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St. Pete Pier drifts away

The recently re-designed St. Pete Pier, the city’s signature waterfront attraction, has broken free from the shoreline and is drifting out into the Gulf of Mexico.It’s believed to have happened some time last week but nobody’s really sure because nobody was paying attention.“I went for a run the other day along the bay front and…

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Yankees Fan Invited to Spring Training

When the defending American League But Not World Champion New York Yankees report to Tampa for spring training in February, they’ll be joined by self-appointed…

Cleaning Crews Still Removing Stink From Raymond James Stadium

Avoid the area for the next few days. ⚠️☣️☢️

Rays Fan Bluff Called

By Clark Brooks | November 16, 2024

No trips across those pesky bridges THIS season, Tampa-based Rays fans! ⚾️🧢

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DeSantis glad that lent is finally over

By Clark Brooks | April 6, 2023

With tomorrow being Good Friday, heading into the Easter weekend, today marks the end of lent, the 40-days beginning with Ash Wednesday during which many Christians observe a period of fasting, repentance, moderation, self-denial, And few are more relieved that it’s ending than Florida governor Ron DeSantis who abstained from using the N-word. “I can…

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St. Pete man assaulted for misidentifying dog

By Clark Brooks | April 5, 2023

Pete Wieters of St. Petersburg was punched in the face yesterday for misidentifying the breed of a woman’s dog. “She had a really cute dog and all I did was ask her if it was a Frenchy, a French Bulldog,” he said. “Next thing I know, she clocks me.” “I get that all the time…

Buildings

Energy harvested from un-reset microwave powers office building

By Clark Brooks | April 4, 2023

Truist Place, formerly SunTrust Financial Centre, a skyscraper office building in downtown Tampa, has been completely rewired to draw power from a previously untapped source of alternate energy: the unused time from microwave ovens in company breakrooms. “What happens is somebody will set the microwave for three minutes to heat up some soup or a…

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St. Pete woman’s independent survey yields somewhat surprising results

By Michelle Lisan | April 3, 2023

Laura Floon of St. Petersburg recently conducted an informal survey finding that 82% of single men who go on dates with her have “Pod-casts” they “Really want to focus on”. “It’s amazing, really. I expected the number to be high but that’s ridiculous,” she said. “Has there ever been anything that universally popular with that…

Family avoids holiday stress by committing suicide

By John Jacobs | April 2, 2023

The Haperdeen family, Jacob, Camille, and their two children Rudy and Melton, have decided to avoid the stress of future holidays, by committing suicide as a unit. “Buying gifts, wrapping gifts, driving family from the airport, having those get-togethers with our extended families, it’s just too much!” Said Jacob Haperdeen. “So we’ve agreed, it would…

Some guy in ad just talking to us like he knows us

By Clark Brooks | April 1, 2023

Yesterday, presumably on thousands of Facebook feeds, some random guy just popped up and started talking to us all like we’re old friends. “Hey guys, what’s up?” he said with an assumed familiarity one might use when addressing people they actually know in real life, before immediately launching into a sales pitch for boner pills…

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DeSantis fixes controversial sculpture

By Clark Brooks | March 31, 2023

Following an incident for which a Tallahassee private school’s principal was forced to resign due to parents complaining that a photo of Michaelangelo’s Renaissance masterpiece sculpture of David being shown to students was “pornographic”, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has taken it upon himself to remedy the situation for the benefit of all concerned. “There. All…

Rays decide to wrap up ‘23 season

By Clark Brooks | March 30, 2023

Following a 4-0 win over the Detroit Tigers to open the 2023 Major League Baseball season, the Tampa Bay Rays have decided that they’re done for the year. “We had great pitching and defense, obviously. I mean, we shut them out,” said Rays manager Kevin Cash. “Plus, timely hitting with power. You really can’t ask…

Nearly 3 million Tampa Bay Residents will do Nothing in Particular Tomorrow

By Michelle Lisan | March 30, 2023

Tomorrow, March 31, is International Trans Day of Visibility and very few people in Tampa Bay have plans to observe the occasion. While local Trans residents plan to march for increasingly limited rights, most residents will be having board game nights or going to Karaoke or doing cocaine in the bathroom of a bar you…

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Local activists resent being mocked

By Clark Brooks | March 29, 2023

During a House civil justice subcommittee meeting last Monday in Tallahassee, state Representative Will Robinson Jr. (R) read names of supporters and opponents into the public record, two of which caused people on the internet to both LOL and ROFL. Those two people, Anita Dick and Holden Hiscock don’t understand or appreciate the laughter and…