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The creepy part to me about Romney impersonating a cop is that he did it by himself
Thinking back, a lot of crazy things were really really funny back then. But, it was
more focused on being with a group and laughing together about it. It was more
a "performance" to make your friends laugh.
Aside from a friend of mine who would carry an empty hanger with a dry cleaning
bag over his shoulder just to react with people who stopped him to say "Hey, you
lost your dry cleaning clothes." and would somehow get a christmas tree in July
just to have people shocked that he was putting it up....I can't think of anyone
doing something like Romney did.
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)It usually starts by one saying lets go do this and everyone else in the room saying yeah.
Maybe you might do something crazy and be the only one doing it, but it was concocted with and assisted by others.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)alone with a million pictures of someone tapped to the wall.
this, coupled with the gay bashing incidents, truly makes you pause.
What helps him though is his straight laced persona now. It's hard
to imagine him doing this stuff since he is such a nerd now.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)But yes, someone who does something like that alone makes me think of stalkers and serial killers.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)they too have done that strange action at some point. Or, they will claim that everyone does it.
Romney appears to be strangely unique. Has anyone else ever admitted to putting a dog in a carrier on the roof? I've never heard a single person or instance of that happening. And dressing as a cop? Outside of Halloween, the only people doing that are criminals (or kinkier than me.)
begin_within
(21,551 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)At the convention Romney will admit that Ron Paul won Iowa and all the rest and they'll all have a big laugh.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)Most of the dumb and crazy things I did as a teen and young adult were prefaced by, "I was drunk..." and involved mostly my own humiliation directly related to the effects of alcohol. I'd say the same for all of my friends. Or it was stuff that everybody does. TP'ing someone's house. Going for a joyride in the farmer's fields. Whatever. Romney came up with really screwed up stuff.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)or better. haha
Between this and the gay bashing it shows he takes joy in scaring and humiliating people.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)bongbong
(5,436 posts)"The Dead Zone" by Stephen King
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)It was usually with a bunch of friends. And it was always the fun kind of crazy, nobody got hurt. I had a friend who would put up the Christmas stuff at the end of July and had a Christmas party. We all brought gag gifts. Good times.
I do like the empty hanger thing.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)today and they don't really seem happy or joyful or silly. they actually seem
kind of sad, and serious, and noses stuck in an I-phone. Glad I grew up when I did.
ananda
(28,866 posts)They are very sick puppies. Just look at their faces and demeanor.
They don't look real or human.
lutefisk
(3,974 posts)I guess he does.
RagAss
(13,832 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)But this? The ones who do shit like this were usually in Fort Supply (a mental hospital) or serving 3-5 for using it to commit crimes.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)there is something else that would be more like a mike. :> Love your avatar...miss TK so much. He is my hero. Just got an invite to his annual dinner...for the Ted Kennedy institute. Wish I could go.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)I love TK, too.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Was put on a uniform to actually serve...oh wait, it wasn't by myself either. We found a few photos recently...lord I look young...and thin.
And what mitt did was criminal...
zappaman
(20,606 posts)And I know you're too humble to mention your days as a cop and as a firefighter, so let me also thank you for those services as well!
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Walked through Georgetown in DC and tried to purchase some precious souls.
Sadly, the Republican Party and the Reagan Administration had beat me to the punch.
REP
(21,691 posts)Oh, you meant the creepy fake cop thing. Nope, I never did anything like committing the crime of impersonating a law enforcement officer.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)*NSFW*
My girlfriend giving me head while driving to Vegas was pretty nuts.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)I know too many women who have a "thing" about being pulled over by a hunky cop, etc.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Robocop, hmm, maybe he identified with that guy
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)And I still play with Hot Wheels cars at 22 years of age. But never before have I had the desire to impersonate a police officer.
-Jamaal
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)But I'm not trying to be your President.