Earlier this month a man left a loaded .380-caliber Ruger in the bathroom at the Egg Harbor Fun Park somedamnwhere in Wisconsin.  His name is Gerald Hitchler and he’s 76 years old.

Okay, that’s just kinda routine now and probably wouldn’t even make Fun with Guns.  They just called him to come get his gun.

A sheriff’s incident report noted the gun was loaded with seven rounds of ammunition. The serial number was traced to the owner, and the report indicated Gerald was shocked when he was called and learned they had the weapon.

You have my gun?  Never missed it.  I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!

Well, that hit a sheriff’s deputy as odd.  So after a short investigation it was discovered that …

Gerald’s wife, Susan Hitchler, also left a semiautomatic loaded handgun in a stall of the women’s restroom on March 19 at Elmbrook Church in Brookfield.

In Susan’s case, charges of endangering safety were filed but were dismissed because it happened during the women’s Bible study meeting and although girls from the adjoining school could have entered the restroom, there was no evidence that any of them did.  You know, like holes in the wall or a whole mess of blood.  Evidence that a child found your gun.

So the newspaper contacted the Hitchlers to see if they’ve become The Gun Fairies or something.

Gerald was contacted by phone and asked if he realized the gun was missing and he responded, “not really.”

He said the incident was “funny, accidental” and “not a big deal.”

“It’s like you lost a pet,” he said on Monday. “This is a very minor issue. Nothing happened. Nobody was hurt.”

Yeah, it’s exactly like you lost your pet.  If your pet is grizzly bear.

And they are coming to a church or fun park near you!  Have a nice Labor Day, ya hear?

Customer UmptyDump, who comes here all the way from Chicago, sent us something from the Chicago newspaper – someone making fun of Rick Perry putting his smug shot on a tee-shirt, by gawd.  You know, the one where Rick’s all proud, like being indicted is a gang initiation rite for the Texas Good Ole Boys Mafia.

Not so fast.

Click the little one to see the big one.

Thanks to Umpty Dump for the heads up.

On the news in Taiwan they use animation to explain things. This is a real, live, actual, honest to goodness teevee broadcast in Taiwan about what is happening with Rick Perry.  Read the translation with glee.

Thanks to Grace for the heads up.

You know all the times we’ve been punked by a parody website because we believe that Louie Gohmert, Michelle Bachman, or Ted Cruz are capable of doing something unbelievably crazy and we believe that because they are?

There’s Poe’s Law.  Thanks to Deb for finding it.  Yes, it’s the law..

Without a blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of extremism or fundamentalism that someone won’t mistake for the real thing.

Yes!  It’s not just me.

Poe’s Law says that a smiley face should be a requirement for parody.

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won’t mistake for the genuine article.

So, next time I believe something not true just because it could be true, everybody holler “Poe’s Law” and we’ll move on from there.

If you want to find out what other internet rules there are, this is kinda interesting.

I agree with #10.  If you have to use more than one exclamation point, you’re drinking too much coffee.

I’ll take “Just What Rick Perry Needed” for $500, Alex.

Tom DeLay is urging recently indicted Gov. Rick Perry to convene a special session to consider prosecutorial misconduct, with a particular focus on the Travis County District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit.

Oh yeah, bring convicted felon Tom DeLay and moral midget to the table to help Rick Perry.  Perry doesn’t call a special session on the nonexistent border crisis or on the very real crisis in children’s health care.  But, yeah, let’s wage a vendetta!

DeLay is insisting that all manner of cahooting is going on.

“He’s already made this political. He’s twisted the bribery law to fit the prosecution he wanted,” DeLay said of Michael McCrum, a San Antonio-based lawyer named to prosecute the case by Republican-appointed District Judge Bert Richardson. “This was started by Rosemary Lehmberg. And she used the system. Yes, she made it look good because she recused herself, but she set it up. She is very much a part of it.”

First off, why do they keep saying bribery?  Rick Perry as not charged with bribery.  Should we look into that?  Are Rick and Tom sending us coded messages?  Is Rick hooked on pain killers and is Tom drinking again?  Will Rick marry Tom and take over the Republican party?  Tune in tomorrow for more Days of Our Delusions.

Second off, Rosemary Lehmberg had nothing to do with this.  Nada.  Nilch.  No witchcraft involved.  She didn’t appoint the special prosecutor, name the grand jury, or select the judge, so how the hell did she “set it up.”  Did she use those magical powers only obtained through years of law school and the Texas heat?

Y’all, if Perry’s indictment brought Tom Damn DeLay back to the surface to lecture us all on morality, then I’m a happy woman.

Just when you thought that the trial/saga of Bob McDonnell could not possible get any weirder at all, in comes the priest and things get kinky.

Bob says that he’s left his wife and is now living with a priest.  And by “living” I mean oh-what-the-hell.

Last week former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell revealed during his corruption trial that he has left his wife and is now living with a Catholic priest named Wayne Ball, seen above. Father Ball, as it turns out, was once busted for having gay sex in the parking lot of a park.

McConnell has raised the stakes in the Corrupt Republican Governor Sweepstakes.  Scott Walker, Rick Scott, Rick Perry and Chris Christi have some catching-up to do.  Not that I don’t believe they can top that, but I do hope their efforts are as oh-what-the-hell.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.