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'Breaking Bad' Fans Call 911 After Power Outage, Join List of Fans Too Passionate About Pop Culture
I have a sickness. And it's called "I Can't Talk About Anything But Breaking Bad-itis." Still, I have enough wherewithal to realize this is a sickness I should not contact professionals about. (One of the side effects isn't delusion... yet.)
Others, however, suffer far more than I do, apparently. According to authorities in Fairfield, Conn., several residents in the area called 911 after a cable outage forced them to miss Sunday night's Breaking Bad. Unfortunately, the dilemma, according to police, was "neither an emergency or a police related concern." (Clearly, Connecticut police are not as desperate to avoid Twitter spoilers as some of us.)
But the residents weren't the only people in recent history to be overly passionate about their pop culture obsessions. Read on to learn about some people who take their favorite TV shows way, way, way too seriously. Image: AMC
I have a sickness. And it's called "I Can't Talk About Anything But Breaking Bad-itis." Still, I have enough wherewithal to realize this is a sickness I should not contact professionals about. (One of the side effects isn't delusion... yet.)
Others, however, suffer far more than I do, apparently. According to authorities in Fairfield, Conn., several residents in the area called 911 after a cable outage forced them to miss Sunday night's Breaking Bad. Unfortunately, the dilemma, according to police, was "neither an emergency or a police related concern." (Clearly, Connecticut police are not as desperate to avoid Twitter spoilers as some of us.)
But the residents weren't the only people in recent history to be overly passionate about their pop culture obsessions. Read on to learn about some people who take their favorite TV shows way, way, way too seriously. Image: AMC
A couple in Cleveland was arrested after making too much noise in a Motel 6 during their argument over the best guitarist of all time. But the fact that they were fighting about Slash versus Eddie Van Halen is hardly the craziest part about this story. Instead, it's the fact that they didn't pick Jimi freakin' Hendrix.
In 2013, a couple in Pennsylvania was taken into custody after an argument over who should win American Idol became violent. The biggest shock of all about the story? That people are still watching Idol. Image: FOX
Many children look up to their famous role models. But, perhaps, none as much as a 5-year-old New Hampshire boy, who called 911 and reported there was a "fire burning." There wasn't — he was simply following Kingston's advice in his song "Fire Burning": "Somebody call 911! Shawty fire burning on the dance floor."
A viewing of The Walking Dead turned deadly after one man shot his girlfriend after an argument about the AMC series. Seems Hershel's camp isn't the only place where guns shouldn't be allowed. Image: AMC
