Macho man
We've talked for a while about Fireman Randy needing an intervention. The need seems to be growing more intense by the week.
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Comments (17)
Next thing you know, he'll be policing the MAX stations and water reservoirs with his own LTL shotgun and bean bags.
Posted by Mike (the other one) | November 23, 2009 3:01 PM
Didn't he take a disability pension? If he was up on the roof, how disabled could he be?
Posted by mp97303 | November 23, 2009 3:09 PM
Weird, it's almost like he's baiting the bear trying to spoil for a fight - With who?
You tell me what's driving him? Boredom? The onset of old age and raging against the darkness (or whatever Sandburg said)?
Posted by Steve | November 23, 2009 4:54 PM
I think you mean Dylan Thomas, "Do not go gentle into that good night, rage rage against the dieing of the light..."
Posted by tor | November 23, 2009 5:00 PM
Sounds like he gave Darwin a fastball on the outside corner, resulting in a swing and a miss.
The count is 1 and 0. If Randy is decompensating, the next one will hang in the sweet spot.
Posted by Mister Tee | November 23, 2009 5:23 PM
Hmmmm... I think I'm sensing a pattern here -
lifting weights... flying into rages with people... aggresively bullying others... jumping into ridiculous stunts to prove his manhood...
Posted by Steroids, anyone? | November 23, 2009 5:39 PM
Nah, don't intervene. I'd rather have him out running calls with the fire dept than hanging around city hall cooking up crooked deals and selling out the city...
Posted by RANZ | November 23, 2009 6:19 PM
He looks as he is more need of a transfusion than an intervention.
Posted by Abe | November 23, 2009 6:32 PM
Sounds like Randy has been watching too many Dirty Harry movies. Can we expect him to intervene in the next hostage situation or standoff?
Posted by notapottedplant | November 23, 2009 6:44 PM
This was a perfect photo op! Of course he was going to be up there.
He's a guy who thinks he's above the law, or at least above the rules. Scary.
Posted by Michelle | November 23, 2009 7:41 PM
There should be a YouTube of that fire stunt to go with his "Sam's Not Gay" and "Candidates Gone Wild" class act videos.
Posted by Ben | November 23, 2009 7:59 PM
"Sounds like Randy has been watching too many Dirty Harry movies."
The new direct to DVD Randy 6 was being filmed. Sammy helped him create the back story.
In it a washed up PFF tries to recreate the glory days when everyone at the station looked forward to his home cooked meals; annually his fellow FF's let him go on a call for his Christmas card photo op.
Posted by Bob | November 23, 2009 8:35 PM
Why are my tax dollars being spent to give a 57 year old retiree a 4 hour firefighting refresher course? So he can climb up on roofs and act like an idiot with OSHA's blessing?
Posted by JD in the NE | November 23, 2009 10:46 PM
It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.
This isn't quite the response Randy was hoping for -- he thought everyone would see him suited up and swoon "ooooh, our hero" instead of "Who is that idiot distracting the firefighters?"
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | November 23, 2009 11:04 PM
MAybe it was a Rudy Giuliani moment for him, at least in his mind. Before 9/11, Rudy had a mixed record in public life. His performance during and immediatly after 9/11 has become his legacy, and the past has been forgotten.
Posted by john rettig | November 23, 2009 11:42 PM
Nice stunt Randy! I'll bet he was pretty disappointed that he didn't get some good video out of this. What a total Hoser!
Posted by Dean | November 24, 2009 12:58 PM
JD in the NE, it's not the re-training that is going to cost us; rather, it's the babysitting:
"Leonard will be paired up with a safety officer when on the scene of a fire from now on, said Jeff Bancroft, the Fire Bureau's chief safety officer. 'He will be in an observation or advisory role and at no time will he be doing any hands-on firefighting,' Bancroft said in a response to the complaint.
'This was an unexpected occurrence, and we have made plans to prevent anything like this from happening again,' Bancroft said."
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/leonard_to_get_retraining_afte.html
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | November 25, 2009 5:58 PM