... and now, as Paul Harvey would say, you'll hear the rest of story!

I'm embarrassed to hear that the news travels so fast. Yes, I was arrested for an incident outside the Fargodome. Yes, it did involve a trench coat (that I had borrowed from Parkwayred), it did involve some counterfeit Bronze cards, and an attempt to interfere with the judicial process.

Originally, I was also charged with, of all things, indecent exposure. I argued my own case (Barry Disney wouldn't answer his cell phone) and made an objection toward the decency part! It was my opinion that while it might not be tasteful (exposing oneself in public) that I am still fairly decent.

The judge viewed some video that was presented. And although it was a full frontal picture, the judge dismissed that portion of the charges, for a lack of evidence. I really could have done without the magistrates unprofessional laughter and I tried to claim my lack of evidence was from the icy conditions. When it's 96 degrees and one is outside wearing a borrowed trench coat that argument was scoffing in the face of the facts.

(by the way Red, the local constable has confiscated your trench coat, holding it until it's proper owner can be located. I tried to steer them away from you but in the pocket of the coat they found a picture. On the back it said, "To Red, With All Our Love" and it was signed, Waunita and the kids. The picture was of a fairly attractive but brutally rough gal with long jet black hair and a uni-brow, she had a set of triplets in her arms. And as if that wasn’t strange enough, all 3 babies had curly red hair. Also in the pocket was a book of matches from some establishment outside of Abilene on I-70! They may track you down)

But on to the charges! As the Swayz pointed out and I confirmed, the trip to Fargo is “one-way” only, I need to get back to Ottawa and needed to raise some money. On first thought, I was going to pawn the trench coat you loaned me but that was only going to earn me $5.00. I considered selling my body but I recalled the scandal of a few years ago in Fargo and felt that Sir Richard would surely crucify me on this web page.

I had in my bag, some old USA Wrestling Kansas coaches floor passes that I had received from Nedly and was trying to peddle them. But they wouldn’t sell! So, the next best thing was to try my collection of counterfeit Bronze cards. After all, with a Bronze card you can save yourself $75 at the gate in Fargo.

So, there I was standing amongst all the sidewalk vendors outside the Fargodome with the Bronze cards lining the inside of "our" coat! Initially I did have clothes on under the coat but that was just too hot. So, yes, I did strip down before putting on the coat!

I stood there displaying my wares when the Gestapo from USA Wrestling first approached me. They had called the local heat who were just pulling into the parking lot from three directions. I shed the coat and by the way, the hamburglar mask you had in the pocket, I was wearing that too! I would of made a clean getaway but tripped in the coat that was gathered around my feet.

I have a hearing with USA Wrestling and also a court date for later this week. I had reluctantly called Mike Juby to post my bail. He did but now I’m doubly indebted and may have to stay in Fargo until I can figure out a way to earn some money. They do have some casinos in town. I may try to parlay my last 87 cents, I spent my last dollar bill on a bottle of Diet Mountain Dew, into something bigger. I will keep you updated!