[tlb]

Journalism has lost all professionalism. A true reporter would have learned and published the temperature.

[Grizzled Bear]

The real question is who the hell brings a meat thermometer to a movie theater?

[HiTech RedNeck]

That’s a bizarre item to have in a cinema. But again, a budding chef, like a Boy Scout, must always be prepared!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

What was the meat thermometer all about. I mean, how many people carry one????

[lmr]

If that fried chicken ain’t cooked at 325 for at least 15 minutes, you can have food poisoning. It’s always advised to carry a meat thermometer because you never know when you’ll be cooking fried chicken.

[Jagdgewehr]

All I can say is, don't bring your meat thermometer to a gun fight.

That's what it's going to escalate to if you try and stab me with one.

[DemforBush]

"The victim was attacked by the woman's boyfriend and another man."

Effin' gutless.

[Cementjungle]

Two other people who attempted to help the victim were also injured in the altercation

It must have been a semi-automatic meat thermometer.

[DemforBush]

As for the meat thermometer...well, it *is* a metal spike. Not a particularly sharp or strong one, but enough to stab a guy with, as the poor guy in the story found out. I figure that’s why she was carrying it - as a shiv.

Me, I’d look for something a little sturdier, but you know, nobody ever accused most thugs of being smart.

[whatisthetruth]

Okay fine, but I only have one question about all this, What movie were they watching?

[MilspecRob]

Lancaster is full of wack jobs.

[OCCASparky]

Hardly surprising. I remember when there used to be ushers in the theaters who would boot your ass if you were out of line. Nowadays? And Hollywood wonders why nobody goes out to movies anymore.

[KrisKrinkle]

Actually, a meat thermometer might not be that bad as a close quarter weapon. You'd hold the dial against your palm with the spike protruding between your fingers and use it like a push dagger

G. Gordon Liddy had some interesting uses for a yellow No. 2 pencil.

[papasmurf]

Thermometers are common to fast food workers and mgrs. Many carry them in their shirt pocket. Was there a Church’s or Popeye’s nearby?

[VR-21]

The meat thermometer was an imaginitive way of circumventing weapons laws. When guns and knives are prohibited, they can be carried legaly. Ball-peen hammers and screwdrivers are also very much favored by criminals. Remember what the ‘youths’ who menaced Bernard Goetz had on them?

[Lmo56]

Meat thermometer ???

At least they coulda used one of those plastic pop-ups that you get with turkeys ...

[piytar]

Actually, it’s not if the perp wanted to carry a weapon that didn’t (on its face) violate anti-knife laws...

[BigCinBigD]

You can take the meat thermometer out of the Hood. But you can’t take the Hood out of the meat thermometer...

[GeronL]

What movie were they seeing?

[ApplegateRanch]

Incompetent boob!

You’re supposed to insert a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh, not the neck!

[stuartcr]

When they outlaw meat thermometers, only outlaws will have meat thermometers.