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80-year-old Wisconsin Man Beats Back Thief with Shoehorn (WEIRD)
Wire Services ^
| January 5, 2007
| LUKAS I. ALPERT
Posted on 01/05/2007 3:01:32 PM PST by DogByte6RER
WEIRD BUT TRUE
By LUKAS I. ALPERT, Wire Services
January 5, 2007 -- An 80-year-old Wisconsin man beat back a thief - with a shoehorn.
Police said the would-be burglar kicked in the man's door, demanded cash and threatened to shoot him. But the victim picked up a long shoehorn and began smacking the robber with it, driving him from the home.
Unfortunately, that drove the man to another home, which he robbed. He was later arrested.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; selfdefense; shoehorn; weird
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To: Larry Lucido; RepoGirl; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/05/2007 5:17:51 PM PST
by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
01/05/2007 5:21:23 PM PST
by
Ladysmith
((NRA, SAS) "If God is not, everything is permitted." Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
To: lesser_satan
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posted on
01/05/2007 5:34:09 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: lesser_satan
Like my daddy used to say, you can have my shoehorn when you can pry it from my cold dead hands...
Or I think that's what he used to say, but that could have been the whiskey talking...
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posted on
01/05/2007 7:44:05 PM PST
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RepoGirl
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To: lesser_satan; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Misc. weird stuff ping Shoe 'nuff.
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posted on
01/05/2007 9:45:53 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/06/2007 12:47:04 AM PST
by
The SISU kid
(Imagination saved us from extinction)
To: Fierce Allegiance
To: DogByte6RER
For a 60 year old man with a real sore back, that is one handy tool.
;-)
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posted on
01/06/2007 12:53:12 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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To: martin_fierro
To: Argus
I've got one of those. About 18" long, bamboo barrel, with a claw hand opposite the shoehorn. If you're not careful, you could shoot poke your eye out.
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:20:50 AM PST
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: DogByte6RER
"Skin that smoke-wagon!”
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:52:19 AM PST
by
johnny7
("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
To: DogByte6RER
Unfortunately, that drove the man to another home, which he robbed. So, getting the smackdown with a shoehorn "drove" the guy to rob another home?
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posted on
01/06/2007 5:56:43 AM PST
by
Recovering Hermit
(There's another old saying Senator..."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.")
To: johnny7
"Well, I'm real scared."
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posted on
01/06/2007 6:00:50 AM PST
by
Recovering Hermit
(There's another old saying Senator..."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.")
To: Recovering Hermit
“Why Johnny Tyler... the madcap!”
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posted on
01/06/2007 6:08:41 AM PST
by
johnny7
("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
To: DogByte6RER; rzeznikj at stout; martin_fierro
I don't know what is more embarrassing--that the robber lost a gunfight to a man with a shoehorn, or that the robber lost to
an 80-year-old-man with a shoehorn.
...and to think that was his sole weapon.
If I had been there, I would have been shouting,"Sock him!"
Cheers!
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posted on
01/06/2007 6:59:29 AM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: rzeznikj at stout
39
posted on
01/06/2007 7:42:46 AM PST
by
JRios1968
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