I told you Waffle Houses were weird: After Waffle House chat, lawmaker wants to bring firing squads

[Are_grits_groceries]

After Waffle House chat, lawmaker wants to bring firing squads to FL for executions
This story from the Florida Current might have it all: a tough-talkin' Southern legislator, a cop-killer, and the final touch: A chat in the local Waffle House that leads to a call to reinstate firing squads (something Utah still does, I think).

A bill filed Tuesday by Rep. Brad Drake, R-Eucheeanna, would allow for executions by firing squad. HB 325 would eliminate Florida's standard method of execution, lethal injection, and allow for executions only by electrocution or firing squad. 

He said he filed the bill after overhearing a conversation in his district this past month while U.S. Supreme Court deliberated over the fate of Manuel Valle, convicted in the 1978 murder of a Coral Gables police officer. Valle's lawyers filed numerous appeals, the last few of which centered around the use of a drug used in lethal injections. 

In a Waffle House in DeFuniak Springs, Drake said he heard a constituent say, "'You know, they ought to just put them in the electric chair or line them up in front of a firing squad.'" After a conversation with the person, Drake, 36, said he decided to file the bill.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2011/10/after-waffle-house-chat-lawmaker-wants-to-bring-firing-squads-to-fl-for-executions.html

"Waffle House: Where laws are made and service is 24/7"

[liberal N proud]

1. You should change to Biscuit World

See if the characters are any different.

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. They don't have much of a rap sheet that I can find.

Give them time since it says they are located in WV.

[Sancho]

3. Welcome to Florida...

where we pass constitutional amendments to protect pigs! Rest assured, there was no minority representation in that Waffle House, the help washing dishes in the back were undocumented immigrants working for cash, and the reason for the breakfast visit was to take kickbacks under the table for a highway construction project!!


:grr:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. I don't have any evidence to support this, but it's well known...

....that the delicious combination of waffles, syrup and grits has been known to induce insanity.

Mmmm......Waffle House.....wait, where are we?

Those are good waffles, Walter.

[mwb970]

6. Bacon makes it all better, though. /nt

[fasttense]

5. Every time I eat at a waffle house

I find a long black hair in my food. I wonder if the hair is just a side relish I can't appreciate.

[nc4bo]

8. Black hairs Mon.-Wed., blonde ones Thurs.-Fri., reds on Sat., gray on Sun. in honor of gramma's

home cookin'.

:D

[MadHound]

7. Frankly I would rather die by firing squad than lethal injection

Much quicker, much more certain, much better to go out on your feet than strapped to a gurney getting chemicals pumped into your system by a half expert at best.

[Obamanaut]

9. Is this the same story covered by several threads back in mid October? nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. I don't know.

It could be.I don't remember them. I was adding to the weirdness factor of WSs IMHO. Are you the thread monitor now?

[Obamanaut]

11. It was a relatively simple question. But since you ask, could you not have

just added on to your earlier 'weird waffle house story' thread?

[trof]

12. I heard a joke about the Waffle House that is hilarious.

It's not racial (racial jokes aren't funny) but it is extremely demeaning to WH employees.
And I laughed until tears ran down my cheeks when I first heard it.
No, I won't repeat it here.
Don't want to get tombstoned.

BTW, I like the Waffle House.
I always ask for my waffle 'crispy', because they tend to be a bit underdone.

[formercia]

14. Crispy also sterilizes the hairs

and makes them ALL curly.

[DCKit]

13. They're going to have to cancel "Dexter"

Then, they're going to have to go back to work.

Lived there, been there, visited there, and they're even worse than here in DC, and that's horrible.