Little Mr. Apricot Flips Off Crowd, Loses Title

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Little Mr. Apricot Flips Off Crowd, Loses Title
(CBS 13) PATTERSON, Calif. A big brouhaha in Stanislaus County as a pageant winner in Patterson is stripped of his crown. Heather Hudgens reports it all started with apricots and a finger foul-up.

It was another weekend of royalty in Patterson, and the parade queens were on their best behavior.

“I would never do it, it’s not queen worthy,” said one of the queens.

What she's talking about is what happened last month at the Apricot festival, when the newly-crowned Little Mr. Apricot, 4-year old Matthew Burgos, raised his middle finger to the crowd!

At Mil's Cafe, now all the talk is what happened next, when Matthew was unceremoniously relieved of his crown. The reason - the unfortunate flip of the finger.

Matthew's mom understands why the apricot board took Matthew's title, but wishes some townsfolk would just get over it.

“I think it is ridiculous, I mean he’s four years old,” she says.

CBS 13 asked the Patterson Apricot Fiesta Board to comment, they would not, except to confirm the story. First runner-up Michael Montiel will now assume the role of Little Mr. Apricot. Matthew doesn't even know he's been stripped of the title. His mom and dad say he likely wouldn't understand, anyway.
 
I think it's absolutely ridiculous that he had his title removed, especially given that, according to his mother, he was trying to signal that he was "number 1" and simply confused his fingers.
 
Dope Nose said:
I think it's absolutely ridiculous that he had his title removed, especially given that, according to his mother, he was trying to signal that he was "number 1" and simply confused his fingers.

Ignorance is no excuse.

Next you'll be excusing him when he robs the ice cream man.
 
Dope Nose said:
even for a 4 year old?

Better to learn at 4 then 14 and losing his chance to become an Eagle scout.
 

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