“Kid Rock Pleads Not Guilty to Waffle House Battery”
Understand, I only vaguely know who Kid Rock is. I know he’s a celebrity musician, rock or rap or something, and I seem to recall a Dwarf associated with one of his videos. I know he has dabbled in the country music scene, and that there is a slight odor of proud white trash about him, and if he hasn’t had a reality show already I’m sure he will. I want to be clear that I can’t call a single tune of his to mind and that my knowledge of him is gained completely through cultural osmosis. And I want to thank him.
I want to thank him for delighting me, although the article I read informed me Kid Rock did not himself appear in court to make the plea. It doesn’t matter, any more than my not knowing his work, in this moment I adore him. Whatever else he has done or may do for culture, without him there would never have been the headline:
“Kid Rock Pleads Not Guilty to Waffle House Battery”
To a connoisseur like me, this headline is like fine wine, like aged scotch, like wickedly good dark chocolate. It just penetrates my brain, I want to hold it, let it sink into me... the sounds, the rhythm, the meaning gambling around the lobes and knolls of my brain like happy lambs.
Whatever his purview is, I will never from this day forward brook a word against him. I was having a typical dreadful New England ass end of winter Monday and suddenly, like finding a fifty-dollar bill, like the clouds parting and shafts of Jesus light shining through:
“Kid Rock Pleads Not Guilty to Waffle House Battery”
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Kid Rock, whoever the hell you are, whatever the hell it is you do, God bless you for existing and if I can ever do anything for you, you need only ask.
Icculus on 03/06/2008 2:59 pm
I heard hours later though the Waffle House said that it still loves him and will take him back so they can work things out.
GRUMPYNZ on 03/06/2008 3:32 pm
It's a fairly long headline. It is undoubtedly a classic though. At the paper i work at we keep a list of the best/funniest headlines from the year and that one would definitely make the list!
Kris (Guest) on 03/06/2008 4:05 pm
I'd like to know if there is a video floating around the internet of this battery. Featuring Scott Stapp ofcourse.
Colonel Flagg on 03/06/2008 4:22 pm
Of course he was not guilty. He was down the pike picking up cigs and a six-pack at Stuckeys.
fiercealmond on 03/06/2008 5:22 pm
That is indeed an amazing headline.
Why is their a giant lizard above your place of employment? I saw it while riding by on the commuter rail.
Dungeonbrownies on 03/06/2008 6:37 pm
he mauy suck, but i hear he got some fine pamela anderson loving so he's a winner of a loser if you ask me.
but honestly, ive seen worse headlines than this by far.
Zounds on 03/06/2008 6:38 pm
Ah yes Kidrock, frankly I'm surprised he's still alive, eh next weak perhaps. Come to think of it your knowledge of him is on par or superior to mine, seems over the years in my mind I converged him with all the others that fit his description (Slim Shady, Kevin Federline, that sort) and have simply assumed they were all either dead, impregnating Britney Spears, or in rehab. Though at this point in Hollywood that description could fit any one I suppose, not that anyone in Hollywood is even alive to begin with.
That aside bloody winter, being a resident of New England (Vermont) I hear you. Someone needs to give father wither a sound kick in the crotch... (Shakes fist angrily at the sky)
Output on 03/06/2008 7:25 pm
Kid Rock is a musical genius!
Parout (Guest) on 03/06/2008 7:37 pm
I was oblivious of Kid Rock, as you were, for quite some time. But then once, I found myself watching one of his videos. And by God, I could not find humour in this article. For that song has scarred my mind and soul, and I will never be myself again....
Ferrit on 03/06/2008 7:48 pm
C'mon Max - the weather wasn't that bad on Monday...
simogene on 03/06/2008 10:57 pm
no, Max is correct. The weather sucks. To quote the Curious George cartoon on PBS "Winter - it's like a roller coaster of blah."
Ferrit on 03/06/2008 11:42 pm
Whaaaa? It's been in the high 40's - even mid 50's this week - for March in New England that's amazing!
Even the "white blanket of DEATH" has melted so much around here there's more grass than frozen tundra :)
(as the weather is being discussed, and not Kid Rock, I guess his star status is less than wonderful here)
Poop on a Stick (Guest) on 03/06/2008 11:51 pm
Mmm.... I miss getting to eat at Waffle Houses. None in Portland, dammit.
Also, isn't Kid Rock like a wrestler or something? Oh wait, not "Kid" but "The" Rock. Okay, my bad.
T L Wolf (Guest) on 03/07/2008 12:30 am
You know what makes this even more hilarious? I listen to a rock station at work (mostly classic, some modern), and they keep promoting his album. It's called "Rock 'N' Roll Jesus"
Scorpio1976 on 03/07/2008 3:03 am
Poop on a Stick: I think you're thinking of Kid Kash, who would dress up like Kid Rock from the "Devil Without A Cause" era. As far as I know, he still has the gimmick to this day (somebody correct me if I am wrong please).
I wish there was a Waffle House here in the northwest, just to have the experience of eating there. :(
Pentegarn on 03/07/2008 6:36 am
I didn't know Waffle House ran on batteries.
mburbank on 03/07/2008 9:38 am
no, no, no, the WAFFLES are BATTERED! That's why they are so good!
Dimnos on 03/07/2008 9:49 am
Waffle House sucks now days. They used to have $7 some odd change all you can eat deal. Now that they have stopped that, I just want to burn them down for not letting me stuff my face with bacon and wash it down with syrup. Bastards!
Herratik on 03/07/2008 11:59 am
I used to be a regular at the Waffle House on Mayport Blvd in Jacksonville. Nothing like a waffle house at 3am to bring together tweekers, sailors, strippers, cops, and the occasional religious nut. Mmmmmmm... smothered, covered, sliced, diced, chunked, and... beaten!
KillerMcGee on 03/07/2008 12:08 pm
what the hell is waffle house? is that the name of kid rocks new reality show in which he lives in a house made out of waffles? kind of hansel + gretel in the year 2008?
Cowracer (Guest) on 03/07/2008 12:19 pm
Waffle house is proof that O.J. is innocent.
According to court testimony, O.J. had McDonalds before the murders. You cant work up a rage bloody enough to kill someone on a Quarter Pounder.
Everyone knows, if you need to psyche yourself up for a double homocide, you need to go to Waffle House.
Moo.
fiercealmond on 03/07/2008 2:58 pm
Southern MA has been really warm this winter, we've gotten a fair deal of snow but... meh. I'd rather have the snow and bitter cold than boring grey/somewhat cold.
At a waffle house in Kissimmee, FL, I had an interesting experience. My family and I went in to get some late dinner, we had gotten back from Disney, I think. The Waffle House's toothless employees cooked our food well, were nice, and provided all around good service. But we were the only people in the Waffle House aside from them, and they just freely talked.
"We need some more help around here,"
"Why is always just us here"
The conversation was basically revolving around their jackass of a manager, and then this religous nut, (I know this, because his van outside, which he mentioned as being his, was a Jesusvan.) said the most Waffle-House-Employee thing to say, ever.
"They should just hire a couple a' porch monkeys to come clean all this shit up"
We stifled our laughter, ate our food, paid, and left. Ah, racists, I wonder how long their antics will continue to provide humor for the less ignorant?
arg_zombies on 03/07/2008 7:18 pm
Kid Rock is that guy who keeps ripping off other people's songs...
Pentegarn on 03/08/2008 7:14 am
No you're thinking of P Diddy :P
Fufuless on 03/09/2008 10:12 am
The only Waffle House down here in Miami that I've been to has some horrible service.
Ancient Echo on 03/13/2008 5:23 pm
kid rock wit a rolling pin ftw
Ancient Echo on 03/13/2008 5:25 pm
oh yeah, and a traditional chef hat...
He could have a great career as a professional wrestler.
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