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The Velveteen Ocelot

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9. I'm sorry, of course I never meant to offend normal Florida residents,

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #8)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 02:47 PM

Oct 2018

of whom there are obviously many (although I have often wondered how any normal person can tolerate the weather), but was merely riffing on the Florida Man meme. I will refrain hereafter even if the perp does turn out to be from Florida. Mea culpa.

I'm from Minnesota. If the perp were to turn out to be from here there would be jokes about snow and lutefisk.

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Is Florida Man the bomber? [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 OP

Stop it. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #1

The bombs were mailed from Florida per CNN. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #2

Yeah, I heard it, but I'm rather tired of the "Florida man" BS. nt Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #4

I love Florida man... lame54 Oct 2018 #35

Yeah, I am sort of sick of the Florida Man crap. Blue_true Oct 2018 #15

And we have the most transparent public records in the US obamanut2012 Oct 2018 #20

It's all a matter of context. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #32

We all have our share Soxfan58 Oct 2018 #30

The person who sent it wasn't trying to pin it on her. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #3

Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #5

Now that's total nonsense. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #6

Or to ensure it was delivered, rather than returned to the bomber. Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author A HERETIC I AM Oct 2018 #8

I'm sorry, of course I never meant to offend normal Florida residents, The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #9

.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2018 #17

I lived in FL for 0ver 50 years and I am not offended. Actually, when I read about the bombs dameatball Oct 2018 #28

Not the least bit offended. tavernier Oct 2018 #34

Dude, I live in Duuuuvaaaaal and am a cracker from Georgia who relocated, so it must be me. NightWatcher Oct 2018 #10

.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2018 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author A HERETIC I AM Oct 2018 #12

Blanding, my condolences. I'm near JU NightWatcher Oct 2018 #14

It's a nice neighborhood, I like it and I am a 13 minute drive to the yard A HERETIC I AM Oct 2018 #16

Yard? as in boat yard? NightWatcher Oct 2018 #19

Trucking. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2018 #21

Standard stuff. CentralMass Oct 2018 #27

CNN: investigators believe some pkgs may have come from Florida JonLP24 Oct 2018 #13

I posted yesterday that my wild ass guess is a Floridian, solely based on DWS inclusion. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #18

Yes, that's what struck me as the oddball of all the targets. R B Garr Oct 2018 #22

I suppose we can hope that it's one individual eleny Oct 2018 #23

Probably just one person, possibly two. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #24

That sounds reasonable to me eleny Oct 2018 #25

what the heck is florida man? samnsara Oct 2018 #26

Someone that has their own Wikipedia page... PoliticAverse Oct 2018 #29

There are lots of stories and videos about people in Florida doing dumb stuff and acting like idiots dameatball Oct 2018 #31

Wonder if he is from Nub City? Cattledog Oct 2018 #33

Explosive devices sent to politicians, CNN mailed through Opa-locka, reports say Scurrilous Oct 2018 #36

Well Florida is a red state fescuerescue Oct 2018 #37