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Buffet Line Bickering Leads to Knife Threat
Madistan.com ^ | January 20, 2009 | Mike Miller

Posted on 01/20/2009 6:06:12 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

Trading barbs in a buffet line almost led to a tiff late last week at the Old County Buffet on the east side, but the sprouting dispute ended when a friend of one of the parties intervened, only to be arrested for waiving a knife around.

Madison police tentatively charged Faith A. Simer, 19, of Lake Mills, with disorderly conduct after she sat down in a booth occupied by her friend's protagonist with a steak knife and may or may not have threatened him. That was after he may or may not have flashed her the international digit of derision at her, police said.

It all started when a young man and young woman, who police described as being friends, were approaching buffet tables when they bumped into one another.

"The victim said he had his eye on his next entree when his right arm connected the left arm of the young woman," police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.

"He says the woman responded by commenting on his girth indicating he did not need any more nourishment," DeSpain said.

She went on to say that she was a lady and he should be respectful of that.

In his version of events, the bump was hardly more than a brush, and he said she was certainly not acting like a lady in her response.

Each sat down in a separate booth to eat, but as DeSpain noted they unfortunately sat down in booths quite close to one another and that allowed them to continue the acrimony as they ate.

That's when Simer, a friend of the offended woman, decided to intervene. When the man's dining companion got up in search of more food, Simer jumped at the opportunity and took seat in the man's booth.

The guy said Simer had a steak knife in her hand and threatened to cut him if he continued messing with her, but he also said the knife was never pointed at him. She said she was just playing around and had no intentions of hurting the guy.

Then she added that the guy had been wiping his eye with his middle finger "as they leered at one another from their respective booths," DeSpain said. She made it plain to police that she considered his eye-wiping to be an obscene gesture.

The arresting officer, meanwhile, told her she had crossed the line by making a threat with the knife and she was tentatively charged with disorderly conduct while armed.


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Jeeze. The cops sure were jumpy around here today, in 'Police State: USA,' LOL!
1 posted on 01/20/2009 6:06:14 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ha! The Mad-City strikes again! Thanks for the laugh, I needed one today.


2 posted on 01/20/2009 6:10:28 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (GET OFF MY LAWN)
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To: TheConservativeParty

:) Keep the Faith.


3 posted on 01/20/2009 6:13:21 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

white-trash alert.


4 posted on 01/20/2009 6:14:56 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Be safe......


5 posted on 01/20/2009 6:15:38 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR......Monthly Donors Wanted)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The guy has “the Obama twitch with the finger thingy added in” hey he was just being like Obama.


6 posted on 01/20/2009 6:15:47 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

It really doesn’t surprise me. Buffets bring out the beast in a lot of people. I’ve known overeaters who I think would kill someone who made them wait 20 seconds to heap up their plate with something on a buffet line.


7 posted on 01/20/2009 6:16:43 PM PST by Mogwai ("Chawlie, that huwt!")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
The arresting officer, meanwhile, told her she had crossed the line...

A circumstance out of Barthelme.

Wudddaya in for?
Crossing the line.
[oohs, ahhs, and low whistles].

8 posted on 01/20/2009 6:21:05 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"He says the woman responded by commenting on his girth indicating he did not need any more nourishment," DeSpain said.

She went on to say that she was a lady and he should be respectful of that.


Lady? Doubtful.

Still, if that's the way she wants to play it, He can always roll a meatball across the plate to her with his nose.
9 posted on 01/20/2009 6:21:44 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The OCB.

Lousy food. Great people watching.
My elderly parents like the OCB. I’ll take them there so that they can have an enjoyable meal while I watch the large folks gorge themselves. I can understand 3 trips to the buffet. But 7?


10 posted on 01/20/2009 6:23:44 PM PST by RazorBerg
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Never take a knife to a food fight!


11 posted on 01/20/2009 6:29:11 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (14. Guns only have two enemies: rust and politicians.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

My experience is you don’t want to cross people who are getting their chow on at the OCB.


12 posted on 01/20/2009 6:30:23 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Maybe the People’s republic will need to institute a trans-fat tax to pay for this additional strain on the city’s services!


13 posted on 01/20/2009 6:38:34 PM PST by madameguinot (Our Father's God to Thee, Author of Liberty)
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To: madameguinot

Oh, Man! I sure hope ‘Mayor Dave’ isn’t reading the Police Blotter tonight, LOL!


14 posted on 01/20/2009 6:48:02 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Did you know there are easily a dozen ways to kill someone with green Jell-o? ;)


15 posted on 01/20/2009 6:49:46 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: the invisib1e hand
white-trash alert.

Trash yes but how do you know what color they are?

16 posted on 01/20/2009 7:09:00 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; humblegunner; Eaker; Squantos; Darksheare; Slings and Arrows; rednesss

If an altercation at the Old County Buffet leads to a knife fight, you might be a red neck!


17 posted on 01/20/2009 7:12:29 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Graybeard58

ever been to a buffet, champ?


18 posted on 01/20/2009 7:13:18 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: RazorBerg
I can understand 3 trips to the buffet. But 7?

Three??

19 posted on 01/20/2009 7:18:00 PM PST by Centurion2000 (To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Pictures!!! This thread is useless without them


20 posted on 01/20/2009 7:33:12 PM PST by Starwolf
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