Happy Fish Stick Friday

Headline news from the Triad:

REIDSVILLE, N.C. -- A 15-year-old teenager who became agitated when he wasn't allowed to fix fish sticks for dinner last Sunday grabbed a knife from the family's kitchen and stabbed a man who lived at the home, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page said Wednesday. Page said the boy, whose name wasn't released because he was a juvenile, was told by the man, Timothy Hargrove, 40, of Reidsville, that he wasn't allowed to fix the fish sticks because something else had already been prepared for dinner.



Page said the boy then grabbed the knife, stabbed Hargrove, then chased him outside. "He (Hargrove) tripped and fell on a lawnmower and the boy got on top of him and cut him again," Page said. Page said Hargrove was cut several more times as he wrestled the knife away from the teen.

The teen was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The teenager's brother, Antonio Lucky, 19, and their mother were also both charged in connection with the incident. The mother was charged with obstructing justice. Page said it wasn't immediately known how the boys and the mother, who were all from Detroit, were related to Hargrove. Page said Hargrove was treated at a local hospital and released.

The conversation probably went something like..."You dumb son of a bitch - you ain't my Daddy!!! I didn't want no damn Hamburger Helper, I want some damn fish sticks! Now you move out of the f***ing way, or I'll stab your ass!!! And I ain't playin' this time!!!" This is one angry son of a bitch. Notice they are all from Detroit, but now reside in Reidsville, NC. There's your problem. In Detroit, you would just shank a bastard for not letting you throw some frozen fish sticks in the toaster oven. That's not quite how we do things in the South, dipshit. We usually just do a lot of screaming, maybe an occasional ashtray throw, but we don't shank for fish. Get it right, or get the hell out.

~j