Man with Toy Lightsaber Goes on a Rampage in Toys R Us

InformationGeek · December 16, 2011, 09:04:35 PM

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...

bob · December 16, 2011, 09:16:08 PM

the force is strong with that one

Sleepyskull · December 17, 2011, 07:16:24 AM

That's no moon..it's a psycho!

Jack · 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

Mr. DS · 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.

Raffine · 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.

Flick James · December 17, 2011, 09:05:13 PM

Honestly, whoever wrote the article got in at least a couple of good jokes already.

Ed, Ego and Superego · December 19, 2011, 02:38:50 PM

Its astounding how many of these news stories come from Oregon.

Flick James · 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.

Ed, Ego and Superego · 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

BoyScoutKevin · 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!

Trevor · December 21, 2011, 01:55:18 AM

Yoda: Tase ~ do or do not. There is no tase.

tracy · December 28, 2011, 01:25:43 PM

Sounds like some one Sheldon Cooper would know.

ghouck · 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

Mr. DS · 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.