Sausage battery

[zyzyly]

I am so surprised that there has not been more lj chatter about this whole bizarre sausage thing--you know, the story about how the baseball player took out the Italian sausage with a swing of his bat during the sausage race?

The most interesting aspect of this for me is what went on with the other three sausages, particularly the bratwurst. The poor hot Dog got tripped up by the Italian sausage and fell too. When asked if she was planning to sue, Ms. hot dog left her options open.

The Polish sausage stopped to help.

The Bratwurst looked back briefly and kept running. What does that tell you?

Comments

lord of the (pop) flies

[jscottharris.livejournal.com]

I might address the incident. But it would get ugly. I'm just trying to get resigned to the fact that a scary portion of my fellow humans are entirely void in personal responsibility, respect, and any sense of consequences.

Yeah, no harm done. By sheer luck.

Way back when, we moved to a small Southern town. A thing called "broomin'" was a local redneck (junior division) sport -- roaring down the back roads to lean out of the car window and "whack a n*****" with a broom. I couldn't believe that s**t. I had forgotten about it until I saw this guy swinging the bat on the "hot dog."

What is it that that invites, like a reflex, an act of violence against a dehumanized person? - in this case merely an unknown individual in a caricature outfit.

[ex-muzer409.livejournal.com]

At work this morning I kept hearing "the sausage" amongst the sports-talkers. Cracked me up!

[myasma.livejournal.com]

It is just so bizarre.

Re: lord of the (pop) flies

[myasma.livejournal.com]

Other than the bratwurst's behavior, the thing that really bothered me was the attitude of the guy who swung the bat. It was as if it meant nothing to him that his action knocked someone down. He didn't even have the decency to help her up. He just stood there with his legs crossed.

If I were baseball commisioner, I'd ban him for life.

Twisted priorities

[felixbunay.livejournal.com]

Oh, sure. One sausage gets whacked and everybody's steaming. But what about the hundreds of pretzels that were sold at that ballgame? Who's looking out for them?

I happen to know that every single one of them was a salted.

Re: Twisted priorities

[myasma.livejournal.com]

The pretzel angle is a new twist.....