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Fla. Women Disarm Intruder With Sandwich
Fredericksburg ^
| 10/30/03
| AP
Posted on 10/30/2003 1:20:58 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Confronted with an armed intruder in their home, two women plied him with a ham sandwich and rum until he became groggy and passed out. Police arrived and arrested Alfred Joseph Sweet, 52, to end the five-hour episode.
Cathy Ord, 60, and Rose Bucher, 63, said they tried to befriend the man after he burst through their kitchen window with a sawed-off shotgun Tuesday night.
They made him a sandwich, gave him a bottle of rum and suggested he shower and shave so he could "sort of be disguised in his getaway," Ord said.
"We just treated him with kindness," Bucher said.
She said she had offered Sweet cash and the keys to her Cadillac, but he just sat with them, holding his gun. The intruder never said what he wanted, the women said.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: intruder; selfdefense
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Florida has cornered the market on idiots...
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:23:20 PM PST
by
bruin66
(Free Martha!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"We just treated him with kindness," Bucher said. Isn't that what the ladies in Arsenic and Old Lace said?? 
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:26:07 PM PST
by
4mycountry
(Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.)
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To: 4mycountry
Yes: "They look so peaceful!"
To: 4mycountry
Great movie...Cary Grant was great....
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:30:17 PM PST
by
dakine
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"See? See? You don't need a handgun!! You can protect yourself just as well with a sandwich. Of course, sandwiches with sharp mustard will need some sort of regulation."--Sarah Brady
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:31:19 PM PST
by
TheBigB
("We are a NEWSPAPER! We are supposed to print THE NEWS!"--Carl Kolchak)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Fla. Women Disarm Intruder With Sandwich The rum was a little helpful too.
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:33:28 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Pining for the fjords.)
To: dakine; January24th; 4mycountry
I was "Mortimer" in my high school play...What I loved was that the two old women always had a proper Christian funeral for their guests! What a funny story.
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:34:37 PM PST
by
opus86
To: KarlInOhio
Yes, we have tough Little Old Ladies down here! Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum....
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:34:47 PM PST
by
livius
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I am easily disarmed by a BLT with mayo. ;-)
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:35:32 PM PST
by
polemikos
(This Space for Rant)
To: opus86
cool...
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:38:52 PM PST
by
dakine
To: dakine; January24th
What a classic. Best movie ever, IMO.
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:43:16 PM PST
by
4mycountry
(Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn.If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:46:28 PM PST
by
mhking
To: 4mycountry
He was lucky they wernt "Thelma & Louise".....
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Never bring a shotgun to a sandwich fight.
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:47:50 PM PST
by
kidd
To: opus86
I don't know how well the movie follows the play, but my favorite parts were when Cary Grant opens up the window seat and finds the second body in there and says, "Ye gods, there's another one!!"
You can listen to my other favorite part here. You need the sound for the effect.
Here's the script if you don't a media player:
Elaine: "Dr. Einstein?"
Jonathan Brewster: "A surgeon of great distinction....and something of a magician."
You're right, it's a funny story. Ok, I'm rambling. ;)
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posted on
10/30/2003 1:52:23 PM PST
by
4mycountry
(Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
On "Loveline" w/Adam & Dr. Drew, they talk about how every weird story seems to come from either Florida or Germany.
They've turned it into a game. Someone gives them a crazy story, and they have to figure out whether it's from Florida or Germany.
To: 4mycountry
Weapons of mass distraction alert!
Oh, and yes, "Arsenic" is one of the great classic farces of all time. (Doors must be constantly opening and closing for it to qualify.)
"I'm not a cabdriver, I'm a coffeepot!"
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posted on
10/30/2003 2:07:52 PM PST
by
Greybird
("War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." -- Ambrose Bierce)
To: Greybird
Who, him?
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posted on
10/30/2003 4:32:43 PM PST
by
4mycountry
(Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.)
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