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There were some strong contenders for Asshole of the Week this week, a couple of whom probably might have won on another week. But this week, there was one asshole who stood knees and ankles below the rest. Our Asshole of the Week is...
Adrian Matthew! Right about now, you're asking yourself, "Who the hell is Adrian Matthew?" This guy is the upstanding citizen who on Monday pleaded guilty to selling 70 ecstasy pills to an undercover cop. Oops! Normally, a guilty plea in a drug dealing case wouldn't catch our attention, but this one did. You see, Matthew is a former basketball coach at Lenape High School in South Jersey. But even that isn't what got our attention. What caught our eye was that he was fired from teaching and coaching in 2001 for smoking up and sharing ecstasy with four students–three females and one male. So now he's getting what he deserves: six and a half years in jail, and the dishonor of being our Asshole of the Week.
Follow the jump to see some honorable mentions.
- Some prudish town clerks in Doylestown got offended when a disgruntled citizen wrote a vulgar message on the memo line of a check he sent to pay a parking ticket. They filed disorderly conduct charges against the guy, so he had to apologize. We think this is proof positive that the vulgar message to the town was entirely appropriate.
- T.O. defended Tony Romo after the Cowboys' loss to the Giants in last weekend's playoff game. And he preemptively smacked down the media for pointing the finger at Romo, choking back tears saying, "That's my teammate. That's my quarterback." Because T.O. would never blame a loss on his quarterback.
- Hasbro and Mattel want to shut down Scrabulous. They probably have a decent argument that there's some copyright infringement going on here, but hey, we're the Napster generation, so we'll overlook it if it makes us happy. And Scrabulous makes us happy, damnit.
- State Representative John Galloway of Bucks County lost his cool and told an obnoxious e-mailer to kiss his ass. You see, one of our favorite hostile responses by a government official to a nasty letter was back in the 60s, when Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley received a nasty letter from white supremacist, anti-Semite, and all-around waste of life Edward Fields protesting the reopening of the then-closed 16th Street Baptist Church bombing case. Baxley responded, on official state letterhead, "My response to your letter is...kiss my ass." So Galloway's response to a very petty e-mail here seems all the more trite. Plus, it's e-mail, that's what the "Delete" button is for.
- We know when we're trying to elude the police during a chase, we find the best strategy is to drive into a river. It's nice to see that someone out there agrees with us.
Image (which is apparently of allergy pills) via flickr user e-magic.
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