Life among my people

This just in from the Great State:

LAFAYETTE, La. -- The Ville Platte company that makes "Slap Ya Mama" Cajun seasoning has slapped a lawsuit for trademark infringement on an upstart spice company marketing under the name "Punch Ya Daddy."

Walker & Sons, the family owned company that makes "Slap Ya Mama," alleges the similarity of the other brand's name and logo are an attempt to draw on their brand's good reputation.

"We think the name itself was calculated to call on the image already created by 'Slap Ya Mama,"' Walker & Sons attorney William Stagg said. "They were attempting to grab hold of the image 'Slap Ya Mama' had already developed."

How dare those varlets try to piggyback on the good reputation of people who refer to domestic violence to sell paprika! (N.B., in truth, the product name comes from a colloquial South Louisiana saying: "That tastes so good it makes you wanna slap ya mama.")

Meanwhile, this wheelie-popping, chick-impressing wild man is not related to me, and he's not a Louisianian at all, but I wisht he wuz! Excerpt:

A 61-year-old dude named Dennis LeRoy was just sentenced to 180 days in jail after cops say he got wasted at a Minnesota bar last year and tried to drive home on his suped-up piece of living room furniture .

The La-Z-booze-mobile was equipped with a cup-holder, radio, headlight and a National Hot Rod Association sticker. It was powered by a converted lawn-mower.

Cops say on August 31,2008, LeRoy pounded around 8 or 9 beers, left the bar, mounted his chair-mobile -- which is capable of speeds up to 20 MPH -- and crashed into a "real car" on the way back to his home.

LeRoy was given field sobriety tests ... but cops say he "failed everything."