Viral ‘Florida Man’ Challenge Has a Priceless Result for Everyone
We’ve seen some pretty ridiculous Internet challenges lately, from throwing slices of cheese on babies faces to people literally lighting themselves on fire (honestly, how do people even come up with these things?).
Of course, everyone had a lot to say about these, both positive and negative. But now, there’s a new one circulating around—only this one is consistently cracking everyone up. We honestly can’t imagine anyone won’t get a good laugh out of this one.
It all started when one Twitter user with the handle @g_pratimaaa posted to her Twitter, “EVERYBODY google “florida man” followed by your birthday (florida man august 22) and tell me what you get. mine is Florida Man tries to attack neighbor with tractor.”
It seems kind of strange at first, but hear us out: The arrest records in Florida are publicly accessible. That means all records of arrests that occur in Florida are out there for the world to read about.
So how do you get to a particular story about someone in Florida being arrested on a certain date? You’d probably type in something akin to “Florida man January 7th” and the arrest would pop up.
The thing is, Floridians have been arrested for some pretty crazy things. In fact, this Twitter user discovered that there’s not a single date you could type in that doesn’t give a super amusing result.
We all love a good challenge, and when the world realized that this woman was so, so right, her tweet began to go viral, along with all of the search results that people found.
I truly lost it when I looked at mine, which read, “Florida Man Arrested After Hitting Girlfriend in Face With Burrito.”
Here are some of the best hilarious headlines people have found by simply typing this sentence along with their birthday into Google:
“Florida Man Arrested After Hitting Dad with Pizza Because He Was Mad He Helped Birth Him.”
“Florida Man Arrested with Cocaine-Stuffed Lunchables.”
“Florida Man Finds a WWII Grenade, Places It in His Truck, Drives to Taco Bell.”
“Florida Man Caught on Camera Licking Doorbell.”
“Florida Man Who Allegedly Threatened Family with Coldplay Lyrics Ends Standoff After SWAT Promises Him Pizza.”
“Florida Man Sprayed Other Inmates with Urine.”
“Florida House Speaker Apologizes for Referring to Pregnant Women as ‘Host Bodies’ in Interview on Abortion.”
“Florida Man Finds Bright Green Iguana in Toilet, Calls 911.”
“Leaf-burning Florida Man Asks Cop ‘Did You Find All My Pot?’”
“Florida Man Throws Pizza Slice at Mom During Argument.”
“Florida Man Throws Toilet Through School Board Building Window in Illinois, Is Arrested Sitting on Another.”
“Florida Man Rescues Grandma Floating Away on Ice Throne.”
“Florida Man in Spider-Man Mask Steals Bottles From Liquor Store.”
We have many questions, but two in particular: 1) What is going on in Florida? 2) Why are so many people using pizza as a weapon? Remind us not to book a vacation to Florida anytime soon…
But seriously, if you need a laugh today, go ahead, and type “Florida man” into Google with your birthday and see what you find. What was the result?