Posted on 06/23/2026 8:09:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
Pickleball was supposed to be for old people who don't move well.
It's clear that we're beyond that point.
According to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, Michele Bannister, 47, of St. Augustine, allegedly went full John Wick on another player at a park on May 31 after a disagreement over - and I can't stress this enough - who was supposed to get the ball when it got away.
Not a joke.
This argument apparently got Michele worked up, because after the match when her opponent was speaking to her son about his playing style she "interjected" by going to town on the guy's head - with her paddle.
You won't believe me if I write this myself, so here's the Daily Caller:
Pickleball Game Turns Bloody After Woman Allegedly Uses Paddle As 'Deadly Weapon' To Attack Another Player, Police Say: The woman claimed to investigators that she came to the defense of her son amid an argument with the alleged victim https://t.co/D4UQtSXh6Q— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 22, 2026
From there, police say that the woman used a pickleball paddle and hit the victim multiple times in the head, resulting in the man having numerous face cuts and heavy bloodshed.
To make matters worse, Bannister allegedly gave police a false name, so she'll be hit with that misdemeanor as well.
Here's another quote from the story you won't believe:
Police state in the report that the woman was using 'a weapon that can cause serious bodily injury or death,' which triggered her felony charge.
Lady somehow turned a game of old-people tennis into a felony and a misdemeanor.
Proof that some of you take pickleball way too seriously (I might also be one of those people). Anyhow, keep your head on straight out there when you're dinking, folks. You'll win more games that way anyway.
I'll leave this here:
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John Wick reference ;-)
That is possibly the greatest “telephone conversation” in cinematic history.
Then take it up with the original poster. Anybody with even a modicum of common sense would recognize the line from the John Wick movie.
Michele Bannister? She would be the right age to be the offspring of Howard and Judy Bannister. (Complexion wrong, though. Judy is quite capable of cheating on Howard.)
Injuries are usually due to not warming up beforehand or moving backwards.
I would not call it a “fad.” There are over three million players in the USA, it is great exercise, and can be played by people in their nineties.
You need to wear a helmet now though.
LOL
“I’m a swimmer and distance cyclist. Mostly now I’m a swimmer because my bike needs a massive fix up.”
Bicycle seats are too rough on ye olde prostate and wedding tackle!🤨
Pretty sure this isn't worse . . . .
Never heard of “pickle ball” until I saw it on local senior olympics schedule. First thought was yet another shuffleboard type game. I played handball and racketball for decades until bad foot put an end to that. If I can’t do that I’ll be damned if I’d play a game named after some kind of vegetable!🤨
And cardio-thoracic surgeons. Some people don’t know when to hang up the gloves.
And not a word about who won the match?
Your Indian name is now Obtuse Oboe.
Pickleball is for anyone who wants to play it—of any age.
It is NOT supposed to turn violent, however!
Joann Wick John Wicks sister
Hmmm... on the little skinny racing bike seats (and not the more traditional bike seats which I hate), according to my guy friends who cycle, you sorta scooch your butt way up to the front. Cycling seats on a nice racing bike are either super narrow, or they have hollow sections where the boys can go, if’n you know what I mean.
Although, I will say, there is no pain greater than whacking your pubic bone on a bike seat, or on the cross bar when you have a sudden stop and have to come off the saddle. That’s a screamer. That’s what the diaper pants (chamois) are for. They’re not just super cool fashion forward shorts (;-))
Apparently the recumbant bikes are even better for “the boys”.
This one is a veritable whackjob, downright Wick-ed.
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