Apparently IRS does watch reality TV
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One person who did get rich quick is Richard Hatch, the man who won $1 million in the very first “Survivor” season back when people actually watched reality TV. Now Hatch faces up to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of not paying taxes on his winnings.
The obvious question is how did Hatch think he could get away with this? Millions of people tuned in to watch “Survivor.” The show sparked a reality TV craze that still has us enduring ridiculous TV programming to this day.
Hatch was the villain people loved to hate. He schemed his way to the top by being sneaky and back-stabbing, which has become the American way. If that wasn’t enough, he shed his clothes to provide an image most viewers won’t soon forget.
Yet this guy somehow thought the IRS wouldn’t notice when he failed to report $1 million in earnings. He deserves jail time.
As for other news, don’t forget this Thursday is Groundhog Day. I for one am hoping Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, which is supposed to indicate six more weeks of winter.
Forget about six more weeks. I’m still waiting for six weeks of winter, period. I wore shorts and a T-shirt when I was outside Friday and was completely comfortable.
It’s getting to the point where I don’t even move my winter clothes to the front of the closet anymore. Why bother.
But enough talk about the weather. Here are a couple odd, strange and curious news stories I found.
A 29-year-old resident of Buffalo, N.Y. was arrested for armed robbery earlier this month after reporting to work as a Burger King trainee. The man, Adam Ruiz, tried to play it cool, but it didn’t take long before Burger King employees recognized him as the man who had just robbed the restaurant the week before.
If nothing else, this verifies the long-standing belief that crime doesn’t pay. If you can make more money flipping burgers, it’s probably best to stay away from robbery.
As for improbable heroes, a telemarketer ? yes one of those annoying telemarketers ? is being praised for saving a life. It’s the life of an 85-year-old Illinois man who fell down outside his home and spent the night outside in freezing weather.
Suffering from hypothermia, the man finally mustered the strength to crawl back inside. For reasons I don’t completely understand, he was unable to make an outgoing call, but was waiting by the phone to cry out for help if someone called him.
As you might expect, the first person to call was a telemarketer who alerted emergency officials when she determined the man had a serious medical condition.