Not quite sure what you're getting at there, Jools. Every one of those sorts of common gardening/household items has been used to kill or maim people -probably just within London in the month -the way the stats are going. You recall the charity shop attack where a off-his-meds member of staff attacked others, including someone I'm close to, with a garden fork? True anything can be a weapon in the wrong hands but bladed items (and the picture shows balded items) tend to lend themselves easily to misuse.
Jack Ketch might appreciate this aside. I once thoroughly confused an assistant in a shop in France. With my superb command of the lingo I tried to say that I was blind without my glasses: I told her I was bald without my glasses . . .
@DCBain *snigger* but I see your foreign language faux pas and raise you this one: Aged 17 I was in a bar in Hamburg and shouted out the name of the bar woman across the crowded bar room to get service. She had previously told me her name was 'Uschi' -which was for her age a fairly common German girl's name (Uschi Glas springs to mind) but I had never encountered it before then and I misheard what she said in English (because I spoke no real German at the time). She probably said "I'm Uschi" which I heard as something else and later shouted out "Oi MUSCHI!".
Uschi is a girl's name, 'muschi' means 'pussy' (yes that sort).
I would be very surprised Melvin if that happened but I'm not a mentally ill loser who thinks the worst of everyone. The trade in stolen lawnmowers is only surpassed by drugs and people smuggling. Apparently. Jaded
Huh? Where did i say something should be banned because some twat has misused it as a weapon? I was merely pointing out that ridiculing @police in this case was perhaps unfair.
"Every one of those sorts of common gardening/household items has been used to kill or maim people -probably just within London in the month -the way the stats are going."
Or they could simply have been left by a local council gardener...?
"Not another turf war!"
Oh, very good!
"Oh Lord, would my garden shed be regarded as a weapons cache?"
The drones have been dispatched to check!
"I told her I was bald without my glasses . . ."
LOL!
"If I look hard enough I might find your lawnmower Melvin. "
Not quite sure what you're getting at there, Jools. Every one of those sorts of common gardening/household items has been used to kill or maim people -probably just within London in the month -the way the stats are going. You recall the charity shop attack where a off-his-meds member of staff attacked others, including someone I'm close to, with a garden fork? True anything can be a weapon in the wrong hands but bladed items (and the picture shows balded items) tend to lend themselves easily to misuse.
ReplyDelete*edit 'bladed' not 'balded' incase anyone was confused.
ReplyDeleteNot another turf war!
ReplyDeleteOh Lord, would my garden shed be regarded as a weapons cache?
ReplyDeletePC Onthe Lamb of Almondbury once convinced himself that I needed a hedgecutter licence to operate the blade on the public side.
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Jack Ketch might appreciate this aside. I once thoroughly confused an assistant in a shop in France. With my superb command of the lingo I tried to say that I was blind without my glasses: I told her I was bald without my glasses . . .
ReplyDelete@DCBain *snigger* but I see your foreign language faux pas and raise you this one: Aged 17 I was in a bar in Hamburg and shouted out the name of the bar woman across the crowded bar room to get service. She had previously told me her name was 'Uschi' -which was for her age a fairly common German girl's name (Uschi Glas springs to mind) but I had never encountered it before then and I misheard what she said in English (because I spoke no real German at the time). She probably said "I'm Uschi" which I heard as something else and later shouted out "Oi MUSCHI!".
ReplyDeleteUschi is a girl's name, 'muschi' means 'pussy' (yes that sort).
Oh how we all laughed.
So ban everything eh Jack? What next, Masterchef with a spork?
ReplyDeleteIf I look hard enough I might find your lawnmower Melvin.
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I wouldn't be surprised if another bent Plod 'acquired' it and filed down the serial number, Jaded.
ReplyDeleteI would be very surprised Melvin if that happened but I'm not a mentally ill loser who thinks the worst of everyone.
ReplyDeleteThe trade in stolen lawnmowers is only surpassed by drugs and people smuggling. Apparently.
Jaded
ReplyDeleteSo ban everything eh Jack?
Huh? Where did i say something should be banned because some twat has misused it as a weapon? I was merely pointing out that ridiculing @police in this case was perhaps unfair.
"Every one of those sorts of common gardening/household items has been used to kill or maim people -probably just within London in the month -the way the stats are going."
ReplyDeleteOr they could simply have been left by a local council gardener...?
"Not another turf war!"
Oh, very good!
"Oh Lord, would my garden shed be regarded as a weapons cache?"
The drones have been dispatched to check!
"I told her I was bald without my glasses . . ."
LOL!
"If I look hard enough I might find your lawnmower Melvin. "
*stifles chortle*
SAve your chortle for the inevitable day when police refuse to investigate theft from your own home, JuliaM.
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