What's with Florida Man?

 I watched an hour and a half video on the Florida man and decided to do some research into the myth of the Florida man.  The first reference to the Florida man appeared in February of 2013 on Twitter and the Florida man took off from there.  Because of the sunshine laws in Florida, court records can very quickly become public knowledge.  And because of the lack of services for the mentally ill, it seems that mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism. and homelessness, Florida man seems to be everywhere in Florida.

All these factors contribute to the myth of the Florida man who has done most anything a person can imagine any person doing.  But instead of saying that a man in Florida did this or that, it's just easier to say that a Florida man did the weirdest possible so Florida man becomes a meme for most anything a man in Florida has done, including running for president as reported by the Miami Herald.

One can type in a birthdate and find out what some Florida man did on that date.  Florida man has become a person of scorn and he's not hard to find.  Every day, it seems, a Florida man makes the news.  I could begin to list what a Florida man has done, but the list is so extensive that if one can imagine it, a Florida man has done it.  This list includes using alligators as weapons to any kind of public drunkenness a person can think of.  

An hour and a half video of Florida man stories is just the tip of the iceberg with the average story length of about ten to fifteen seconds.  They come so fast that it's hard to remember what most any of them are.  But now it seems that any weird thing happening most anywhere in the US has been done by a Florida man.  Except maybe using alligators as weapons.  That can only happen in Florida.  

But Florida men drive golf carts drunk or they get drunk and drive motorized carts in grocery stores or Walmart and create havoc there while drunk.  If mental illness isn't the reason drinking often is.  You'll read about a Florida man getting released from jail and is caught trying to steal a police car.  What amazes me is how often a Florida man is released and no sooner is he released that he ends right back in jail.  

Some blame it on the Florida weather.  Because some kind of public exposure is often involved.  Only in January in Florida can a Florida man be arrested for public nudity.  The reasons can be anything done one can imagine.  The Florida man is probably the most inventive criminal in the world.  If one can imagine it, a Florida man did it.  No question.  

Whatsmore is that the Florida man is everywhere.  Location in Florida doesn't matter.  Florida man is everywhere and could be most any man who lives in Florida.  The Florida man has been preidents of HOA's.  He has been high school principals.  He has been sherrifs and cops.  He has been at least one mayor.  He's been a councilman and a politician of most any kind.  It's just not some drunk, homeless, or a mentally ill person.  Name the profession and he's been a Florida man. 

I got a hair cut with my hair real shot and the first thing my wife told me is that I look like a Florida man.  I probably do.  But THE Florida man is lot uglier, usually.  Florida man doesn't look this good, usually.  So, there you have it about Florida man.  He seems to be everywhere creating havoc everywhere he goes.  BUT does he smoke a pipe?  I can see it now - Florida man smokes a pipe.  I'm smoking my  Dunhill this morning with some Morley's Blend and I have yet to create havoc.  But while I AM a Florida man, I'm just not one of the many.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave