Re: self defence, Australian biker style

In article <fqeu9q$qcd$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (William
December Starr) wrote:

> 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.

Incidentally, this reminds me of a security camera clip I saw on one of
those camera clip shows that seem to be on all the time now.

Guy goes into a building society to rob it.  (I think Savings and Load
is the US equivalent of a building society.)  He pulls a knife on the
ca****er who immediately presses the panic button.  Suddenly, armoured
shutters come down on all ca****er positions, leaving the robber alone
in the public area.  (He'd chosen a quiet time for the hold-up.)  He
goes to rush out the door and bounces off it.  He thinks it has been
locked, whereas it actually opens inwards, so he could have left by
pulling the door, not pu****ng.

On the soundtrack you hear him cry, "Let me out, or... or..."  As the
commentary says, he can't actually think of any useful threat to finish
that sentence.  Finally, he rushes at the door again with such force he
takes it off its hinges and makes his getaway.