I Never Saw It Coming

This story has nothing to do with the coffee shop, but everyone there wanted me to put it on the blog, so here goes….

I’m “borrowing” this from Bob Lacey, co-host of the Bob & Sheri syndicated morning radio show. Although Bob now lives and works in Charlotte, NC, he grew up in New Haven, and this story piqued his curiosity when he saw the byline from his old home town. Here’s the gist of the news item from the Aug. 26^th edition of the New Haven Register.

A woman texted her boyfriend telling him it was IMPERATIVE that he call her as soon as he got out of work.

He failed to do so.

She hunted him down and found him at his apartment, and a shouting match began.

He wanted to escape her, so he jumped into his car and drove away. She followed, and a high-speed chase ensued. They both went through red lights and stop signs, and bystanders notified the police.

The police finally located the pair at a suburban shopping mall, and she had him at knifepoint.

The police did not take kindly to the knife in her hand and wanted to arrest her. She would have none of it, and got into her car and sped off, and ANOTHER high-speed chase occurred…. through more stop signs and more  red lights.

The police finally captured her and arrested her on over a dozen violations.

She was 82. He was 80.

I never saw that coming… and you probably didn’t either… but it sure seems to tickle everyone’s funny bone when I tell it.

It sort of made me wonder what ticked her off in the first place...  Perhaps he winked at someone he shouldn't have at the Senior Center? ... or it might have been they had a date and he jilted her? Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and all that.

I guess “craziness” has no age limit…. and in a crazy sort of way, I’m glad to see them still enjoying the full range of life’s emotions in their “golden years”. I know the “knifepoint” thing was a little “over-the-top”, but whatever got her “started”, I hope they patch it up. The “crazy” gene inside me seems to be saying they just might be very happy together.