A learning experience is one of those things that say, “You know that thing you just did? Don’t do that.” – – Douglas Adams

Last week a Fayetteville businessman (Jeffrey B. Ash) was arrested in Idaho after he used his cell phone to expose himself to a woman. Far from being being impressed, the woman called the local constabulary, who came to collect Comrade Ash.

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Once they got to his motel room they discovered the would-be Romeo had almost 30 pounds of marijuana stuffed into two duffel bags.

Oh, Jeffrey.

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Perhaps if you had spent more time watching Turner Classic Movies and less time watching Spike TV, you might have a better idea of how to charm someone. But aiming a camera at your private parts has all the charm of a 16 year old boy whose parents have left him all alone for the weekend.

And Ash was, at one point in his life, an amateur world disc golf champion (okay, I have no idea what that is) for players over 40.

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Now, he is just another sex offender. Nice going.

Oh, yeah, and the drug charges.

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Leaving the drugs aside, what made Ash think he could impress a woman by turning on his cell phone and showing her a picture of . . . what? So many puns come to mind, and yet I refuse to use them, because this sad man is probably going to jail. I feel that much pity for him.

And yet, this what our culture has descended to – where once we read poetry to our intended, now we send a photo of how much they mean to us? Literally?

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Just trying to imagine what these jokers would do on Valentine’s Day has me reaching for the barf bag. They could probably put the floral industry out of business in a few years at this rate.

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Nothing makes your sense of humor disappear faster than having somebody ask where it is. – Ivern Ball

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