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(Foolocracy) Dumbass Smartest man in Idaho resigns as mayor. Tells Town to go to hell because they are too stupid   (foolocracy.com) divider line 56
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40yoVirgin [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 12:40:35 PM  
worldwide-web.com

"You people are nothing but a pack of fickle mush-heads!"

 
LadyHawke [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 12:50:07 PM  
So were they cheering because he told the rest of the council they're idiots or just because he resigned?

 
cryinoutloud [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 12:54:24 PM  
Who is this man? We should get together and discuss our adventures living in small towns with idiots.

 
Con_Authority [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 01:09:04 PM  
LadyHawke: So were they cheering because he told the rest of the council they're idiots or just because he resigned?

Even they don't know...

 
cretinbob [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 01:46:50 PM  
As a Floridahoan, I have to say he's right. There is a whole lot of stupid in that state.

 
jaylectricity [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 02:03:41 PM  
So the town hated him and wanted him out so he decides to insult them while he resigns?

And this is news?

 
HomoHabilis 2008-11-15 02:12:14 PM  
Never thought I'd see "smartest" and Idaho in the same sentence.

 
downstairs [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 02:35:04 PM  
jaylectricity: So the town hated him and wanted him out so he decides to insult them while he resigns?

And this is news?


Have you met the common person? They're generally stupid.

This man = img1.fark.net

 
Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 02:48:27 PM  
Next week on Eureka...

 
jaylectricity [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 02:49:16 PM  
downstairs: Have you met the common person? They're generally stupid.

It seems that the common people I read about in the news or see on TV are generally stupid. Yet all the common people I know aren't stupid at all. Maybe some of them don't succeed according to society's mainstream barometers, but they seem to have ingenious plans to get what they need.

Of course now that I think about it some more I do get awfully frustrated when they can't see the forest through the trees. I show them how a commercial is trying to manipulate them and they respond with something like, "Ooh that's cool, I want one."

 
jjorsett 2008-11-15 03:35:14 PM  
You can't fire me, I quit. And you're all stupid-heads!

 
Fat Lenny 2008-11-15 03:39:41 PM  
jaylectricity: So the town hated him and wanted him out so he decides to insult them while he resigns?

And this is news?


No. It's not news; it's Fark.

 
Nudge 2008-11-15 03:41:52 PM  
WTF!

The town is Bill Beck, Idaho. Did he FOUND the town of stupid?!?

 
willicus 2008-11-15 03:43:03 PM  
You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.

 
Bucky Katt [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 03:44:31 PM  
He's the smartest guy in Idaho? That's not exactly saying much.

 
FormlessOne 2008-11-15 03:45:58 PM  
jaylectricity: Yet all the common people I know aren't stupid at all.

To paraphrase Carlin, think about how dumb the average person is, then realize that 50% of them are dumber than that.

"Common" and "average" aren't the same thing, luckily. You're on the Internet. Only 37% of the population in North America can say that. By definition, you're no longer "common," and most likely, your associates are in the same social strata.

 
bikeshop 2008-11-15 03:46:38 PM  
I like this guy.

 
pvd021 2008-11-15 03:47:16 PM  
The question isn't whether or not he's an asshole, its whether or not his opinion is correct.

 
Atypical Person Reading Fark [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 03:48:27 PM  
The town has run out of money, which the mayor pointed out as an impediment to fixing all the things that concerned citizens wanted to fix.

Weeds growing through the sidewalks, signs leaning, welcome sign aged and leaning, graffiti in all the back alleys, railing on the bridge no longer having paint.

As the town sank further into decrepitude, some citizens threatened to "go to the press" if the mayor didn't fix all this.

Mayor said "There is no money, maybe a few of you could pull those weeds out by hand, or maybe paint over the graffiti."

He was jeered. He quit.

 
Aarontology [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 03:50:07 PM  
Well this is just going to be awkward next time he goes to make groceries.

 
Cymbals of the Illiterati 2008-11-15 03:59:23 PM  
Nudge: WTF!

The town is Bill Beck, Idaho. Did he FOUND the town of stupid?!?


The town is St. Anthony (correctly identified in the story linked to in the linked story). Nice catch, though. Why are we linking to summaries of articles, now?

 
The Voice of Sarcastic Reason 2008-11-15 04:02:47 PM  

 
jaylectricity [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 04:05:29 PM  
FormlessOne: You're on the Internet. Only 37% of the population in North America can say that. By definition, you're no longer "common," and most likely, your associates are in the same social strata.

Hmm...and I do live in a relatively urban area compared to the flyover states. You have a point.

 
ClicheGuevara07 2008-11-15 04:07:30 PM  
pvd021: The question isn't whether or not he's an asshole, its whether or not his opinion is correct.

*Checks county election results*

McCain - 80%

Obama - 18%

I'd say he pretty much hit it on the head.

 
coco ebert [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 04:08:31 PM  
Let's hope the sanitation commissioner stays put.

 
AmazingRuss 2008-11-15 04:13:03 PM  
cryinoutloud: Who is this man? We should get together and discuss our adventures living in small towns with idiots.

Silly provincials...your experience pales in comparison to living in an urban area with MILLIONS of idiots.

 
Moses To Sandy Koufax 2008-11-15 04:14:02 PM  
www.perduecreative.com


New mayor?

 
Pechorin 2008-11-15 04:15:47 PM  
coco ebert: Let's hope the sanitation commissioner stays put.

THIS!

Who is the guy who lost sanitation commissioner to Homer Simpson and then when he was offered the job again, came on stage to the Sanford and Son theme, and said, "Basically, you're all screwed, good bye."

Someone post his pic.

 
Ontos 2008-11-15 04:20:28 PM  
I'm from Driggs, Idaho, about 45 minutes away.....

Yeah.... lots of stupid there.

BUT... There's amazing trout fishing!

 
coco ebert [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 04:22:22 PM  
Pechorin: coco ebert: Let's hope the sanitation commissioner stays put.

THIS!

Who is the guy who lost sanitation commissioner to Homer Simpson and then when he was offered the job again, came on stage to the Sanford and Son theme, and said, "Basically, you're all screwed, good bye."

Someone post his pic.


Ray Patterson as played by Steve Martin. i291.photobucket.com

I seriously need a website of just obscure Simpsons character stills.

 
jaylectricity [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 04:22:48 PM  
Pechorin: Who is the guy who lost sanitation commissioner to Homer Simpson and then when he was offered the job again, came on stage to the Sanford and Son theme, and said, "Basically, you're all screwed, good bye."

Someone post his pic.


It's a tough one to find. His name was Ray Patterson, voiced by Steve Martin.

 
jaylectricity [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 04:23:37 PM  
coco ebert: I seriously need a website of just obscure Simpsons character stills.

Having not refreshed before posting I seem to have been beaten. But you hit the nail on the head with your idea.

 
ollin 2008-11-15 04:24:07 PM  
FormlessOne: jaylectricity: Yet all the common people I know aren't stupid at all.

To paraphrase Carlin, think about how dumb the average person is, then realize that 50% of them are dumber than that.

"Common" and "average" aren't the same thing, luckily. You're on the Internet. Only 37% of the population in North America can say that. By definition, you're no longer "common," and most likely, your associates are in the same social strata.


How does Youtube, Facebook, MySpace, etc... play into that. Seems to me that a massive portion of the internet is functionally retarded.

 
dopirt 2008-11-15 04:36:26 PM  
The comments on the original article are quite humorous. An number of the council members posted! Apparently, the sentiment in town is to unseat everybody! Anyone know what the following is all about?

"The real thing that I think is interesting about the whole thing is how the rednecks with bathtubs in there front yard came out of the wood work and the rest of the people that have asked in the past for the city to be cleaned up just sat back on there thumbs"

 
Amish Animal Scientist 2008-11-15 04:43:17 PM  
Dopirt -
Do you mean what's the situation or what's up with the councilperson's inability to differentiate between "there" and "their"? I'd like to know the answers to both... Seems to me that if his spelling is any indication of the rest of the town, then they are indeed idiots.

 
dopirt 2008-11-15 04:53:46 PM  
No, I'm curious about this bathtub in the yard expression. Is that common there? Or was it something created in those comments?

 
Funk Brothers 2008-11-15 04:57:29 PM  
Sarah Palin was the smartest person in Idaho before returning to Alaska after graduating from the University of Idaho.

 
Bacontastesgood 2008-11-15 05:09:28 PM  
Aarontology: Well this is just going to be awkward next time he goes to make groceries.

Jebus. You have to make your own groceries in Idaho?

/No, Youdaho!

 
michaeld5 2008-11-15 05:11:09 PM  
Funk Brothers: Sarah Palin was the smartest person in Idaho before returning to Alaska after graduating from the University of Idaho.

More on Palin? Christ.

I always thought U. of Idaho was a good school.

www.sportsatrandom.com

 
He_Hate_Me 2008-11-15 05:12:58 PM  
Another relevant Simpsons moment:

i67.photobucket.com

 
sweetpeteman [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 05:44:10 PM  
coco ebert: Pechorin: coco ebert: Let's hope the sanitation commissioner stays put.

THIS!

Who is the guy who lost sanitation commissioner to Homer Simpson and then when he was offered the job again, came on stage to the Sanford and Son theme, and said, "Basically, you're all screwed, good bye."

Someone post his pic.

Ray Patterson as played by Steve Martin.

I seriously need a website of just obscure Simpsons character stills.


http://www.snpp.com/

 
Ed Willy 2008-11-15 05:51:06 PM  

The mayor in question


www.smh.com.au

 
Gish21 2008-11-15 06:23:30 PM  
FormlessOne:
"Common" and "average" aren't the same thing, luckily. You're on the Internet. Only 37% of the population in North America can say that. By definition, you're no longer "common," and most likely, your associates are in the same social strata.


Yeah, maybe it's 37%, if you include Mexico. The penetration rate for Canada and the United states is over 70%.

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats14.htm (new window)

http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=555 (new window)

 
Relatively Obscure [TotalFark] 2008-11-15 06:39:19 PM  
Ah, cool. The Mayor is a Farker; everyone except for him is an idiot.

 
Mayhem of the Black Underclass 2008-11-15 07:53:31 PM  
Relatively Obscure: Ah, cool. The Mayor is a TotalFarker; everyone except for him is an idiot.

FTFtheLiters

 
andrewagill 2008-11-15 09:17:57 PM  
Was it Ed?

Ed was the only smart man in the world.

Once he was elected mayor on the strength of his campaign slogan, "Vote for Ed or He'll Lose."

His opponent's slogan was "Can't Argue With That."
---
He was the forty-third contestant on the game show "Do You Want A Million Dollars?" and the only one to win.

The correct answer was "yes."

 
reverendfitty 2008-11-15 10:33:15 PM  
Idahos Ozymiyadias?


/squid in a potato feild

 
MirandaMM 2008-11-15 11:34:58 PM  
.....

/not impressed.
//current Idahoan.

 
jboy 2008-11-16 12:38:01 AM  
Ontos: I'm from Driggs, Idaho, about 45 minutes away.....

Yeah.... lots of stupid there.

BUT... There's amazing trout fishing!


I grew up in Driggs.. lived on Easy st. (now ave.) There's plenty of stupid there too.

Although Mayor Lou is awesome. (really good friend of my dads) And he has a beautiful Dodge charger.

 
andrewagill 2008-11-16 01:43:12 AM  
Maybe he has a point:

"He come in a said, I'll make this short and sweet," says St. Anthony Acting Mayor, Garth Rose.

/Your acting mayor, ladies and gentlemen.

 
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