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Knockout Game Generates Copycat Wacking of Mrs. Bobby
by BobbyYesterday, I was impressed by a random act of kindness reported here at the 'Burg. Yesterday evening, I got a personal report of a random act of violence. I am working in north Texas and Mrs. Bobby is back in northern Virginia preparing to move here. While hauling some lumber from the back of our townhouse to the curb for pickup, she was approached by a 12-year old kid, who chatted about his dad using the lumber. Mrs. B said, "Sure, just take it off the curb and not from inside the gate." Whereupon, he wacked her with a board, twice, dropped it and ran off. Mrs. B was more astonished than hurt, she told me, and was thankful she had a sweater and heavy coat protecting her. I suppose the thug also smacked her with the flat face of a 1x4, instead of the edge. Or a corner. And he hit her across the back, not in the noggin. She called the coppers, and reported the incident. One remarked, they might not catch the kid this week, but in a few years he'd be in jail for something. Another wondered if this was a new variant on the (supposedly nonexistent) "Knockout Game". Which is what I thought before Mrs. B finished her story, last night, in Texas. She'll be here thru the New Year. A punk decides the new knockout game looks like fun, but needed an implement to make up for his small size. Fortunately, he was not (yet) properly trained in the proper application of force necessary to cause a concussion. So he started his life of crime with an assault on a 63-year old lady with an armload of lumber. He's lucky he ran off in the dark before the astonishment wore off, she said, because she would have run him down like a dog and sat on him until the cops came. And she does 20-25 miles a week on the treadmill. I, for one, am glad she did not give chase... I'm gonna get her a pistol and some training. Me too. Posted by: Bobby 2013-12-20 |
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