Now This Tiger Thing Is Jumping The Shark: Citations, Hookers, and Fines
by Ryan Ballengee on Dec 1, 2009 3:22 PM EST
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PrintThe Tiger Woods accident/affair/fire hydrant saga has moved to the Jumping the Shark phase. Just moments ago, the Florida Highway Patrol conducted a press conference to notify the assembled that they're citing Tiger Woods for careless driving - which may result in a penalty of a fine up $164 and 4 points on his license.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.
It was probably the dumbest press conference that I've ever seen. Even further, the FHP is charging to access public records of their investigation report and crash photos for nominal fees of $10 and $105 respectively. I guess that's just so I can get a hold of documents without the watermarks of other websites on them. No, thanks.
Rachel Uchitel, who first spoke with me before any reporter about the Enquirer report, had about a twenty minute interview with the NY Post transcribed in the paper today. Basically, she told her side of the story and made her case to refute the National Enquirer's supposedly airtight claims about her being in Melbourne to have a redenzvous with Tiger Woods.
I e-mailed Rachel and told her that she did a nice job. I enjoyed reading it, primarily for the curse words.
At the same time, they're just crawling out of the woodwork today.
TMZ.com - in an attempt to keep itself relevant on this story - has claimed that it has a woman who has come foward about her affair. Her name is Jaimee Grubbs, she's 31, she says she slept with Tiger on 20 occasions, and has texts and a voicemail from last week to prove it. (Sports by Brooks has pictures that you probably haven't seen yet of her.) Seeing as though she was on VH1's Tool Academy program, I'll hold off on judgment until I hear the proof.
Tiger, welcome to the world of celebrity gossip. That trip to the grocery store may never be the same. Who am I kidding? He doesn't do that.
And, finally, the fire hydrant that Tiger hit has been brought in for questioning by the FHP. Maybe it, too, has text messages from Tiger that say he is worried about an affair coming out. Or perhaps this whole incident was a hitjob on the fire hydrant because Woods' dog was having an affair with it.
They do say that Tiger is an excellent father.
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Have you forgotten that the FHP has been badgered by the media since Friday for anything they could get their hands on ? What were you expecting from the news conference ? A little song and dance for your entertainment ? Just about every county I have had to deal with for business over the years has charged for copies of records. That $10 fee is pretty common and so is the picture fee.
Personally, I’m waiting for the fire hydrant to come up on Ebay. :-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
LOL…the things you learn here in the WaggleRoom…I’ve heard this expression many times but never knew where it came from…
“The phrase jump the shark refers to the climactic scene in “Hollywood,” a three-part episode opening the fifth season of the American TV series Happy Days in September 1977. In this story, the series’ central characters visit Los Angeles, where Fonzie (Henry Winkler), wearing swim trunks and his trademark leather jacket, jumps over a confined shark on water skis, answering a challenge to demonstrate his bravery."
…now we do!
Expanding on that, many TV critics at the time believe that “Happy Days” had outlived its relevance around the time of that episode, and the phrase “jumped the shark” has since come to refer to the point when any show, or in this case “news story”, has reached its peak.
Kevin
And I managed to get in touch with the fire hydrant. He told me everything. It doesnt look good for Tiger. lol :):):):)
Looks like TMZ was doing more than "keeping itself relevant"
Watch for RU to come clean soon so that she can leverage some sort of payday.
I figured she was denying
until Allred could get her paid to spill the beans. Now she is second or third in line – her story has less value by the minute.
I'm soooooooooo sorry
Apology, ,hmmmmm better late than never as people sometimes say but it was obviously well scripted and word smithed by a publisist. Its always better to admit you set the fire and get help putting it out before it gets to big and the house burns down. I’m glad to see he ( somewhat apologized ) but he should have done the right thing and fessed up prior to others finding out the truth about the affair, (as yet to be proven) but most likely. Fooling around while your bride is pregnant, YIKES !!! bad bad bad….jumpn/progolf
Top - 10 beatdowns
Over the years TGC has always fawned, drooled and groveled over their Golden Goose Tiger. They did a top-10 segment entitled Tiger Woods top-10 beatdowns, ( played over and over and over again to make TW look like such a king and to belittle the players he beat. Maybe they should include this LATEST home wrecker fiasco in their Top-10 TW BEATDOWN’S…jumpn
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