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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I think it’s mostly social while making people feel that they’re getting a workout.
She’s a nurse. That sums it up.
An example of the lack of impulse control.
Hmmmmmm.... where have we seen this before?
I hear you...BOY DO I HEAR YOU!!😫
It isn’t just pickleball.
I recently got into 3D printing. The vitriol and anger on the member forums - mostly towards noobies asking noobie questions - was intense.
Ditto my photography forums, pop culture forums, political forums, etc.
Slightly tangentially, I deal with many athletic teams and leagues in my business. None of them are well behaved. I would say that soccer parents are the worst, but gymnastic and baseball parents aren’t far behind.
Somewhere along the line we stopped teaching people to have perspective and manners. It seems it is getting worse generation after generation.
As a former one-time referee of children’s under 8 soccer, I learned that it was essential to preserving life to remain a moving target throughout the match, the parents were that rabid.
My brother was once a football referee at the HS level. One coach disliked his call so much that he ordered the next play to be run directly at him.
Aunt Irma visits once a month.
“I never saw that dangerously unbalanced woman in my life.”
LOL
Nice rant!
Ear plugs are also useful.
I speculated it was a movie reference, but didn’t know what that was either. I’ve never seen any of the John Wick masterpieces. 😁 The only thing I’ve of his I’ve enjoyed was the costume drama with John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, Uma Thurman etc.
OTOH, this is funny:
John Wick gets a snack
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fDAHg_lTwjk
Orders a pizza
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xpwmi4HOlCg
That is hilarious!
She wanted the pickle but all she got was the ball, no wonder she was so angry. Women these days, sheeesh.
I did.
“I’ve never seen any of the John Wick masterpieces.”
I got about 1/3 into the first one.
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