Security Gourd: Man Fights Off Robber With Squash

AOLNews ^ | November 3, 2010

[rightwingintelligentsia]

(Nov. 3) -- A delivery man in New Hampshire found a new way to squash crime.

When a crook attempted to rob a corner store in Manchester, a worker delivering food to the shop stopped the perp with the closest weapon he could find -- a squash.

According to WMUR.com, the strange incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. Oct. 30 when suspect Sean Cullen, 25, entered the Hillsborough Market and passed a note to a shopkeeper reading: "Give me your money, or you're going to die."

At that moment, good Samaritan Greg Geden walked into the store and pulled the perp to the ground.

While the store owner called police, the suspect allegedly attempted to make a run for it.

But that's when a quick-thinking food deliveryman entered the shop, grabbed a large squash and smashed it over the suspect's head -- shattering the fruit and leaving behind a mess of seeds on the floor.

[MrEdd]

The criminal should have been left a vegetable after getting beaned on the gourd with a large squash like that.

[70th Division]

ya, he could have been, well, squashed

[OB1kNOb]

The PUNKin got what he deserved.

[Rebelbase]

The unintended consequences for this will be 3 day waiting periods for vegetables.

[MrEdd]

I want to do pointed sticks.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

If you make vegetables illegal, then only criminals will have vegetables.

[Darth Reardon]

I was going to pull up some squash that wasn’t going anywhere to make some room for tomatoes, but now I’m not so sure.

[Red_Devil 232]

The perp was described as having a Gourdian Knot on his noggin!

[PERKY2004]

Attacked with a vegetable pinglist? (grin)

[Slings and Arrows]

Open carry saves lives.

[ApplegateRanch]

If it worked against a bear,no reason it wouldn’t work against a mere robber.

[Slings and Arrows]

That was an assault zucchini.

[PERKY2004]

Walk softly and carry a big .... zucchini! (grin)

[paulycy]

This is a good idea but I get caught every time I try to conceal carry my pumpkin.

[Larry Lucido]

Poor guy. He was gonna run off with his girl, too. But now, he can’t elope.

[TheOldLady]

Open carry saves gourds too. And messy seeds on the floor.

[RichInOC]

“Mine’s bigger.”

[a fool in paradise]

“Help Squash Out Crime” - McPumpkin, the crime squash.