Florida ‘slap box’ fight gets out of control; man charged with attempted murder (Florida Man)

WFLA News Channel 8 ^ | November 2, 2022 | Athina Morris

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man is accused of trying to kill a man after their “mutual slap box fight” got out of control over the weekend, NBC Miami reports.

Pembroke Pines police said the men were “slap fighting””—where two people take turns slapping each other to see who falls down first—in the parking lot outside Rickey’s Sports Bar and Grill around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday.

When the slapping became more violent, one man, identified as Eric Rodriguez, knocked the other to the ground, and started punching and kicking him until he was unconscious.

Police said the victim was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

Rodriguez was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of attempted murder, according to online jail records.

[CatHerd]

No wonder it’s illegal. Ever seen a gator high on shrooms? Not a pretty sight!

[JusPasenThru]

I keep a small alligator in the back seat to toss at people who piss me off.

[Sirius Lee]

I keep a possum and hang around the Waffle House parking lot waiting to dispense justice.

[gundog]

I used to have a ‘possum. Don’t think she’d have been much help in a fight.

[PLMerite]

"Ever seen a gator high on shrooms? Not a pretty sight!"

"I've seen sh*t that'll turn you white!" - Winston Zeddemore, Ghostbusters

[Bigg Red]

Slap happy?

[EEGator]

I believe the UFC is starting a slapboxing league...
(by Dana White)

[CatHerd]

Lol! That’s one trippy gator!

[PGR88]

Sounds like a Darwin superbowl

[Rockingham]

The term "Florida Man" came into use after the 2000 Bush v. Gore election deadlock. For weeks, Florida's electoral votes hung in the balance as Democrats desperately tried to find enough legal issues and new Gore votes to reverse Bush's whisker thin lead.

In the process, Florida became a national laughingstock because of delays, ballot confusion claims, and live TV of election judges in Palm Beach County looking like idiots as they held up and solemnly scrutinized computer ballot cards looking for hanging chads on uncounted ballots as possible evidence of voter intent to cast a vote.

After that, it became journalistic sport to dredge up and promote stories about someone in Florida who acted stupidly, often drunk and in a criminal context. Hence the Florida Man stories, which now have a ready national audience and have outgrown their original context. There is still a hint though of the national press and Democrats liking such stories as a way to explain Gore losing the state in 2000 and to imply that Florida is a Red State because of an over abundance of idiots.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yeah, who in heck has NOT done that before?

[PLMerite]

“Lol! That’s one trippy gator!”

Yeah, now I have to worry about slush gators hiding in the snow.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

We do have some idiots, but given that the state turned bright scarlet on November 8, they’re definitely in the minority.

[Steve_Seattle]

Thanks.

[CatHerd]

Are they anything like snow snakes? Be afraid, be very afraidddd!!!

[bicyclerepair]

11/8 was a great night for our state!

[krizzy]

The term "Florida Man" came into use after the 2000 Bush v. Gore election deadlock. For weeks, Florida's electoral votes hung in the balance as Democrats desperately tried to find enough legal issues and new Gore votes to reverse Bush's whisker thin lead.

Being from Pennsylvania I do not think I am allowed to laugh at "Florida man" any longer.

[BiteYourSelf]

Dam,his neck is almost as big around as his head.😲