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Monday, April 22, 2013

Reese vs. Rolando

In one corner, we have Reese Witherspoon, the 5' 1" Academy Award-winning actress, best known for her timeless comedic role as overachieving Elle Woods in everyone's favorite movie about Harvard Law School, "Legally Blonde." 

In the other corner, it's Rolando McClain, the underachieving 6' 4", 260 pound, former first round pick of the Oakland Raiders, recently signed by your Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.

What do these two have in common?  Well, both were arrested for disorderly conduct over the weekend.  Let's play a little game with that.  Here's how it works.  I give you a fact about the disorderly conduct arrest and you tell me who's arrest it was, Reese's or Rolando's. 

Here goes:
  • Question #1: For which contestant was it the third arrest in 18 months?
  • Question #2: Which contestant, upon being told to get back in the car, proudly said "I'm an American citizen and I have the right to stand on U.S. ground?"
  • Question #3: Which contestant came up with the always good "Do you know who I am?" line shortly before being arrested?
  • Question #4: Which contestant finally got arrested after refusing to follow a direct order from the police?
  • Question #5: Which contestant is accused of cursing out the arresting officer?

Here are your answers:
  • Rolando.  This arrest doesn't sound nearly as good as the one where he "fired a gun next to a man's head," whatever that means.
  • Reese.  This reminds me a bit of Elle Woods' triumphant questioning of Chutney about the physics of a permanent wave during the dramatic courtroom scene at the end of "Legally Blonde".
  • Reese.  I've got to hand it to her -- haven't you always wanted to say that to a cop?
  • Both of them.  This one was too easy.  It was disorderly conduct, after all.
  • Rolando.  I've got to imagine that Reese did the same thing.  She's just getting away with it.