Someone needs to call PETA

So, an Arkansas man, knowing that he was going to die, decided that he wanted his dog to go with him. In Arkansas, an animal can be euthanized for any reason. He had his little Yorkie euthanized so that he could be buried next to him. He said no one would love his puppy like he did. REALLY? SERIOUSLY?? He didn't think that someone else could love his cute little adorable Yorkshire terrier puppy? Because the puppy's owner was going to die, apparently the pup had to die too. If this guy was still alive, I'd wring his neck myself! I give him a 10.

Court

I volunteer for Child Protective Services. Last week we had to go to court. So there we were, in court, which is supposed to be a solemn, quiet place. But a mom and her six month old baby didn't seem to think so. The mom put her baby on the floor and started cooing and talking to her in a very loud, sing-songy voice. The baby laughed and gurgled. The mom continued to talk to her baby in that sing-songy voice of hers - Come to Mama! Come to Mama! All heads turned to the back of the court to watch this loud, obnoxious display. Never mind that the judge was trying to listen to a final hearing that would determine whether a parent's rights were terminated or not. The judge stopped the hearing to reprimand her. And what did the mom have to say in answer to her actions? "My bad." She proceeded to take her child back to her chair where she continued to talk and coo to the child. The bailiff went over to her and said - Shut up or get out. Amen to that! But did our mom listen? No, she did not. The judge had to reprimand her yet again and I guess finally she got it because she took the baby out in the hall. Perhaps she was just trying to show the judge what a good parent she is or she is just as dumb as dumb can be. I give her a 6.

The Purpose

There are a lot of, for lack of a better word, dumb people out in the world. I run into them daily. I'm pretty sure, whether you realize it or not, you do too. It never ceases to amaze me how truly ridiculous people can be. Sometimes the things people do get me so riled up that I decided to write about it. Sometimes I'm like - seriously? Did she just do that? - or - Really? Did he just say that? You have to be kidding in me. Sometimes people do things that are so outrageous it's hard for me to wrap my mind around it. Take Sara Palin, for example. Why on God's green earth would you write notes on your hand when you know you are going to be on national television and people will see you looking at your hand? In this blog, I will post examples of stupid things that people do. The posts will be real and true things that I've encountered. I'll rate the things they do on a scale from 1-10, ten being the dumbest of the dumb. Feel free to cast in your votes or provide stories of your own.

To be fair, I've done some stupid things in my life too. Who hasn't? The first example will be from my own life. I was on winter vacation from grad school and my family and I were planning to go to Guatemala for a week. My mom reminded me several times before I left school that I needed to bring my passport. I was like alright, alright, stop reminding me already. So I drove the three hours home and guess what...I realized I forgot my passport the day we were leaving. Not the night before or the day before, but the day of. Our plane wasn't scheduled to leave until the evening so we had just enough time to drive three hours, pick up my passport, and drive three hours back just to get back in the car again and drive an hour to the airport. On a scale of 1-10, I'd rate that as a 7.