And You Thought Asshole Rehabilitation Was Impossible

Amy S.F. Lutz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:01:00 GMT

As you scroll through the Strollerderby posts, you may have occasionally wondered, "How could these snarky little snippets, scrolling down my screen, too many to actually read, have any impact at all in the world?

Well, I'll tell you: just days after I personally awarded Tomas Delgado the Asshole of the Century Award for suing the parents of Iriondo Trinidad, the boy he flattened while screaming down a Spanish highway at 100 mph, Delgado decided to drop his lawsuit against the boy's parents for damages done to his car in the accident.

Coincidence? I hardly think so.

It was certainly this award that mobilized hundreds of Spaniards to mob a courthouse where the lawsuit was being heard, and to cheer at the news that Delgado would not be proceeding - although by all accounts he still believes that he "was a victim too." But the public outcry, which he claimed amounted to a "lynching," was just too much for him to bear.

Do you know any assholes who need rehabilitation? Send nominations my way, and we at Strollerderby will make them change their nefarious ways.

Strollerderby : Iriondo Trinidad

And You Thought Asshole Rehabilitation Was Impossible