Man Tries To Rob Richfield Lunds (Grocery Store) Dressed As Ninja

WCCO-TV (CBS Affiliate in Mpls-St Paul) Web Site ^ | 1/30/07

[MplsSteve]

LOL!

I live about 1 mile from this store. I've shopped there occasionally. It's an upscale grocery store.

And yes, I have an alibi for last Saturday evening. LOL!

So...if you were in the store (either in line at the cash register or an employee) and someone walks in dressed as a ninja and demands cash, what would you do? Laugh it off - or turn over the money?

Comments or opinions - anyone?

[Ingtar]

Ninjas just don't get no respect.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

What are the laws about a store owner using a weapon to put the would be robber out of his misery?

[dfwgator]

I wonder if he went to the "Ask a Ninja" site and inquired how to rob a grocery store?

[rock_lobsta]

At least he wasn't dressed as a ninja turtle...

[Sherman Logan]

Reminds me of the Woody Allen movie, from back when he was funny, where he tried to rob a bank and they refused to give him any money because he misspelled "gun" in his note.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

"I have a gub."

[Titan Magroyne]

Pull out a BFG and invite him to a gunfight?

LOL!

Dunno, never been in that situation. I'm guessing the full costume caused too much laughter for the clerk and customers to feel that threatened, so even if any of them were armed the guy's body language/voice weren't enough to compensate for the hilarity he caused.

[Little Ray]

Depends on how good I was at kenjutsu; Might make a demonstrative cut on something to get the idea across.
Or someone...

Personally, I think it WAS a prank...

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[Sherman Logan]

My family still tends to refer to guns as gubs, often to the confusion of those listening.

[bikerman]

reportedly waving his sword in the air.


No one in line had a gun to put this idiot out of his misery??

[Rakkasan1]

It would have been more appopriate to dressed as a Swedish Chef..

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

"No one in line had a gun to put this idiot out of his misery??"

I don't shop there.

[Teflonic]

[dgallo51]

"It would have been more appopriate to dressed as a Swedish Chef"

Hell, if he was waving a ludafisk, I would have emptied the cash register and handed over my wallet to boot!

[Minnesocold]

I hope Chad Vader wasn't on duty that night...

[Welsh Rabbit]

Damn ninjas up to no good again. You guys need to get on top of this right away. My neighborhood used to be safe and respectable until we got over run by ninjas...

[Reaganesque]

Here's the police sketch artist's depiction of the suspect:

[stylecouncilor]

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