PUNCHING KITTY

File this under weird.  We were recently sent a link to an experience with one local guy and a local McDonalds.  [Editor’s Note: Thanks to our tipster!  You know who you are…]

I would try to explain this, but its best I don’t.  I’ll let the email he sent to McDonalds do the explaining:

I went through drive-thru and ordered one double-quarter pounder meal. When I got to the drive thru window I was asked to move forward. Having problems with McDonald’s in the past taking a long time to make food if I pulled forward I told them no, I did not want to move forward, I will wait here for my hamburger and fries. They continued to knock on my window for about a minute until a manager, Marie, walked out of the McDonald’s, approached the car and knocked on my window. I told her I would like to just wait for my food here and to please go make it so I could leave. She knocked several more times before she went inside. Another McDonald’s employee came outside and directed cars in drive-thru to leave McDonald’s and exit the parking lot. After waiting several minutes I rolled down my window and asked if the food was done. My reply was the middle finger from one of the employees and comments of “he must be crazy”. They then locked the drive-thru window. After waiting ten minutes I knocked on the drive-thru window and asked for the food or money back. No response. I pulled out of drive-thru, parked my car and entered McDonalds. I patiently waited at the front counter. After 2 minutes the manager addressed me, saying they would not serve the food or provide a refund and to talk to the police outside. I went outside and spoke with the police and told them what I have written here. The manager came out too. The police told the manager to go get my food. The manager did so and the police said I could leave.

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Some say St. Louis is a real city because we finally have a grocery store downtown, but I say if you want to point to a single item that makes St. Louis a city, we’d pick the fact we are finally getting our very own Hackerspace!

What is a hakerspace?  Jesus you’re a n00b.  Ok, I’ll humor you.

A hackerspace is a basically a shared space were people can get together and work on projects, show what they know or find some help.  Basically is a total geekfest, but in a cool way.

St. Louis Health Care fights on YouTube:

Here’s an idea.  Everyone needs to shut the hell up and lets have a conversation like adults.

Morons on both sides are yelling at kids, telling them to “get a job” (college is a job), taking swings at old ladies and constantly talking over each other like five year-olds.  God you people suck.

…and the legend of St. Louis’s favorite Fox News affiliated, but not really (but actually is) radio show host and blogger, Dana Loesch grows.  This time Loesch appeared on CNN going toe to toe with ironically named liberal radio show host Ron Regan.  Here’s the clip:

Loesch continues her schtick, patented by others before her, of smiling and not looking like a old bald rich white guy and then firing back with “well maybe they had a conceal and carry license?  …at least he didn’t shoot anyone with it!”   Although Loesch claims that there were scary guys looking to kick her ass, and frankly we don’t doubt that.  If we had to bet though, we’d put money on people not wanting to kick her ass over her health care views, but rather because they had to work with her in planning last year’s Interactive Festival in the Loop.

Apparently there was quite a string of thefts in O’Fallon, MO involving some punk kids going through cars.  Never fear though, the O’Fallon Police Department have solved the case after a COPS-worthy foot chase!

On 07/22/09, at approximately 3:06 AM the O’Fallon Police Department received a call from the Patriots Landing subdivision in reference to two juveniles going through a vehicle. Officers responded and a rolling perimeter was established. Sgt. Jeff Lange located the subjects and engaged them in a foot chase, taking a juvenile into custody.

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Which local TV station is had this exchange their employees recently:

Station: You get a free 2 week vacation!

Employees: Woohoo!

Station: We aren’t going to pay you though.

Employees: D’oh.

This coming Wednesday, August 12th, Punching Kitty is joining with Girls Guide to the Galaxy and Nucular Comedy to present the latest Nucular Comedy night at Atomic Cowboy, so come on out, have a beer, get yourself a Punching Kitty sticker and look over my shoulder as I watch the comedy and write up the next day’s posts!

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we thought it would fun to toss a few questions in the direction of the host of Nucular Comedy, Craig Mayhem.

Which local pitch man is rumored to have quite a taste for “nice things,” like white, powdery nice things?

…and apparently either doesn’t care that it gets out or is horrible at keeping his own secrets.

Last Friday evening, Pam Maples, the managing editor of the Post Dispatch “resigned” and with the timing and the surrounding details, it didn’t exactly add up to us, and we weren’t the only ones that thought so.  Yesterday, the plot thickened as Maples’ goodbye memo to the Post Dispatch staff was leaked to the Riverfront Times.

As a public service to our sexy readers, we will now translate the letter for you from BS to real talk.

According to MLB.com, Rolen is unlikely to see action during the upcoming Reds series versus the Cardinals this week.

Reds third baseman Scott Rolen will likely miss at least three more games due to the presence of post-concussion symptoms.

Following the team’s 5-2 win Sunday against the San Francisco Giants, head athletic trainer Mark Mann told reporters Rolen wouldn’t engage in any strenuous physical activity until his symptoms (including an inability to focus) subside.

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