Rocky Delgadillo gave me 2.7 Million!

Once upon a time...

Like most macho firefighters would, Tennie Pierce taunted the brotherhood with cat calls of "Keep feeding the Big Dog" as he dominated a station volleyball game. This makes sense. Later, some other macho firemen mixed dog food into his spaghetti to "feed the Big Dog" so to speak, of which Tennie takes 2 bites. This makes sense, and frankly, is kinda funny. Macho fireman Tennie Pierce sues the three firefighters and the City of Los Angeles. This makes sense? The City Council and the City Attorney totally FOLD and give Tennie (cue the Dr. Evil pinkie) Two Point Seven Million Dollars! This makes... Wait.. Huh?!?! Let me state unequivocally, for the record, I would eat a can of dog food, out of a dog dish, on my hands and knees, every day for a month for 2.7 Million Dollars. Here's the LA Times story.

I'm sure Tennie was pissed. I would have been. Pranks can do that. But other guys that have worked in the station state that Tennie was a bit of a prankster himself. Have you seen Ladder 49? This kind of brutal hazing is all over that film. I hear is kind of common for guys who put there lives on the line to be pranksters. Now, had Tennie taken said fireman out on the blacktop and opened up a whole can of whupass on the guy, that'd be one thing. Taking the think to court for punitive damages? Kinda sissified, but ok. I get it. The City Council writing a check out of the taxpayers account for 2.7 million for what amounts to a Fear Factor challenge? No freakin' way!!!!

Oh, does it matter that Tennie is African American? And... should it?

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And that's enough for now.

Brian Norwood

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