Florida man fatally shot while testing out bulletproof vest

[dixiegrrrrl]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say a Florida man asking if a bulletproof vest "still worked" was fatally shot by his cousin.

A Tampa Police report says 23-year-old Joaquin Mendez put on the vest late Saturday and "wondered aloud whether it still worked."

Police say his cousin, 24-year-old Alexandro Garibaldi, pulled out a gun and responded, "Let's see."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ap-florida-man-shot-bulletproof-vest-20160912-story.html

[TexasTowelie]

1. You're behind the times.

I posted this in the Florida Group very early yesterday morning and I think two other people also posted it later so the Florida man jokes have been exhausted.

[Binkie The Clown]

2. All you needed to say is "Florida man".

Most people can pretty much fill in the blanks with some unbelievably stupid act that is either true, our could easily be true.

Have a look at The Best/worst "Florida Man" Headlines from Esquire Magazine

An authentic Florida Man incident should involve some, if not all, of the following: boneheaded criminal schemes, an outrageous disregard for common decency, unconventional encounters with police, nunchucks, public and/or outlandish sex acts, alligators and/or other reptiles, large-scale robberies of undesirable goods, Tasers, bizarre supernatural beliefs, and of course, rampant drug use. Almost any crime committed on the World's Craziest Peninsula™ has at least one of these features, but a true Florida Man combines a number of them to create an act of delinquency that simply could not have occurred anywhere else.

The bar is set even higher for this list, however. The Florida Men assembled here have gone above and beyond the call of duty, reaching new frontiers of swamp criminality. To merely attack an airplane crew because they won't let you vape is not enough to earn you a place here. (Where are the iguanas in that story? Where are the bath salts?) These are the Florida Men of 2015, the best-in-show, a motley crew united only by geography and an uncanny ability to accomplish very weird, very illegal things.

All of the following should be treated as allegations and reports, not settled fact. We would also be remiss to not extend special thanks to the @_FloridaMan Twitter account, where many of these stories were found and whose owner goes into the trenches day after day to document Floridian crime, probably at the expense of his or her mental health.

Or, for a good time, just Google "Florida man".

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Funny stuff.....

thank you.

[bigwillq]

4. RIP Mr. Mendez