PUNCHING KITTY: 2009 - 2013
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
Ozzie Smith Loves the Cardinals Again
Posted on February 27, 2012
| The Editor
Tony LaRussa‘s gone, but that means everyone’s favorite formally afro’ed shortstop can come back in to the fold! This week Ozzie Smith will be back in a Cardinals uniform for the first time since he retired 16 years ago, shortly after Tony picked Royce Clayton over Ozzie for the starting shortstop job. Ozzie really hates coming in second to Royce Clayton. In fact, the word is Ozzie now refuses to talk to Brad Pitt after Clayton got the fake starting shortstop job in the movie “Moneyball”.
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The ‘End Eminent Domain’ Sign Can Stay, But Lets Change It Because We Have Some Sweet Ideas!
Posted on February 24, 2012
| The Editor
The “End Eminent Domain” mural isn’t going anywhere. The sign, which is visible from I-44, has been on the side of an apartment building for years now, but just finally got the right to stay after the man who commissioned it, Jim Roos, won his final appeal against the city Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case.
We’d like to think the Supreme Court justices read the case and said something to the effect of “Seriously?
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Ferguson Woman Somehow Causes Accident While Falling Asleep in Drive Through
Posted on February 23, 2012
| The Editor
You’d think a McDonald’s is a fairly safe location baring the heart disease and the constant stream of customers that are unaware of their girth and the damage a butt cheek of that size can cause, but as the Ferguson McDonalds learned yesterday morning, you should add “dumb ass falling asleep in the drive through” to the list too.
According to reports, the accident happened around 4:20 a.m. in the 9100 block of West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Guy Chokes Two Different Women at Hospital on Consecutive Days
Posted on February 23, 2012
| The Editor
29 year old Alfred Pierce has been charged with grabbing a Barnes-Jewish Hospital employee and choking her on the February 19th. On February 20th, Pierce was charged with doing the same exact thing, but on a different female employee of Barnes-Jewish. The third woman that works in that department probably took the 21st off.
A 29-year-old man is charged with two counts of third degree assault after choking two workers on consecutive days at Barnes Jewish.
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That’s a Lot of Fish Fries
Posted on February 22, 2012
| The Editor
It’s Lent (for Christians anyway) and so begins fish fry season in our Catholic church laden town. So what’s a St. Louisan to do who wants to hit up as many fish fries as possible? Well grab your defibrillator and head over to Craves, Caves and Graves.com where some awesome individual has taken the task of detailing as many local fish fries as he can find.
Today I was looking for a fish fry in the area of a trivia night we are doing on Friday night (that may be the most “St Louis” sentence I’ve ever typed) and I had to mentally map out parishes between my house and the trivia night, and then look them up.
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Lots of Panties Have Been Stolen From the Galleria’s Victoria’s Secret
Posted on February 22, 2012
| The Editor
If Victoria’s secret was that you can just walk in to the store and take a arm load of panties off a table and walk out without anyone noticing, then the secret’s out.
Police are currently investigating the theft of over 100 pairs of underwear from a display table at the St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights.
The theft reportedly occurred at the Victoria’s Secret store inside the mall on Valentine’s Day.
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This Year’s Best Drunk Mardi Gras You Tube Uploads
Posted on February 21, 2012
| The Editor
It’s the day after a Mardi Gras weekend, and in accordance with our time-honored tradition (see last year’s: “The Best Of Mardi Gras Videos“) we bring you the best of what the drunks uploaded to You Tube:
_[Editor’s Note: Unless there’s something we missed, none of the below videos have any nudity, but some do have cussing and weird stuff. It’s not really NSFW, but use headphones and make sure “creepy Steve” from Finance isn’t looking over your shoulder (again).
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Fact Checking This Year’s STLToday Mardi Gras Dos and Don’ts
Posted on February 17, 2012
| The Editor
Last year we did our own Mardi Gras “Dos and Don’ts” but we decided to not do it again this year because that last one is still 100% relevant. You could even say “timeless”. Yeah, lets say timeless. It was timeless. Here’s the link again: “Dos and Don’ts For Your Mardi Gras Weekend“
We did however notice that STLToday posted a quick, less boob-focused version this year and we thought that we should run through it real quick to provide some of our expert guidance to our big broke fat media neighbor.
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Are County Leaders Shipping Their Homeless to the City? (Probably.)
Posted on February 16, 2012
| The Editor
City leaders are complaining that the various area counties are actively shipping their homeless in to the city to live in group camps like the infamous “Hopeville” encampment. Of course by “shipping” we mean driving them in a car in to the city and then telling them to get out, but it’s way more funny if you think of it like the county is setting homeless guy traps filled with homeless guy treats like beard combs and flanel jackets only to shake them out of their cages, releasing them in the wilds of south city and downtown.
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St. Charles County Man Found Guilty of Having Great Hair (and Threatening a Judge)
Posted on February 15, 2012
| The Editor
A St. Charles County court recently sentenced Alexander Long, 23, to 41 months in federal prison and not only is he skinny, but he’s got a head of hair even Full House’s Uncle Jesse would be jealous of.
The only thing we can imagine Alex being guilty of is having a fantastic head of hair of black slik spun from the gods themselves, but there’s some other stuff like threatening a judge and his family.
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