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Karate monks stop thief
Ananova - UK ^ | 12/15/2004 | Staff

Posted on 12/15/2004 7:10:02 AM PST by Red Badger

A Croatian thief got more than he bargained for when he ran into a pair of karate-trained monks as he tried to rob a monastery. The 35-year-old thief had posed as a beggar looking for a place to stay at a monastery in Zagreb but instead broke into an office there and stole almost £1,500 that had been donated by locals, Vecernji List reported. But he failed to make it out of the monastery after monks Pejo Orkic, 40, and Ivan Pajtak, 51, cornered him and used karate to first fend off his attacks and then force him to the ground where they held him until police arrived. The man has been charged with attempted theft and remanded in custody.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: karate; monks
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What did he think those BLACK BELTS on their robes were for?......
1 posted on 12/15/2004 7:10:02 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

The Karate Monks would be a great name for a rock band.


2 posted on 12/15/2004 7:11:52 AM PST by Joe Bonforte
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like the pilot of a new TV show.


3 posted on 12/15/2004 7:12:37 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Red Badger

Karate monks are almost as awesome as Ninja Pirate Navy Seals.


4 posted on 12/15/2004 7:13:19 AM PST by AndyStevenson
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To: Red Badger

Did they kid hell out of him?


5 posted on 12/15/2004 7:13:20 AM PST by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: AndyStevenson

Ninja Nuns! Coming this Fall! Sally Fields will star as Mother-Superior!......


6 posted on 12/15/2004 7:15:00 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: JenB; TalonDJ

Kewl...


7 posted on 12/15/2004 7:15:11 AM PST by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: Semper Paratus

See #6


8 posted on 12/15/2004 7:15:43 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Red Badger

9 posted on 12/15/2004 7:15:44 AM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

I'm not in touch with pop culture....Who and what is that picture?....


10 posted on 12/15/2004 7:17:18 AM PST by Red Badger (If the Red States are JESUSLAND, then the Blue States are SATANLAND......)
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To: Joe Bonforte
This guy must not watch much TV, lol.


11 posted on 12/15/2004 7:17:25 AM PST by Reagan is King (The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative
I call your Chow Yun-Fat and raise you one Jet Li.


12 posted on 12/15/2004 7:17:48 AM PST by Quilla
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Who and what is that picture?

Yun-Fat Chow and Sean William Scott . . . stars of the movie Bulletproof Monk.

13 posted on 12/15/2004 7:19:06 AM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: Red Badger
Chow Yun-Fat and Seann William Scott from the movie Bulletproof Monk.
14 posted on 12/15/2004 7:19:47 AM PST by Quilla
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To: Junior

How could I resist a Karate Monk ping?!?


15 posted on 12/15/2004 7:20:00 AM PST by cjshapi
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To: Red Badger
Just visualized dudes attempting to rob the Shaolin Temple in Kung Fu, and it wasn't pretty.
16 posted on 12/15/2004 7:20:33 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Quilla
I call your Chow Yun-Fat and raise you one Jet Li.

Need I say any more?


17 posted on 12/15/2004 7:21:16 AM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

Nope - I know when to fold 'em. LOL


18 posted on 12/15/2004 7:22:52 AM PST by Quilla
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Did they kid hell out of him?

Is "kid hell" anything like "Kid Rock"? ;-)

19 posted on 12/15/2004 7:23:04 AM PST by TChris (Most people's cabability for inference is severely overestimated)
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To: Quilla

LOL That's good. I would have lost some respect if you had countered with Chuck Norris! : )


20 posted on 12/15/2004 7:23:32 AM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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