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Title: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: InformationGeek on December 16, 2011, 09:04:35 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/police-arrest-man-accused-light-saber-assault-toys-162829995.html (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/police-arrest-man-accused-light-saber-assault-toys-162829995.html)

Cue incoming Star Wars jokes and puns in 3, 2, 1...
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: bob on December 16, 2011, 09:16:08 PM
the force is strong with that one
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Sleepyskull on December 17, 2011, 07:16:24 AM
That's no moon..it's a psycho!
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Jack on December 17, 2011, 07:44:07 AM
Well that is quite a realistic looking light saber, I can see how someone might mistake it for being real.

EDIT:  coincidentally I just noticed this today:  http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/19878/53/

These light saber attacks could become a pretty big problem in the near future   :question:
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Mr. DS on December 17, 2011, 07:53:16 AM
I was in the NY city  toys r us and was browsing the pirates of the Caribbean sword collection for a possible gift for my son.  A mentally challenged kid then yanked one out of my hand and challenged me to a sword fight. 

He was really getting on my nerves following me around jabbing me with it.  However i realized how awful it would look if i took action.  Eventually his caretaker caught up with him.
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Raffine on December 17, 2011, 08:28:30 AM
It would have been a lot more interesting if he'd gone on a rampage in Toys R Us with a real lightsaber.
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Flick James on December 17, 2011, 09:05:13 PM
Honestly, whoever wrote the article got in at least a couple of good jokes already.
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on December 19, 2011, 02:38:50 PM
Its astounding how many of these news stories come from Oregon.
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Flick James on December 19, 2011, 04:00:21 PM
Quote from: Ed, Ego and Superego on December 19, 2011, 02:38:50 PM
Its astounding how many of these news stories come from Oregon.

If you lived in a city that got 37 inches of rain every year, wouldn't you be a little crazy?

Seriously, though, I love Portland. Fresh air, lots of gardens and park, plenty of culture, tremendous micro-breweries, relatively low violent crime rates. It's surprising.
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on December 19, 2011, 04:22:58 PM
I live 35 miles away from Portland, I love it here.  Especially the dreary weather.  Fog is fun!
-Ed
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on December 19, 2011, 05:09:48 PM
The best part of this story is that, apparently, no one was serious hurt in the incident.

The second best part is the comments made by the people reading this story. ROTFL!
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Trevor on December 21, 2011, 01:55:18 AM
Yoda: Tase ~ do or do not. There is no tase.  :wink:
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: tracy on December 28, 2011, 01:25:43 PM
Sounds like some one Sheldon Cooper would know.

(http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/1/2/5/2/5/4/2/1/orig-12525421.jpg)
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: ghouck on December 29, 2011, 02:19:05 AM
Quote from: Flick James on December 19, 2011, 04:00:21 PM
Quote from: Ed, Ego and Superego on December 19, 2011, 02:38:50 PM
Its astounding how many of these news stories come from Oregon.

If you lived in a city that got 37 inches of rain every year, wouldn't you be a little crazy?

Seriously, though, I love Portland. Fresh air, lots of gardens and park, plenty of culture, tremendous micro-breweries, relatively low violent crime rates. It's surprising.

68+inches per year average for the town I live in, and add that to the 83+inches of snow we get
Title: Re: Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us
Post by: Mr. DS on January 17, 2012, 12:21:33 PM
Currently the man has been sentenced to death in the pit of Scarlac where we will be slowly digested for over a period of thousand of years.