Your belly laugh for the day from yesterday's STAR

Did you read the article yesterday, in the Star, about the two guys who tried to hold up---wait for it---A GUN STORE??


Wait, too.  It gets better.  Much better.

Not only did these two rocket scientists think it was a great idea to try to rob A GUN STORE because,  you know, those guys in there WON'T HAVE ANY GUNS... they also tried to ROB A GUN STORE when the CLERK WAS VERY VISIBLY ARMED.

But wait, as Dan Akroyd would say....   there's still more!

They went in to rob the place WITH AN EMPTY GUN.  'Cuz, again, you know... the guys in gun stores won't notice that, RIGHT?


The man pulled a blue .357 revolver with a 4-inch barrel from his waistband, pointed it at the clerk and said, “Give me your money!”

The clerk had practiced for just such an occasion. He was ready.

He zeroed in on the robber’s cylinder and saw it was empty as he reached for his own gun and pulled it from its holster.

So, okay, all that goes down, but there's one last huge piece of stupid on this thing because at the beginning of the hold-up, the "customer" put down 2 twenty dollar bills on the counter.


Once the ARMED SALES CLERK pulled out his own gun, to thwart their robbery attempt, the two little clowns promptly high-tailed it out the door.  From the article:


“His eyes got as big as two dinner plates,” the clerk said. “Before I got mine pointed at him, he ran to the door at, like, 95 mph. I’m surprised he didn’t bust the glass out of the door.”

The clerk, who had started to squeeze his trigger, relaxed his finger as the robbers fled, leaving behind the two $20 bills.

“I was going to shoot him,” the clerk said. “Everything that could have gone wrong could have, but didn’t.”

The robbers were last seen running south.

You just can't write stuff--stupid stuff and funny stuff, anyway--any better than that.


Enjoy your Sunday, y'all.  I'm still wiping the tears from my eyes.


Link to original story:  http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/18/2666368/would-be-robbers-end-up-losing.html

KCMO Police Dept: Credit where it's due

So many times, with so many things, if something is done badly, everyone screams bloody murder about it.  Right?

You bet.

But done right, done correctly?

Virtually no matter what it is, with too few exceptions, certainly, you don't hear a thing.

That seems especially true with any government office, in general, but police departments, perhaps, particularly.

So when I saw an article at the Star about how the KCMO Police Department apprehended and arrested 3 men for a "robbery attempt" ahead of the robbery---before it even happened, I had questions.

The biggest question was how did they do that?

How did they arrest 3 men for a robbery attempt BEFORE it happenend?

It sounded like something out of Tom Cruise's "Minority Report" movie, of course, with the police arresting people prior to an act.  Again, how could and did they do that?

So it was an interesting article to read (see link below) and I have to say, kudos, salutations and congratulations to these officers and the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department for a terrific job, extremely well done.

If you read the article--as everyone in KCMO should--you can see it took some homework and at least 3 mornings in a row of extremely early wakeup calls.  (Wanna' deride it?  YOU get yer butt outta' bed 3 days in a row at about 4 am to catch some would-be thieves, try to remain anonymous and be successful in catching the clowns.  See if you like it or it's easy.)

Just don't forget:  "Let's be careful out there."

Links:  http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/20/2533968/robbery-attempt-allegedly-thwarted.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/

In case you hadn't seen the local "Backin' Up Song" video

Whoever did it looks as though he or she may have a career in front of them. Have a great Thursday, everybody.

Stupid move but fortunately, it turned out well

More proof of why we need a good local newspaper (Tony):

From The Kansas City Star:

Armed KC robber loses fight with Starbucks manager

A Starbucks manager in Kansas City thwarted a robbery Sunday night by disarming the gunman and slashing him with a box cutter.

The 30-year-old suspect showed up at a hospital for treatment of a cut to his chest. After being released from the hospital, he was booked into jail.

The failed holdup occurred about 10:45 p.m. at the coffee house at 4140 Main St. The suspect walked into the back office where the manager was counting money and told the manager to get into a freezer. The manager refused and fought the suspect, who hit the manager in the head with the butt of his gun. The manager pulled a box cutter out of his pocket and cut the suspect. The manager took the gun away and shoved the suspect out the door.

The manager suffered a cut above his eye, which was closed with glue at a hospital.
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As I said, stupid move, as the police would tell him--the manager--but fortunately it turned out well.

Good on ya', mate.

Everyone's tired of taking this kind of stupid crap, wherever it happens.

http://www.kansascity.com/679/story/1602134.html