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[Dec. 24th, 2005|08:02 pm] |
I have been unable to confirm or deny this anecdote, but it appeals to my sense of humor, so I have chosen to believe it. 2 weekends ago here in Australia we had a huge race riot. Not the sort of thing anyone expected (least not anyone i know) but there were 5000 drunk, angry, armed white men marching around Sydneys southern suburbs looking for middle easterners to brutalise. Think the scene from the start of "The Warriors" but without the camp outfit or facepaint. This is not the funny story, this was actually quite horrific. But read on...
At some point during the day, the manager of the local sports store called the police station. Considering that they were trying to contain a full scale riot, i'm suprised anyone answered the phone, but they did. The Sports store manager said "We sell around 2 baseball bats a month." "So What?" replied the Constable on the other end of the line, probably busy trying to load more rubber bullets into his shotgun. "Well" continued the manager "We just sold 35 of them. And there is a que at the register that goes almost out the door."
I think its strangely funny that rioters would line up at the sports store, pick their weapon of choice, wait at the register and pay like regular people, then go outside and rampage as an angry mob. It just goes to show what kind of civilised nation we have become. |
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