Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Florida: Home of the crazies since 1845

Ah, Florida. The land of wrinkled retirees, media whore amusement parks, stolen elections and crackpot paranoia. Oh, and apparently news travels pretty slow to the fabled southern state, as many people there are apparently under the impression that the world is populated by wizards:

A Florida teacher may have to pull an unemployment check out of his hat after performing magic in front of students, according to reports.

Jim Piculas said he made a toothpick disappear and reappear in front of students at the Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes, Fla., Local6.com reported. He said he later got a call from the supervisor of teachers, saying he had been accused of wizardry.

"I get a call the middle of the day from head of supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, 'Jim, we have a huge issue. You can't take any more assignments. You need to come in right away,'" he told Local6.com.

Piculas said he’s concerned the incident may prevent him from being considered for future jobs.

I guess this explains how Jeb Bush can keep getting re-elected. The whole fucking state is delusional!

1 comment:

Valerie said...

ROFL! He was fired for doing slight of hand tricks?? I mean it's sad, but it's so funny! I bet the guy is a great teacher, too. Hopefully he moves somewhere where he's more fully appreciated (or perhaps he could teach at Hogwarts...)...