It's Spring Break here in Dawg Country and that can only mean one thing: foolhardy debauchery abounds for the 18-23ish year-old population. Of course most of this nonsensical behavior takes place in far off and exotic places like Florida (less those brave souls who scoffed at the rampant travel advisories against going to Mexico, threw caution to the wind and headed South of the border). Fortunately for those of us who are stuck in town working due to responsibilities like paying bills and the unshakable urge to eat 3 meals a day that do not include ramen, the Red and Black is on the Spring Break beat to report on the decision making skills of Georgia's best and brightest. The following is an excerpt from the full article that can be read in its entirety from the hyperlink in the previous sentence...
"A University of Georgia student in Florida for spring break was arrested Tuesday after shooting himself in the foot following an altercation with beachgoers who insulted him, according to a police report. [Name removed] a first-year economics major from Milledgeville, told St. John's County Sheriff's deputies a group of guys were harassing him and his girlfriend at the Cabana Club on Ponte Vedra Beach because they were from Georgia. The group followed [name removed] to a parking lot, where he pulled out a shotgun from his 2005 Mazda "to scare them away," the report states. He went back to the beach to get his girlfriend. When they returned, as he was moving the gun from the back seat to the trunk, it went off and he suffered a gunshot wound to one of his left toes."
Perhaps this altercation stemmed from the deep-seated rivalry that exists between Georgia and Florida that comes to a head each fall in Jacksonville. But to be honest I can't really blame the Floridian for harassing this student if that is in fact what happened. Why, you ask? Because a true Georgia boy would not have his shotgun in the back seat of his 2005 Mazda. No sir. A true Georgia boy would have his shotgun placed appropriately in the gun rack that runs along the back glass of his pick up. Just as God intended.
3 comments:
unless it was a mazda miata...god, I hope it was a miata he was driving!
My question is, why would a boy from Milledgeville with such an upstanding character choose to come to Athens and attend UGA....There's a perfectly fine party school in his backyard...Middle Georgia College (and State University).
Because his parents will see him if he stays in Milledgeville. Besides, the cougars or bobcats or whatever GSCU's mascot is can never compare to the Dawgs!
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