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Remember the fake mugger?
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 1:14 pm
by AnotherFairportfan
Re: Remember the fake mugger?
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:11 pm
by Sgt. Howard
I remember seeing that- as one who carries with permit, I did wonder about the intelligence of the maneuver... I would have had him on the ground, one way or another...
Re: Remember the fake mugger?
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:51 pm
by Alkarii
Well, it is often said that when one plays stupid games, one wins stupid prizes.
Re: Remember the fake mugger?
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:16 pm
by Warrl
Alkarii wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:51 pm
Well, it is often said that when one plays stupid games, one wins stupid prizes.
Darwin Award nominee
Re: Remember the fake mugger?
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:25 pm
by Alkarii
Warrl wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:16 pm
Alkarii wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:51 pm
Well, it is often said that when one plays stupid games, one wins stupid prizes.
Darwin Award nominee
Only if he never had any children/donated sperm. The stupidity has to have removed the winner from the gene pool. So it is possible to win a Darwin Award while still alive.
Re: Remember the fake mugger?
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:10 am
by FreeFlier
When all of those terrorizing unsuspecting people videos were so hot, I always wondered how long it would be before somebody got shot.
And it's not like there wasn't warning in popular culture . . . even Hill Street Blues had an episode revolving around the victim shooting back. (And if I'm aware of that, there must have been more.)
--FreeFlier
Re: Remember the fake mugger?
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:37 pm
by Warrl
Alkarii wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:25 pm
Warrl wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:16 pm
Alkarii wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:51 pm
Well, it is often said that when one plays stupid games, one wins stupid prizes.
Darwin Award nominee
Only if he never had any children/donated sperm. The stupidity has to have removed the winner from the gene pool. So it is possible to win a Darwin Award while still alive.
Actually, the Darwin Award rules explicitly say that having already had children is
not a disqualification.
(Also that, while most nominees do die in the process of qualifying, sterilization also qualifies.)
Re: Remember the fake mugger?
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:09 pm
by TazManiac
I found this ref too, while reminding myself of Owen & Lakshmi's bowling date; it's Shelly prowling the neighborhood looking for a VHS copy of Bridget Jones' Diary, and
ends up seeing what looks like a hold-up
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/05072003/