Thursday, December 10, 2009

We're the Only Ones You Lucky Dog Enough

Lucky Dog vendor, threatened, puts Marine training to work...

Police officials routinely discourage citizens from resisting armed robbers because of the risk. [More]
In all fairness to the "Only Ones," that's not quite true. There are a few defensive options they think we're qualified to implement, including:

1. Vomiting
2. Surrendering
3. (My personal favorite) Screaming (while poking with "a rat tail comb")
4. Pulling the covers over your head.

As an aside, if the thief had succeeded and was later caught, I wonder if the money they found on him would be reportable to state auditors...?

And they say there are no stupid questions...

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

5 comments:

Steve K said...

Wow. I love how the media gives him the "Only one" status because he was a Marine a few decades ago...

straightarrow said...

"They should have charged that crackhead with Attempted Murder and Attempted Robbery, but then again they coddle criminals in Orleans Parish..." partial comment from the story at Times-Picayune.

they have to coddle them, Nagin needs their votes to stay in office.

Kent McManigal said...

I routinely discourage PEOPLE (not "citizens") from listening to police officials. So, there.

Joe G. said...

I think there must be a handbook of guidelines that all "authorized journalists" must follow, according to the given subject matter of any story. They just had to work that in there, in case anyone thought "hey, maybe body-slamming criminals IS a great idea!"

straightarrow said...

Steve K, he wasn't given "Only One" status. He was accorded respect for his courage. And everybody respects Marines. In their barrel the "few bad apples" is a truth they do all they can to throw out, unlike "Only Ones", who do all they can to protect their many bad apples.