My childhood included repeated readings of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and the accompanying dreams that I could one day find a town where inclement weather meant my favorite treats dropping out of the sky. Like any kid, my wishes skewed more toward toys from the heavens than food.
Who knew all I had to do was move to Florida? A child riding a bike through Auburn, Fla. felt something bounce off the right side of his face. When he stopped to find out what it was, he discovered a small action figure.
The toy came not from God (I know, shocking, right?) but from a man who police spent some time searching for last week but never found. The driver of a dark-colored Buick was seen chucking the toy at the child and speeding off. What they would have charged him with, I don't know. But if the action figure was G.I. Joe and he was packing, would that have qualified for assault with a deadly weapon?
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