August 5, 2011
This starts a run of Friday Imponderables.
The question is not why did he drink beer throughout the chase, I think we can all answer that one.
The question is, how did he drink beer during the chase? Try to take a drink out of your water bottle while jogging- it isn’t that easy. And while running? You see what kind of mess marathoners make when they try to gulp some water. Did Snelling stop running, take a gulp, and start running again?
The question is Imponderable.
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
I think he had a tank of beer attached to his back and drank through a straw. That’s the only logical explanation.
Or maybe he ran a while, stopped at a bar, ordered some beer, drank, and then started running again (the police waited politely outside).
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He was wearing a beer hat….. One of those caps that can hold beer cans & have straws running from the cans to the wearer’s mouth. Or maybe had an extra – large fanny – pack with a similar set up & a couple beer cans in it, with ” Silly Straws “.
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In any case, it’s pretty odd that somebody running away from the police should think of drinking beer… unless he had quite a large amount in him already by then ;-P
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Methinks he must have already been well & truly into his cups, 3 sheets to the wind, blotto, etc. ;p after all, he did try to conceal his finger in his pocket like a GUN.
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Well, in movies that works, and movies never lie ;-P
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That is why I never let a woman answer a door when she’s expecting a pizza. (cue 70’s porn music)
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Just because Kevin Costner did it in ” Field of Dreams ” w / he was kidnapping Terence Mann ( James Earl Jones ) isn’t a guarantee it’ll work every time, now….. 😉
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I’m wondering if a pattern is emerging–this is the second Imponderable that has occurred in an area I know well. Springfield OH is is less than an hour from where I went to college and Mr. Snelling sounds like he would fit right in there.
As far as the question, maybe he had one of those helmets with brackets for beer cans on the side and straws coming down.
An additional imponderable presents itself. He is quoted as saying “This is a robbery. I swear to God give me all your money.” What did he mean by “I swear to God give me all your money.” Unless his entire utterance hasn’t been printed, wouldn’t you expect “I swear to God” to be followed by a threat rather than a request? As in “I swear to God I’ll blow your head off.”
Also, I’d heard of those exploding dye cans (remember Raising Arizona?) but I didn’t know banks kept fake money laying around. Hope they don’t get confused.
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“What did he mean by “I swear to God give me all your money.”
Remember he was drinking beer all the while…
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Mr. Snelling has obviously studied the work of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
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I never saw that before but now I’m hooked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QACSo5xk3dE
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Why did I not think of the beer hat?
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That guy should’ve been named ” Homer ” after all, it happened in Springfield. D’oh !! ( Homer J Simpson – my favorite village idiot !! 😉 )
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You always give me something to think about!
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