More Tom Foolery!!
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise now!
- - -Edward Fitzgerald "The Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam"
AND THE DARWIN AWARD WINNER IS:
The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Washington appeared
to be the robber's first, due to his lack of a previous record of
violence:
1. His target was H&J Leather & Firearms, a gun shop specializing in
handguns.
2. The shop was full of customers - firearms customers.
3. To enter the shop, the robber had to step around a marked police
patrol car parked at the front door.
4. A uniformed officer was standing at the counter, having coffee before
work. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up,
and fired a few wild shots from a .22 target pistol.
Oops!!!
The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, the police officer with
a 9mm Glock 17, the clerk with a .50 Desert Eagle. They were assisted
by several customers who also drew their guns, several of whom also
fired.
The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics.
Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the
shop.
The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified
rounds from 7 different weapons.
No one else was hurt in the exchange of fire.
Here we are in April and we already may have the 2005 winner
of the Darwin Award.
This guy is going to be hard to beat.
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