Star Trek blade seized(stick a fork in the uk its done)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/ ^ | 5 26 06 | MIKE SULLIVAN

[freepatriot32]

THIS five-foot martial arts sword capable of beheading a man was recovered by shocked cops in a house raid.

The terrifying Batleth weapon is identical to one wielded by Klingon aliens in the Star Trek sci-fi films.

Officers seized the three-handled sword — which has huge pointed blades at either end — at a home in Gloucester.

It was shown yesterday at the start of a five-week national knife amnesty. Cops hope 30,000 blades will be handed in, with owners free from prosecution.

Local Insp Mac McGarry wielded the sword, which he said had been sharpened to kill.

He said: “It is a particularly nasty weapon which could easily take someone’s head off.”

Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker launched the amnesty in St John’s Wood, North West London. He said: “We are determined to get the scourge of knife crime off our streets.”

But Victims of Crime campaigner Norman Brennan, a serving cop, branded the initiative a “futile PR stunt”.

He said: “It is likely to be supported by the law-abiding public and not those who carry knives for criminal activity.

“Knife crime will only get worse if we don’t introduce a five-year mandatory sentence for anyone carrying a knife.”

THE Queen’s grocer Fortnum & Mason was fined £2,000 by Horseferry Road Magistrates in London for selling a knife to a child under 16.

[Eurotwit]

Heck, in Norway, an old man was fined for peeling his apple with a pocketnife while resting on a park bench...

[Slings and Arrows]

Heck, in Norway, an old man was fined for peeling his apple with a pocketnife while resting on a park bench...

Thought that was Sweden.

[Eurotwit]

Probably happened there as well...

[Jeff Chandler]

If you made something like that out of steel, it would weigh 40 pounds.

Titanium, on the other hand . . .

[Slings and Arrows]

*sigh*

[Jeff Chandler]

Popeye's? Church's? How about:

Famous Sam's?

[R. Scott]

First the firearms were taken from all but the criminals, then the blades.
What’s next, sticks and stones?

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

What's Captain Dunsil doing with a Klingon weapon?
(You have to be a REAL Trek afficianado to get this joke... ;)

From one of my fave episodes, "The Ultimate Computer". William "Blacula" Marshall was great in that one - "M5, this is your creator!"

Yeah, I'm a hopeless Trek geek!

[shezza]

He said: “It is likely to be supported by the law-abiding public and not those who carry knives for criminal activity.
“Knife crime will only get worse if we don’t introduce a five-year mandatory sentence for anyone carrying a knife.”

I thought this was satire. Geez-o-Pete, is there really a knife amnesty going on? Good thing my boys have an official Totin' Chip so they can carry.

[Slings and Arrows]

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[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

When lirpas are outlawed. only outlaws will carry lirpas.

[Quix]

Thankfully, the Brits are no friends of the French . . . but . . .

in this case, they join them far too much in

le theatre d'absurd.

[mewzilla]

It'll be point-ed sticks next....

[Ronin]

The Ultimate Computer

(This is not chicken soup!)

[mkjessup]

What's Captain Dunsil doing with a Klingon weapon? (You have to be a REAL Trek afficianado to get this joke... ;)

From one of my fave episodes, "The Ultimate Computer". William "Blacula" Marshall was great in that one - "M5, this is your creator!" Yeah, I'm a hopeless Trek geek!

You and me both my FRiend. When installing (or reinstalling) Windows, I always name my machine "M5" ;)

As an FYI, one of William Marshall's latter gigs was portraying the "King of Cartoons" on the famous (now infamous) "Pee Wee's Playhouse".

As a matter of fact, Mr. Marshall passed away barely 3 years ago (June '03) from Alzheimers. He was a very fine actor.

As for Dr. Richard Daystrom, I always thought it would have been a great plot development (almost as good as the revival of Khan in the second Trek motion picture) if he had been rehabilitated from his nervous breakdown, and in a post-M5 environment managed to re-create (from the raw data in the Enterprise computer systems) the hybrid "Nomad" probe (from "The Changeling"), designating it (what else?) "M6". ;)

In the original series, my favorite character (for reasons I will not expound upon - lol ;) was Yeoman Rand, played by Grace Lee Whitney. :)

[mkjessup]

The Ultimate Computer

(This is not chicken soup!)

A great line from McCoy, although the scene did seem like it was lifted from the original Trek pilot (pre-Shatner), where Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter) is agonizing over the loss of crew members, and his ship's doctor (Dr Boyce, played by John Hoyt) shows up to mix him a martini right there in the Captain's quarters.

Ironically, there are rumors that the scene you refer to could be in an upcoming Trek film guest starring Dennis Kucinich, in "The Ultimate Chicken". ;)

[#1CTYankee]

Best line
"The resulting flow of illogic would be quite amusing."
Worst
"Pull the plug."

[nuke rocketeer]

You won't need those in England either after they get through banning meat and dairy products to please PETA. You can cut your soyburger with your fork. Wait, forks have points that might be used as a weapon, so the government will ban forks and there will be spoons only.

[new cruelty]

Knife amnesty? The UK has been 'done' for a while now. This is scene two in the theatre of the absurd.

Knife amnesty? Batleth weapons? Please. We're way beyond that.

This thing could take out a planet!

DEATH STAR AMNESTY NOW! BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!

[LongElegantLegs]

"Pointed stick? Oh, oh, oh. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh? Well, I'll tell you something my lad. When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me!"