Florida Flicks

"Cocoon" (1985) is a wonderful science fiction movie directed by Ron Howard, with a "who's who" of mature actors from the 80s like Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, and Jessica Tandy.

The movie was filmed in St. Petersburg. There's even a scene in the movie when Hume Cronin's character dances around in a strip mall that has a green Publix bench.

Love Publix!

If you haven't seen the movies, I have two words for you: Brian Dennehy. He brought "sexy back" ALONG time ago.

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In the epic "There Will Be Blood", the main character uses a child as a marketing ploy whilst negotiating for oil.

The following story does not stray to far from this plot line, so we'll call it "There Will Be Idiots".

A woman in Suntree was charged with neglecting her 6 year old son after a tow truck driver told the police she offered to sell her child in exchange for gas money.

Is gas REALLY that expensive in Florida? Me thinks not.

I love this story for it's ridiculousness but I hate it because I feel sorry for the little boy who has a mental case for a mom.

Read more here and check out the video that accompanies the article.

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Thank you Florida for not letting me down! Especially the men and women of law enforcement!

Cops in Lakeland were caught playing a Wii video bowling game during a drug raid.

Who says you can't have fun on the job??

The home that the cops raided had a surveillance camera, and the video clearly shows officers repeatedly stopping on the job to play the video game.

In defense of the cops, maybe they have PS3's at home and wanted to check out what the Wii is like?

Also, was the video game on when the cops raided the house or did they start up the game on their own?

Anyways, read more at Fla. cops caught playing video game during raid

And don't you love that Wii cake??! Hilarious.

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Although born in Tennessee, Megan Fox moved to St. Petersburg when she was ten and spent her adolescence in the sunshine state.

Which probably explains why she's a little on the crazy side! (We like crazy!)

Her new movie "Jennifer's Body" was the 5th highest grossing movie this opening weekend.

I've heard it's a must see from our Floorduh reader, Bobby!

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Why Florida? Why?!!

A group of Floridiots calling themselves "Personhood Florida" are trying to add a new amendment to Florida's Constitution that would make it a crime to take birth control pills in Florida.

They want the constitution to define someone as a "person," regardless of age or health status, "from the beginning of the biological development of that human being."

These people are nutso! They consider taking the pill as a "chemical abortion".

You can read their "reasoning" behind their genius idea here

Ok....hmmm.....so they would rather you get knocked up and THEN get a real abortion??

And would it be a crime to use a condom?

And are they going to take in all of the unwanted babies born because birth control was illegal??

I'm sure this group spends TONS of money trying to promote this stupid amendment, meanwhile thousands of Florida's children who were unwanted are hungry and without any financial assistance.

What would Jesus REALLY do, Florida??

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Anyone for a BK "Anus" burger??

Well, one poor guy who WAS in the mood for some BK probably wish he hadn't been, after being shot 4 times while being parked at a BK drive-thru in Opa-locka last night.

Two scary dudes with AK-47s (wtf!) drove up to the guys car and started firing.

Luckily, the victim was able to drive himself to the hospital.

I wonder if he waited to get his food before driving to the hospital?
Who wants to eat cold fries, right?

According to the article you can read here, this is the second shooting at a BK in the Miami-Dade area in just this week.

No reports on whether the shooters wore red plastic boots and white face paint.

The Bandit out of Rehab

One of our favorite FILF's, Burt Reynold's, just returned home after a stay in a West Palm Beach rehab facility.

He was reportedly found knocked out, covered in blood after a fall and blamed the fall on an addiction to prescription pills.

Apparently Burt started taking painkillers to help with back pain.

Poor Burt! Hope he didn't mess up that beautifully frozen face!

Read more here

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This story came to my attention from my homegirl Katie Jean via another source but I had share!!

Because it involves Bell Shoals Baptist Church, a "megachurch" in our hometown of Brandon!

Bell Shoals sucks big time---they hold "gay conversion" classes and spread lies and hatred, AND high sugar diets.

You see, the church replaced their 10 (yes 10) soda vending machines from Pepsi products to Coke products because

here it comes....

Pepsi "opposes traditional family values".

You know, like the value of being true to yourself, loving thy neighbor, not passing judgment on others, lying, etc.

We need to pray for Bell Shoals Baptist Church---they need our thoughts to save THEM from stupidity.

Read more at Brandon Baptist church pulls plug on Pepsi products

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"Striptease" (1996) starred Demi Moore as a Miami stripper who gets involved in a ridiculous scheme involving taking down a corrupt congressman (Burt Reynolds), all the while trying to win custody of her daughter from her ex-husband (Robert Patrick AKA the T-1000).

This movie was a BIG deal at the time because Demi earned $12.5 million, which is more than any actress had made at the time.

Guess where Demi learned how to strip dance? In Tampa of course!

I remember seeing this in the theatre with family and it was AWKWARD.

The trailer for the film is disabled on You Tube, so enjoy Demi in this 13 year old clip from Late Night with David Letterman:

Florida or....North Carolina?!

The picture above makes me think of something.....oh yeah STD's!

Which leads us to today's posting.....

Health workers in North Carolina have found that people are willing to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases in exchange for Wal-Mart gift cards.

These are tough times indeed. Scratchy, itchy, burny times.

People infected with syphilis in Forsyth County, NC has more than tripled from those infected just last year.

Experts say that the rise in STD's is in correlation with the bad economy.

So what's Paris' excuse then??

Check out the rest of the story at New tool to fight syphilis? Wal-Mart gift cards

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Jack Kerouac, legendary Beat writer of classic books, such as "On the Road" and "The Subterraneans" spent the later part of his life in beautiful West Coast Florida.

He died at St. Anthony's hospital in St. Petersburg, at the young age of 47, from complications arising from cirrhosis of the liver, a result of heavy drinking his whole life.

Just this past July, a judge in Pinellas County ruled that Jack's will had been forged, thus finally settling financial drama between Jack's relatives.

I read "On the Road" in my early teens and remember it playing like a movie in my head as my eyes moved quickly across the pages.

Read it if you haven't yet.

And PRAY that no one makes a movie about it!

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An alcohol monitoring device being worn by a 17 year old girl from DeFuniak Springs (up in the Panhandle) was set off, by

Wait for it.......

Hairspray!

The judge found that the teen's exposure to hairspray at her hair salon job caused the device to detect alcohol, and thus, went off.

The girl was originally arrested for drunk driving. Her horrible decision to drive drunk caused her to run a stop sign and hit a tree, which tragically killed one of her passengers.

Hairspray triggering an alcohol monitoring device.....thanks DeFuniak Springs! Now I've heard everything.

Read the rest at Judge: Hairspray falsely triggered alcohol-monitoring device

Nick Hogan's Friend Out of the Hospital

John Graziano, who was permanently disabled two years ago after Nick Hogan, Hulk Hogan's son, flipped the car they were in, was released from the hospital today.

Nick Hogan served five months in jail on reckless driving charges and has been sued in civil court by the Graziano family.

Our thoughts and prayers are definitely with John as he recovers from this horrible event.

Read the article from the St. Petersburg Times here

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Scientists in Sarasota are asking boaters to help them look for a robot that has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico.

The robot is named Waldo and was not misplaced; it "mysteriously disappeared".....interesting....

Now instead of just watching out for sharks, now you have to look out for robots!

Find out how much the robot costs at Fla. boaters told to look out for AWOL robot

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"Summer Rental" (1985) directed by Carl Reiner and starring the fabulous John Candy (RIP) was filmed in St. Petersburg.

The plot of the movie mirrors what thousands of families do every year---take a summer vacation to Florida!

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One soda lover from Ormond Beach was in for an extra special treat when he found a frog (or a toad) in his can of Diet Pepsi.

Lucky for me, I'm a Coca-Cola girl.

The FDA says a test confirms that the amphibian was in the soda can, but is not sure how it got in there.

A Pepsi spokesperson says Pepsi stands by its manufacturing process and that the speed of the lines that produce the soda cans make 1,250 cans a minute--a speed too fast for a foreign object to get inside.

The frog finder is certain that the animal was in the can before he opened it.

Something tells me this guy is a phony and wants to spend some Pepsi money!

Read more (and check out the gross picture!) at FDA confirms frog or toad in Florida man Fred Denegri's Diet Pepsi can (what a long ass title for a silly story!)

Classic Moments in Florida History: McDonald's 911 Call

This all went down in March at a McDonald's in West Palm Beach.

Just listen and prepare to McRoll your eyes!

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This story makes me sad, not because it involves drunk driving, but because it involves wasted fast food!

A woman in Crestview was arrested after parking her car at the end of a Whataburger drive-thru lane and passing out over a half eaten burger and french fries.

Luckily cops arrived and charged her with her 5th DUI.

She's a freakin' idiot!

This would have NEVER happened at the In-N-Out drive thru because it's always busy and people would be honking at you something serious. You wouldn't have a chance to pass out!

I happen to really like the title of this new story--you can read more at Woman didn't smell like alcohol, but car smelled like hamburger

And if you recognize the burgers in the photo above, you are awesome!

On a side note, our high school soccer coach was found passed out at the Steak N Shake drive thru!
So, this whole passing out in a drive thru deal isn't that new to me (so sad).