Post by: Sindawe on August 24, 2008, 05:34:17 PM
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This horrifying five-foot weapon has been recovered by police during a knife amnesty.
The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shocked officers who took custody of it.
They are using it to publicise a five-week amnesty during which they hope around 30,000 weapons will be handed in, mainly from youngsters.
A spokesman for police in Gloucester, where it was surrendered, said: "It is a particularly nasty weapon that can, literally, take someone's head off. We are very glad it is off the streets and we want more weapons handed in."
The blade is believed to be a stainless-steel copy of a Klingon weapon used in the science fiction series Star Trek. "It's an extremely dangerous weapon," said a martial arts expert last night...
The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shocked officers who took custody of it.
They are using it to publicise a five-week amnesty during which they hope around 30,000 weapons will be handed in, mainly from youngsters.
A spokesman for police in Gloucester, where it was surrendered, said: "It is a particularly nasty weapon that can, literally, take someone's head off. We are very glad it is off the streets and we want more weapons handed in."
The blade is believed to be a stainless-steel copy of a Klingon weapon used in the science fiction series Star Trek. "It's an extremely dangerous weapon," said a martial arts expert last night...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-387680/Lethal-Star-Trek-blade-seized-knives-amnesty.html#
Then they go on Holiday and behave like Klingons....
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“They scream, they sing, they fall down, they take their clothes off, they cross-dress, they vomit,” Malia’s mayor, Konstantinos Lagoudakis, said in an interview. “It is only the British people — not the Germans or the French.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/europe/24crete.html?_r=2&oref=login&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
Post by: Standing Wolf on August 24, 2008, 05:48:30 PM
Post by: Manedwolf on August 24, 2008, 05:54:26 PM
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on August 24, 2008, 06:18:42 PM
And that's terrible.
Post by: Manedwolf on August 24, 2008, 06:27:50 PM
Post by: K Frame on August 24, 2008, 08:22:07 PM
Post by: Nitrogen on August 24, 2008, 09:21:56 PM
[worf voice]IT IS A GOOD DAY TO TURN IN YOUR WEAPONS AND ACT LIKE A PUSSY![/worf voice]
This needs to be made into a poster somehow, yet I am nowhere near creative enough to make it work.
Post by: Tuco on August 25, 2008, 02:36:30 AM
Next thing you know, the English police will start whining about metal spoons.
And bananas.
Post by: Nitrogen on August 25, 2008, 03:24:58 AM
Next thing you know, the English police will start whining about metal spoons.
And bananas.Those are dangerous. they can get stuck in your ear and make you deaf.
Post by: El Tejon on August 25, 2008, 05:03:44 AM
Leave it to the Scots to whine about a piece of metal with an edge on it. No wonder we whipped them.
Post by: Manedwolf on August 25, 2008, 05:09:03 AM
Next thing you know, the English police will start whining about metal spoons.
And bananas.Those are dangerous. they can get stuck in your ear and make you deaf.
BANANA PHONE!
Post by: Tallpine on August 25, 2008, 05:22:42 AM
Ohhh, fresh fruit not good enough for ya?
Leave it to the Scots to whine about a piece of metal with an edge on it. No wonder we whipped them.
Leave it to the Scots to whine about a piece of metal with an edge on it. No wonder we whipped them.
You didn't whip them, the ones with any gumption moved to America where they defiantly park their cars on cinderblocks on their unmowed front lawns
Post by: TF_FH on August 25, 2008, 05:24:31 AM
[worf voice]IT IS A GOOD DAY TO TURN IN YOUR WEAPONS AND ACT LIKE A PUSSY![/worf voice]
This needs to be made into a poster somehow, yet I am nowhere near creative enough to make it work.
Post by: Scout26 on August 25, 2008, 06:25:57 PM
, the BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) used to come down about once a year to train. The town prepared like a hurricane was about to hit. And hit it did.
Once they were done training and given passes into town, all hell broke loose. Lots of stick time and and "Yeah, I think we can squeeze one more drunk-*expletive deleted*ss Limey into the D-Cell."
I remember standing outside the Metropol Bar as we were waiting for reinforcements/getting ready to go in a break up a Brit riot and a high ranking GP (German Polizei) Officer telling me as "Ve shout have gone on mit the Blitz und den: Invasion....."
Post by: LAK on August 25, 2008, 10:39:20 PM
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The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shocked officers who took custody of it.
I've had that happen to me walkiing on dept store carpets and touching metal showcase frames.
Post by: seeker_two on August 26, 2008, 01:28:24 AM
Post by: Phyphor on August 26, 2008, 05:12:13 AM
You MUST save your picture and upload it to a host like photobucket or imageshack as the original doesn't last very long.
Post by: Tuco on August 26, 2008, 07:44:31 AM
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The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shocked officers who took custody of it.
I've had that happen to me walkiing on dept store carpets and touching metal showcase frames.Horray!
Horray!
Post by: HankB on August 26, 2008, 07:50:01 AM