police department, a total of about $7,500.
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The Globe Democrat is reporting on a “prank” that is giving everyone fits at Mizzou:
University of Missouri Columbia students spoke out at a Town Hall meeting Monday night after an incident at the Black Culture Center early Friday morning where someone left cotton balls on the ground in front of the building.
Oh I get it. Because all the black kids that go to Mizzou were slaves not long ago and picked cotton! …oh wait. Half these kids probably didn’t even get the lame joke until someone explained it to them. Nothing is funnier than a joke that needs explanation or references events from over 100 years ago. Hilarious. Sure this is offensive, but its more offensive that someone thought this was going to play on some level. This is like telling industrial revolution jokes.
[Read More]Dammit. You pussies. The State Senate has voted to rename Mark McGwire highway.
McGwire has now admitted he used steroids, and the state Senate voted unanimously Monday to rename the section of interstate the Mark Twain Highway. The measure now goes to the House.
The bill also would name sections of a few other highways for noted Missourians.
We wanted the highway to stay with the current McGwire name not just because he was still pretty kick ass in 1998. (Sure he did ‘roids, but that’s not news anymore) but also because its just a crap chunk of 70 that I’m pretty sure we can spare and most importantly, our state senate really should be focusing on something more important than whether or not a slab of asphalt should or should not be named after McGwire.
[Read More]“What do you know!” said one officer, “You know, you pull over hispanic after hispanic and you have to let them go because they weren’t doing anything wrong or that trailer full of lawn mowers and hedge clippers really did belong to them and then something like this happens. It just really makes your day!”
Around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department said a Peterbuilt tractor trailer was stopped for a traffic violation.
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1. Rams’ Steven Jackson vs Cardinals’ Albert Pujols
The two faces of their franchises and two nice guys, beating the hell out each other. Should be awesome.
Winner? Pujols. Steven Jackson is great, but Pujols never loses.
2. KMOV’s Virginia Kerr vs KTVI’s April Simpson
There’s history here, which will make this a sellout for sure. Some would see this and think this is some testosterone-fueled idea to see to chicks brawl and they’d be right, if they thought I wanted this to be in bikinis, which I don’t! I want this fight in the fancy “you should trust me because I’m non-threatening” outfits. Yup, this will be one classy fight.
[Read More]Do people laughing at their own jokes and saying “um” a lot make you want to give your money away? Great! Because Bob Costas is going to have Jimmy Fallon host his benefit at the Fox Theatre on April 17th.
Deb Peterson of the Post Dispatch took the time to copy this paragraph about Fallon out of the press release:
Fallon is a Saturday Night Live alumni with a versatile comedic style that has enabled him to be involved in a diverse line-up of television and film projects. He currently hosts Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which airs locally at 11:35 on KSDK-TV (Channel 5).
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KMOV is reporting a man was shot in the butt Saturday night in north St. Louis. I know. Totally surprising.
According to police, the victim and three friends were walking across the street when a newer model dark blue or black SUV approached.
The front seat passenger got out and fired shots; the victim and friends ran to a nearby residence. The suspects fled the scene.
The victim is in stable, but totally embarrassed condition because there’s no way to make an ass wound sound badass.
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According to Bernie Miklasz, Pujols has told the media and the fans to stop calling him “El Hombre” because of possible disrespect to Cardinal great Stan Musial.
“I don’t want to be called that,” Pujols said. “There is one man that gets that respect, and that’s Stan Musial. He’s the Man. He’s the Man in St. Louis. And I know ‘El Hombre’ means ‘The Man’ in Spanish. But Stan is The Man. You can call me whatever else you want, but just don’t call me El Hombre.”
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