Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. were right: stray dogs are going to control major cities

I’m a huge fan of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, especially the public service announcements that Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr perform once they reach superstar status. A friend sent along a story from St. Louis’ local CBS affiliate that reminded me of one of those PSAs.

An excerpt:

Aldermanic President Lewis Reed is sounding the alarm. “I’ve witnessed packs of dogs, 10 and 15 dogs running together, and I’ve seen all these dogs I’m talking about they don’t have collars, they don’t have tags, these are truly wild dogs,” he said.

While this certainly sounds like a nuisance, one can’t help but wonder if our two favorite dim-witted fake NASCAR drivers weren’t prophetic when they told us that packs of wild dogs would control most of the major cities in North America. Here’s the clip of their warning and some helpful tips in case you find your own neighborhood beset by menacing canines.

Ricky and Cal don’t provide the most sound advice on how to handle an encounter with a wild dog, but their tactics aren’t much worse than spending $500,000 to rid the city of the problem.

Tony LaRussa has suggested allowing one person to attempt to solve the problem, but as soon as they encounter even the slightest difficulty switching the person with someone else, and then repeating that process until the dogs are gone.

You can read the entire news story here.