Re: self defence, Australian biker style

In article <i9Wxj.15534$XI.2568@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article3453424.ece
>
> (article from The Times online)

For thise who don't want to follow the link, the upshot is:

   Of all the s****ts clubs, in all the towns, in all the world, a
   pair of machete-wielding thieves last night walked into the
   wrong bar for an armed robbery.

   Two masked men burst into the Regents Park S****ting and
   Community Club in western Sydney at around 9pm and ordered the
   patrons onto the floor. Only then did they realise their
   mistake - they had just interrupted the monthly meeting of the
   local biker gang.

And once again we can reference the stick-up at the Bloody Sunday
on "Hill Street Blues" all those years ago.

I particularly liked this bit of the article:

   The other thief made a more concerted effort to escape, but
   also ended up in police custody. Flummoxed by the bar's unusual
   clientele he leapt straight through a plate glass window and
   then jumped from a balcony and ran into a nearby park.

   Jim Webb, the club's night supervisor, watched the 20-year-old
   crash through the glass. "All he had to do was push the button
   and it automatically opened," he said.

Maybe it's just me, but the idea of expecting a thug who's trying to
perform an impromptu "Exit, pursued by bear" stopping, pu****ng a
button, and patiently waiting for the mechanism to operate -- while,
presumably, the angry mob of bikers also stops and stands around
rolling their eyes and waiting -- makes me giggle.

-- wds