Originally Posted By dshyates A friend of mine that was an executive producer for HLN who is now an EP at my station has coined a term that I think fits perfectly. He calls FL the "News Zoo". His take is that FL has the strangest most outrageous stories anywhere. Stuff like TSs inflating their booties with Fix-A-Flat. Or horses killed in hyperbaric chamber accident. DAK may be Nah-ta-zu. But FL Iz-Ah-ZU
Originally Posted By Donny Captin Midnight is from Florida <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Midnight" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...Midnight</a>_(HBO)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip You guys apparently are forgetting about Wisconsin... even wackier stories come from there than from Florida.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Florida certainly attracts the party lifestyle. After living there for 3 years I can tell you some stories about the zoo animals! Still it is a lovely state and I commend the police for trying to keep the wild animals caged. Dr. Phil would have a hay day practicing in Florida.
Originally Posted By Labuda My morning radio team also thinks that the craziest stories come out of Florida... almost every time they tell us a weird news story, it's from there.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk So imagine what it is like being in law enforcement in Florida! I have a friend that is a bail officer in FL. She says the offenders always come back. They should have a sign like McDonalds with over a billion served. I find it rather sad. So many lost souls. Drugs and alcohol control/distroy so many lives.
Originally Posted By fkurucz What is is about the "sand states" that seems to attract the crazies like a moth to a flame?
