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Friday, January 31, 2025

"En Garde!"

An 84-year-old used a pair of jeans to help repel a masked man who twice tried to rob him in a launderette.

Ron Croker was drying his clothes in Maltby, South Yorkshire, when the would-be robber burst in and demanded: "Give me you f****** money now!"
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6 comments:

  1. Red's woodsman.February 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM

    Fuck these god-damned peawit companies that post an article that you have to subscribe to, just to read something of passing interest!

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    1. wirecutterFebruary 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM

      I didn't have to subscribe. If I did, I wouldn't have posted it.

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    2. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM

      Me either...

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    3. wirecutterFebruary 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM

      I just clicked it again and damn, I got the notice this time. My apologies.

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  2. CensusdesignatedplaceFebruary 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM

    They must have been Wranglers.

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  3. Rickvid in the Yakima ValleyFebruary 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM

    There is an old tradition among cowboys to beat a miscreant, or too drunked-up guy, with chaps. It's called "chapping" but pronounced "shapping." Lots of fun, but it hurts... The gent could have "chapped" the wussy assed thug. That would have been fun to watch.

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