Mobile Magnified

You know, I used to think that when other people told me that everyone else in the state thought Mobilians were insane that they were just jealous of Mardi Gras, our proximity to the beaches or something. But after the last couple of weeks, I’m beginning to believe maybe they’re right. I mean people are seeing leprechauns in Crichton and Jesus in Saraland. Are we crazy down here in Mobile? Naaahhhh.

Leprechaun or Crackhead

OK, I know most of you HAVE to have seen the hilarious (or embarrassing) “Leprechaun Story” on WPMI by now. If you haven’t, and you’ve been wondering why everyone’s babbling about leprechauns in Crichton, here’s the scoop.

It seems a bunch of people were gathering out in Crichton in the nights leading up to St. Paddy’s Day because they thought they could see a leprechaun in a tree. No, it wasn’t a real leprechaun – or even a midget dressed up as a leprechaun, as several of you tried to tell me. It seems that if you looked at it the right way, the shadows in the tree looked like the outline of a leprechaun.

Brian “School Zone” Johnson from WPMI came out and did a story that was funnier than anything “The Daily Show” could have ever put together. Personally, my favorite part was the “amateur artist’s” rendering of the leprechaun, which was scribbled on yellow legal paper and looked like it was drawn by a drunk 3-year-old.

Or maybe it was a woman’s theory that it “could be a crackhead who done got ahold of the wrong stuff.” Or the “Irish flute” used to ward off leprechauns Or maybe the guy who was going to go rent a backhoe and uproot the tree because he wanted ’”da gold.” It’s just too good to be true.

Links to the video have gone nationwide and folks all over the country are laughing at us. (What’s new?) At press time, the video was on perezhilton.com, salon.com and youtube.com, to name a few, not to mention being shown on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.”

The best thing to come out of this may be the T-shirt of the artist’s rendering. Boozie definitely needs one of those.

Or maybe even better the rap song “Where da Gold?” someone has made using outtakes. Check out www.myspace.com/emceelepracon.

Heal me, Sheetrock!

What is happening to us, people? Crichtonites are seeing leprechauns in trees, and Saralanders are seeing the image of Jesus in the water-damaged drywall of the Triumph Learning and Worship Center for Life. Apparently, people are claiming various ailments are being miraculously cured – like blood pressure and vision problems – after visiting Drywall Jesus. Obviously DJ can’t cure crazy.

Will you still like Mike?

One of our spies is a complete and total Tim Russert (the moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press”) groupie, so, of course, when the newsman was in town to speak at a dinner honoring Spring Hill College’s 175th anniversary, he was front and center.

Though, sadly, we cannot report Russert was caught with any hookers or seen vomiting in a gutter on LoDa, we can report the following events from the evening: Mayor Dow was overheard responding to someone who was telling him that he should run for mayor again, “well maybe one day if I don’t get Alzheimer’s first.” Gov. Bob Riley and RSA head David Bronner (who are reportedly not big fans of one another) were both in attendance and even seated next to each other – could love be in the air?

Callaghan’s “celebrity” Paddy’s Day Sightings

Callaghan’s co-owner John “J.T.” Thompson said the OGD pub had its biggest turnout ever, with numbers totaling in the thousands. Jim Flanagan, Grayson Capps and the Stumpknockers and Peek provided the tunes for the giant gathering o’ the green.

County Commissioner Steve Nodine was spotted chatting it up with some Mobile Register reporters and a Lagniappe editor, as they ravenously devoured burgers.

Speaking of newsies in attendance, several members of the WPMI news team, morning anchor (and new Lagniappe columnist) Scott “the News Corned Beef” Walker, along with morning weather man Jim “J-Lo” Loznicka and weekend anchor (and SPCA special correspondent?) Mike “News Hog Dog” Rush stylishly arrived in a limo, although it had to drop them off pretty far away since the streets were blocked off around the bar.

Well folks that’s it for this issue. I’m expecting reports any time now of Elvis-sightings in Chickasaw, unicorns in Semmes, mermaids in Mobile Bay or maybe Big Foot in Bayou la Batre.

Please let me know if you see any other mythical creatures running around our area and remember whether it’s rain or shine, dramatic or scandalous, or just some plain ol’ leprechaun lovin’, I’ll be there. Ciao.

Boozie Beer Nues is Lagniappe social butterfly. Contact her at boozie@lagniappemobile.com.

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