The Sheriff's Office Would Not Say What the Dessert Was

This article popped up on my iGoogle news feed. The headline read, "Cops: Florida Boy, 13, Killed Brother, 8, Over Dessert." Being in need of a good laugh, I read the brief article. The highlight of the article comes near the end: "The sheriff's office would not say what the dessert was." Immediately I started thinking of slightly altered headlines: "Teen kills brother over Little Debbie Snack Cake," "Boy Blames Twinkie for Brother's Death." There's a banana cream pie somewhere in there too. And then I think of some reporter standing on the steps of the police department addressing a harassed looking officer surrounded by pushy TV news crews. Pencil poised, he asks, "And what kind of dessert was it? Did it have a creme filling?" Of all the questions one could ask, did the child have a history of violence, are the other children okay, they chose to inquire about the dessert.

Oh, and it happened in The City Beautiful. Yup, sounds like Orlando. And The Simpsons, come to think of it. ("Lisa, no! Your hands are too weak!")

Anyway, I thought it was amusing...the dessert line, not the death.