# Hey Everybody! ZIMMY'S BACK! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 12, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334 "2014-09-12T19:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/1 "2014-09-12T19:42:39Z")
Road-ragin’ some dude, pulling the “do you know who I am?” card, and threatening to kill him, then showing up at the guy’s workplace two days later. ([Allegedly](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-zimmerman-accused-threatening-driver-25462761).) Heh heh, that’s our Zimmy! _\_ ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/2 "2014-09-12T19:47:11Z")
Is there a point to these updates? I don’t think a single poster here considers Zimmerman a good or reasonable person. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/3 "2014-09-12T19:58:15Z")
But if you can’t \*prove \*what he did was _illegal_, then…I forget what. He’s good, or he’s moral, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/4 "2014-09-12T20:04:51Z")
> [@bup](#): > > But if you can’t \*prove \*what he did was _illegal_, then… …he shouldn’t go to prison. > [@bup](#): > > I forget what. He’s good, or he’s moral, or something. Again, is there anyone who posts here who describes Zimmerman as “good” or “moral”? I just don’t get what these threads are for, they all turn into a rehash of the evidence from his trial, but no one defends his character. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/5 "2014-09-12T20:17:54Z")
> [@Human\_Action](#): > > they all turn into a rehash of the evidence from his trial, Well, let’s get to it. _takes pants off-puts on goggles_ Zimmerman is not guilty because evidence. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/6 "2014-09-12T20:19:04Z")
I concur with my esteemed colleague, the naked guy with the pants on his goggles. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/7 "2014-09-12T20:22:30Z")
Just to be sure before I respond, is it possible to concur with somebody if you are backing slowly away from him and searching out the nearest escape route? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/8 "2014-09-12T20:22:33Z")
To my esteemed plastic vegetable colleague: I posit that the goggles are in lieu of pants. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/9 "2014-09-12T20:22:49Z")
> [@Human\_Action](#): > > Again, is there anyone who posts here who describes Zimmerman as “good” or “moral”? I just don’t get what these threads are for, they all turn into a rehash of the evidence from his trial, but no one defends his character. Zimmerman is a punchline now. The OP is pointing out that Zimmerman’s still a punchline, by his own hand. If Zimmerman gets his ass in a sling again by doing something stupid (which seems more and more likely with each new incident) then it will be the ultimate punchline finish to his life of infamy. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/10 "2014-09-12T20:39:39Z")
One of these days he’ll wound or kill a white guy and then he’s done for it ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/11 "2014-09-12T20:43:58Z")
Dash cams need to be standard equipment on all cars. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/12 "2014-09-12T20:47:45Z")
> [@Human\_Action](#): > > Is there a point to these updates? I don’t think a single poster here considers Zimmerman a good or reasonable person. What, no Dylan fans on the board? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/13 "2014-09-12T21:04:14Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > One of these days he’ll wound or kill a white guy and then he’s done for it If and when that happens, I bet both of my hands Stormfront & their hyperpartisan brethren will immediately call false flag. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/14 "2014-09-12T21:58:27Z")
::takes off pants and puts on goggles:: Good old Zimmy is lucky he hasn’t been shot himself. You might have noted that the road rage vic also has a concealed carry lic. AIUI (IANAL) If the guy you had a RR incident a few days before suddenly shows up at your work, you might have a good reason to, er, pop a cap in his posterior. Ya know, perceived threat from someone who does have a history of, shall we say, anger management issues and questionable prior use of force. I am in no way endorsing violence against Zimmy, just pointing out possible outcomes. Zimmy! **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/15 "2014-09-12T22:16:20Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Well, let’s get to it. > > _takes pants off-puts on goggles_ > > Zimmerman is not guilty because evidence. I think it is a well-established fact that [goggles do nothing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFZh92MUOY). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/16 "2014-09-12T22:17:13Z")
One of these days the law of averages will catch up with him just like O. J. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/17 "2014-09-12T22:27:51Z")
The important question to ask in all of this is, if you have to take your pants off to wear the goggles, how and where are you wearing them? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/18 "2014-09-12T22:36:22Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > The important question to ask in all of this is, if you have to take your pants off to wear the goggles, how and where are you wearing them? A bean in each lens cup and the frank across the nose bridge. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/19 "2014-09-12T22:39:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Just to be sure before I respond, is it possible to concur with somebody if you are backing slowly away from him and searching out the nearest escape route? Isn’t that pretty much _required_? Saying “Nice doggy” while looking for a stick? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334/20 "2014-09-12T22:41:14Z")
Let me make sure I have it all straight: Guy accuses Zimmerman of threatening to kill him during a bout of road rage, resulting in the victim using a gas station pay phone to call the police (claiming that Zimmerman has blocked in his vehicle outside). Later a person who’s confirmed by police to be Zimmerman is seen waiting in his truck outside the victim’s place of work with a handgun tucked in his waistband. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfcemNhlqyA) I can’t wait for **Bricker** and the rest of Zimmerman’s defense team to show up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-everybody-zimmys-back/698334.md?page=2)