Everyday I visit newspaper Web sites from around the United States and every once and a while I run into stories that are hard to believe. I recently ran across one of those such stories in the Denver newspaper.
The man's name is George King and he is my nomination for Dope of the Year. You see, George was apparently hungry one morning and wanted some Pop-Tarts. So he went into a Salt Lake City, Utah, convenience store.
Now whether George had the money or not for the Pop-Tarts I will never know, but I do know that he decided to pocket the pastries.
As George's luck would have it, the clerk at the convenience store spotted the attempted theft. When she confronted our hungry thief, they struggled and she ripped his shirt off.
George didn't take too kindly to this action and punched the clerk in the stomach and ran out of the door and was then hit by a pickup truck in the parking lot.
Chances are if I get hit by a pickup truck, I'm calling it a day. Oh, but not our George. Still hungry and still wanting to eat his Pop-Tarts, George gets up and keeps running -- into a path of a minivan when he was trying to cross the street.
OK, I know you're thinking I'm making this up but believe me when I say this is the truth. I'm not creative enough to come up with something like this.
Our resilient thief wasn't finished though. Still hungry and still on the run, George got up again, but by now the police had arrived and apprehended him a short distance later.
George suffered only minor injuries and refused medical attention.
Now, I like Pop-Tarts. Especially in the morning when I'm in a hurry, I can pop one in the toaster and a couple minutes later I have a tasty breakfast. But believe me when I say I don't like them as much as George.
I honestly don't know if I like anything as much as George likes Pop-Tarts. If I get hit by one vehicle, that's my limit on anything. I give up and say "today's just not my day."
I don't know much about advertising, but I would think this is an opportunity for Pop-Tart advertising. Obviously people love Pop-Tarts and are willing to steal them, get hit by two cars for them and go to jail for them.
I only have one question though. I wonder if George ever got to eat his Pop-
Tarts after going through all he did?