We’re going to pimp you up

I really dig when people are really, really into their jobs. You know who they are: the NBA player who’s just doing it because he loves the game, the jovial guy who runs the lunchtruck, etc. I’m sure there’s a professional blogger out there who makes jokes about his Google pagerank. (No, not me. I usually say “staff writer… and blogger” when meeting new people.)

And, of course, this guy: A man so into pimpin’ he had a trophy proclaiming him “Pimp of the Year.” (How does one win pimp of the year? Most tricks turned? Fewest times busted by the cops?)

I’m talking about Matthew Thompkins, someone who we’ll all be getting a lot of mileage out of in the coming weeks. The recently arrested pimp is accused of running a prostitution ring in New York, Boston, Las Vegas and Atlantic City. He’s such a pimp that he gave an article to Ozone magazine talking about his “pimptuition.”

One of Thompkins’ trophies is four feet tall, “topped with a scepter-wielding figure in a crown and cape,” according to the Inquirer. He’s not all bad, though: Thompkins says he’d never pimp someone under the age of consent.

Oh, except the authorities said he was pimping out a 14-year-old girl. Now I know how you win Pimp of the Year.

FBI: Proud pimp nabbed [Inky]
It’s Not The People Who Are Responsible, It’s The Pimpitutions! [Philebrity]
Why use Google? [Google]