Thursday, August 27, 2009

Here's Your Sign

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I've seen some people do some crazy things because they lost a bet, but this takes the cake. A man in Virginia, who has a problem keeping it in his pants, cheated on his wife and is now standing on a street corner wearing a sign which reads: I CHEATED THIS IS MY PUNISHMENT.

No, not at Monopoly...

That's right, there was no punctuation. Even though the above referenced article would have you believe that, there really was no punctuation. According to the article, this is a punishment devised by his wife.
"I thought she was kidding, but she was serious,” said Taylor of Centreville, Va. “I figured I got to do what I got to do to makes things right. So here I am."
He will be standing on the corner for the rest of week for all passersby to ogle. This will give him a terrific opportunity to find his next girlfriend.
“We haven't quite decided if this is a publicity stunt for some wacky YouTube channel or a ratings-driver for a morning radio station,” Carissa DiMargo of WRC wrote on NBCWashington.com. “But if it's true, we like it. We. Are. Amused.”
This brings many questions to my mind, the first being: Don't women generally say the hardest thing to endure when being cheated on is the embarrassment? Having your cheating mate stand out on the street corner with a sign telling the whole World he cheated on you seems pretty embarrassing to me. I guess the satisfaction of revenge outweighs the sting of the embarrassment, especially when it makes the Today Show.

Secondly, this dope has agreed to do this to "makes things right". How long, I wonder, will this relationship go on after this fiasco? Any way you cut it, I still see a divorce coming. It makes you wonder if she's the breadwinner and he's just a freeloader running around all day cheating on her while she's at work. Is he doing this because he's afraid he's going to lose his Sugar Mama?

And finally, the million dollar question, where was this woman when the Mark Sanford scandal hit the news? I think this woman and Jenny Sanford need to have afternoon tea together. Virginia is pretty close to South Carolina, it's not that far of a drive. She could give the First Lady some good pointers, like don't make excuses for your cheating husband's philandering. I know, according to Mrs. Sanford, that cheating is "like an addiction to alcohol or pornography", but where do you get the patch for that?

Do we need warning labels for this? Alcohol, Tobacco, and Prescription Drugs all have warnings on them. Does the US Government need to start making women get tattoos warning men about the dangers of Cheating Addiction?

WARNING: T&A is an addictive substance, continued use may cause birth defects, and by "defects" we mean "pregnancy".

Perhaps it's just Argentinians, maybe they're like Lays Potato Chips. Maybe Argentine women are like the Cubans of cigars. Small wonder why they have a woman President.