pizza man's cheesy weapon foils a stickup

[geronimotwo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_us/odd_pizza_protection

MIRAMAR, Fla.   Police say a pizza delivery man fought back with the one weapon he had handy when a gun was pulled on him in a stickup: A large, hot pepperoni pizza.

Delivery man Eric Lopez Devictoria, 40, flung the steaming pie at the gunman, buying time as he ran for safety, police said.

At least one shot was fired as Devictoria fled, but the deliveryman wasn't hurt and was able to quickly call police, according to authorities.

Three teenage suspects were nabbed soon after Wednesday's run-in with the cheesy weapon, police said, adding they were charged with armed robbery.

kevlar pizza?

[Standing Wolf]

Yeah. Always bring a pizza to a gun fight. Got it. No problem.

[PTK]

Both people I know personally that deliver food have the following mindset: "Life outweighs rules."

[Monkeyleg]

Well, at least we didn't have a police chief warning the public about taking the law into their own hands. Apparently it's okay to defend yourself with a pizza. (I was on the receiving end of a pizza assault 30+ years ago myself).

[Gowen]

(I was on the receiving end of a pizza assault 30+ years ago myself).

So, you were sticking up pizza guys 30 years ago!?!?!?

[Tallpine]

A large, hot pepperoni pizza

One of those assault pizzas, no doubt 

[zahc]

When I was delivering pizza, the store claimed they were only liable for $20 since you weren't supposed to carry any more cash than $20 (an obviously impossible task since many orders are $30+). In reality I would often have $500+ in my pocket if it was a weekend night, which would have made for a pretty painful robbery. I always carried a M&P 9c.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

When I was delivering pizza, the store claimed they were only liable for $20 since you weren't supposed to carry any more cash than $20 (an obviously impossible task since many orders are $30+). In reality I would often have $500+ in my pocket if it was a weekend night, which would have made for a pretty painful robbery. I always carried a M&P 9c.

unless you collected 500 on one run there are words to describe that

[Lbys]

Good thing he was in FL.  If the pizza were an extra large, it likely had more than 10 pieces (making it a high-cap pizza), in addition to the shroud (box) and "this thing which goes up" (the box lid).  Couple that with the tiny plastic stand in the middle (clearly an AOW), and you have yourself one dangerous foodstuff.

Who needs more than ten pieces anyway?  Won't someone think of the children?

[RocketMan]

One of those assault pizzas, no doubt 

Anything with more than ten slices of pepperoni is now classified as an "assault pizza".

Oops, Lbys beat me to the punch.

[KD5NRH]

At least it wasn't something dumb like pineapple.  That's gotta be, like, the .25ACP of the pizza arsenal.

Pepperoni's more like a .38Spl, in that it's a good old standby that gets the job done.

[Harold Tuttle]

Anchovies, the bio terror weapon of the pizza realm

[Jamisjockey]

unless you collected 500 on one run there are words to describe that

Yup yup.  When I delivered it was expected for me to empty my bag every time I came back to get new orders.  No way I'd have carried more than about $20 in change going out....about $100 ish coming back on a busy night. 

[gunsmith]

When I was delivering Domino's I carried.
One of my co-workers shot two robbers after work ( a block away from work that he just left )
He almost got fired but he was off duty so they backed off.

A delivery to a bad area that an unarmed girl was afraid to deliver, they asked for volunteers and I raised my hand.
The manager said "we don't want anymore gunfights, sorry" with a wink!

[KD5NRH]

I wonder how hard it would be to make ship-mounted hot, greasy mozzarella cannons for pirate defense...

[Bigjake]

I wonder how hard it would be to make ship-mounted hot, greasy mozzarella cannons for pirate defense...

Good thought there.  Boiling oil is so 12th century! 

[freedom lover]

I wonder how hard it would be to make ship-mounted hot, greasy mozzarella cannons for pirate defense...

Such a sad waste of good cheese. Give 'em lead!

[Strings]

Well, at least we now understand what happened to make you the way you are, Dick...

[Gewehr98]

So instead of "bring enough gun", it's "bring enough pizza"? 

[freedom lover]

What kind of warped sickos are you guys!?

How could you even think of wasting good pizza!?


grrrrrrr. 

[Hawkmoon]

So this guy calls the pizza shop. "How many sizes of pizza do you sell?" he asks.

"Three," says the clerk, "small, medium, and large."

"How many pieces are there in each one?" asks the caller.

"The small pizza has four pieces, the medium pizza has eight pieces, and the large pizza has twelve pieces," replies the clerk.

The caller is silent for a long pause. Finally he asks, "Can I order a large pizza, and have you just cut it into eight pieces instead of twelve?"

The clerk is by now running short of patience. "Sure, buddy, whatever you like, we can do. What's the deal with eight pieces instead of twelve?"

"Well, I think I want more than a medium pizza, but I'm not sure I can eat twelve slices if I get a large so I figured it would be better to just cut it into eight."

[zahc]

That's nothing. It appears to be written as a joke, but it wouldn't even surprise me. I could fill this entire forum with amazingly dumbfounding things that actually happen at pizza places.